Yates, Douglas A. <br/><br/>
The Scramble for African Oil :  Oppression, Corruption and War for Control of Africa's Natural Resources. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (273 pages) 
 - New Politics, Progressive Policy Series .
 - New Politics, Progressive Policy Series .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, Boxes and Maps -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Power from Above -- 1 - Foreign States and Trade Relations -- 2 - Multinational Corporations and Nationalization -- 3 - International Organization and Governance -- 4 - Rentier States and Kleptocracy -- 5 - Praetorian Regimes and Terror -- Part II: Power From Below -- 6 - Journalists and Intellectuals -- 7 - Political Parties and Elections -- 8 - Armed Struggle for Independence -- 9 - Popular Resistance and People Power -- 10 - Unscrambling the Scramble for African Oil -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/> How Western control of Africa's oil has fed corruption and undermined democracy, and how African people have resisted. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781849646284 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Petroleum industry and trade-Africa.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9577.A2 Y38 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.2728096