Paradox of Plenty Oil Booms and Petro-States

Name: Paradox of Plenty Oil Booms and Petro-States
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ISBN: 9780520207721

ISBN-10: 0520207726

ISBN-13: 9780520207721

Edition: 1997

Authors: Terry Lynn Karl

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The Paradox of Plenty explains why, in the midst of two massive oil booms in the 1970s, oil-exporting governments as different as Venezuela, Iran, Nigeria, Algeria, and Indonesia chose common development paths and suffered similarly disappointing outcomes. Meticulously documented and theoretically innovative, this book illuminates the manifold factors--economic, political, and social--that determine the nature of the oil state, from the coherence of public bureaucracies, to the degree of centralization, to patterns of policy-making. Karl contends that oil countries, while seemingly disparate, are characterized by similar social classes and patterns of collective action. In these countries,…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 10/10/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 380
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Preface



The Modern Myth of King Midas: Structure, Choice, and the Development Trajectory of States



Spanish Gold to Black Gold: Commodity Booms Then and Now



The Special Dilemma of the Petro-State



The Making of a Petro-State



Oil and Regime Change: The Institutions of Pacted Democracy



The Instant Impact of a Bonanza



The Politics of Rent Seeking



From Boom to Bust: The Crisis of Venezuelan Democracy



Petro-States in Comparative Perspective



Commodities, Booms, and States Revisited


Research Note


Statistical Appendix


Statistical Appendix Citations


Notes


Bibliography


Index