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Author Lowi, Miriam R.

Title Oil wealth and the poverty of politics : Algeria compared / Miriam R. Lowi.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 228 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge Middle East studies ; 32
Cambridge Middle East studies ; 32.
Contents Introduction. Oil shocks and the challenge to states ; Natural resources and political instability -- Algeria and its discontents. From conquest to independence ; the elaboration of a system ; From boom to bust, and, verging on breakdown ; The persistence of violence and the process of re-equilibration -- Comparisons and conclusions. Variations on a theme : comparators in the Muslim world ; Conclusions : oil wealth and the poverty of politics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-221) and index.
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Subject Algeria -- Economic conditions -- 1962-
Algeria.
Economic conditions.
Chronological Term 1962-
Subject Algeria -- Economic policy.
Economic policy.
Algeria -- Politics and government -- 1962-1990.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1962-1990
Subject Algeria -- Politics and government -- 1990-
Chronological Term 1990-
Subject Algeria -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term Since 1962
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lowi, Miriam R. Oil wealth and the poverty of politics. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521113182 (DLC) 2010290240 (OCoLC)320803180
ISBN 9780511690914 (electronic book)
0511690916 (electronic book)
9780511692031 (eBook ; ebrary)
051169203X (eBook ; ebrary)
9780521113182 (hardback)
0521113180 (hardback)