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Title The oil curse : how petroleum wealth shapes the development of nations / Michael L. Ross.
Author Ross, Michael Lewin, 1961- author.
Publisher Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2012]
Distributor Preston : Askews and Holts
Copyright ©2012


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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 289 pages) : illustrations
ISBN 9781400841929 electronic book
9780691145457 hardback : alkaline paper
Note Electronic book available via Askews and Holts VLeBooks.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-279) and index.
Contents The paradoxical wealth of nations -- The trouble with oil revenues -- More petroleum, less democracy -- Petroleum perpetuates patriarchy -- Oil-based violence -- Oil, economic growth, and political institutions -- Good news and bad news about oil.
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Link Print version : Ross, Michael Lewin, 1961- Oil curse : how petroleum wealth shapes the development of nations. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, ©2012 9780691145457
Subject Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- Developing countries.
Revenue -- Developing countries.
Petroleum products -- Prices.
Developing countries -- Economic policy.
Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions.
Natural resources -- Developing countries.
Civil war -- Developing countries.

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