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1 online resource (xvii, 251 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Extractive economies and conflicts in the global South : re-engaging rentier theory and politics / Kenneth Omeje -- Rentier politics, extractive economies and conflict in the global South : emerging ramifications and theoretical exploration / Usman A. Tar -- Anatomy of an oil insurgency : violence and militants in the Niger Delta, Nigeria / Michael Watts -- Nationalization versus indigenization of the rentier space : oil and conflicts in Nigeria / Ukoha Ukiwo -- Greed or grievance? Diamonds, rent-seeking and the civil war in Sierra Leone (1991-2002) / John M. Kabia -- Politics and oil in Sudan / Peter Woodward -- São Tomé and Principe : the troubles of oil in an aid-dependent micro-state / Gerhard Seibert -- Rentier politics and low intensity conflicts in the DRC : the case of Kasai and Katanga provinces / Germain Tshibambe Ngoie and Kenneth Omeje -- Thugs' paradise, agencies' guinea pig and the natural resource intrigue : the civil war in Liberia / T. Debey Sayndee -- Resource exploitation, repression and resistance in the Sahara-Sahel : the rise of the rentier state in Algeria, Chad and Niger / Jeremy Keenan -- Oil sovereignties in the Mexican Gulf and Nigerian Niger Delta / Anna Zalik -- Extractive resources and the rentier space : a South American perspective / Julia Buxton -- Rentier states and war-making : the United Arab Emirates and Iraq in comparative perspective / Rolf Schwarz -- Rethinking the rentier syndrome : oil and resource conflict in the Persian Gulf / Dauda Abubakar. |
| Summary |
The majority of developing countries in the Global South are rich in natural resources, but blighted by excruciating poverty and conflicts. Case study rich, this book critically explores the theories of rentier economies and natural resource conflicts, as well as the practical ramifications of rentier politics in the Global South. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mineral industries -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Mineral industries. |
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Developing countries. |
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Case studies.
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Petroleum industry and trade. |
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Social conflict -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Social conflict. |
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Wealth -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Wealth. |
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Omeje, Kenneth C.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Extractive economies and conflicts in the global South. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008 (DLC) 2007031233 |
| ISBN |
9780754688761 (electronic book) |
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0754688763 (electronic book) |
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0754670759 (alkaline paper) |
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9780754670759 (alkaline paper) |
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