Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty : Oil Politics in Iran and Indonesia.
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- 9780801461866
- 338.27280955
- HD9576.I62 -- S65 2007eb
Cover -- Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Oil Wealth and Politics in the Developing World: Theories and Evidence -- 2. Explaining Regime Durability in Oil-Rich States: Oil, Opposition, and Late Development -- 3. The Impact and Legacies of Oil and Late Development: Coalitions and State Building before the Boom -- 4. The Oil Booms and Beyond: Two Exporting States Confront Crisis -- 5. Oil, Opposition, and Late Development: Regime Breakdown and Persistence in Twenty-One Oil-Exporting States -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index.
Smith deciphers the paradox of the resource curse and questions its inevitability through an innovative comparison of the experiences of Iran and Indonesia.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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