Smith, Benjamin. <br/><br/>
Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty :  Oil Politics in Iran and Indonesia. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (257 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Smith deciphers the paradox of the resource curse and questions its inevitability through an innovative comparison of the experiences of Iran and Indonesia. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801461866 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Iran.<br/>Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Indonesia.<br/>Iran -- Politics and government -- 1941-1979.<br/>Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 1966-1998.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9576.I62 -- S65 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.27280955