Di John, Jonathan. <br/><br/>
From Windfall to Curse? :  Oil and Industrialization in Venezuela, 1920 to the Present. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (362 pages) 
<br/><br/>Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Accounting for Growth and Decline in Venezuela -- 2. Trends and Cycles in the Venezuelan Economy -- Part II: A Critical Survey of the "Resource Curse" Literature -- 3. Economic Explanations of the Growth Collapse in Venezuela -- 4. Political Economy Explanations of Growth Collapse in Venezuela -- 5. Economic Liberalization, Political Instability, and State Capacity in Venezuela -- Part III: An Alternative Political Economy of Venezuelan Growth and Decline -- 6. Toward a New Political Economy of Late Industrialization -- 7. Periodization of Industrialization Stages and Strategies in Venezuela -- 8. The Structure of and Changes in Political Settlements in Venezuela -- 9. A New View on the Political Economy of Growth in Venezuela -- Part IV: Beyond the Venezuelan Case -- 10. The Political Economy of Growth in Malaysia and Venezuela -- 11. Conclusion: Rethinking the Political Economy of Growth -- References -- Index -- Back Cover. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780271076904 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Petroleum industry and trade-Venezuela.<br/>Industrialization-Venezuela.<br/>Venezuela-Economic conditions-1918-1958.<br/>Venezuela-Economic conditions-1958-.<br/>Venezuela-Economic policy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC237  / .D556 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.2/728209870904