Oil, democracy, and development in Africa / John R. Heilbrunn, Colorado School of Mines, Associate Professor, Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies, The Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO.

By:

Heilbrunn, John R, 1954-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: x, 270 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781107661073

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Oil, democracy, and development in Africa; 2. Historic paths: colonialism and its legacies; 3. Oil companies: corporate strategies and profits; 4. Economic growth and phases of production; 5. Resource revenues, corruption, and contracts; 6. Machine politics, oil, and democracy; 7. Conclusion: oil, democracy, and development in Africa.

Summary: "This book focuses on the history, key industry and policy actors, and political economic outcomes in oil-producing African states, filling a gap in the literature on resource-abundant countries by providing an optimistic assessment of circumstances in contemporary Africa. John R. Heilbrunn's historical analysis investigates the origins of how different policy makers responded to inflows of oil windfalls. In doing so, Heilbrunn illustrates how outcomes vary as a consequence of the goals of particular actors that are distinct from the activities in their country's oil sector. This contribution calls for a reassessment of how we consider the impact of oil on developing economies"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Status	Barcode
Textbook	Department of African Studies Library	Department of African Studies Library	Available	AS0003099

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-263) and index.

"This book focuses on the history, key industry and policy actors, and political economic outcomes in oil-producing African states, filling a gap in the literature on resource-abundant countries by providing an optimistic assessment of circumstances in contemporary Africa. John R. Heilbrunn's historical analysis investigates the origins of how different policy makers responded to inflows of oil windfalls. In doing so, Heilbrunn illustrates how outcomes vary as a consequence of the goals of particular actors that are distinct from the activities in their country's oil sector. This contribution calls for a reassessment of how we consider the impact of oil on developing economies"-- Provided by publisher.

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