Oil wealth and the poverty of politics Algeria compared /

Lowi, Miriam R.

Oil wealth and the poverty of politics Algeria compared / [electronic resource] : Miriam R. Lowi. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xix, 228 p.) : ill., map. - Cambridge Middle East studies ; 32 . - Cambridge Middle East studies ; 32. .

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-221) and index.

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.

9780511690914 (electronic bk.) 0511690916 (electronic bk.)


Erdölindustrie
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Politik


Algeria--Economic conditions--1962-
Algeria--Economic policy.
Algeria--Politics and government--1962-1990.
Algeria--Politics and government--1990-
Algeria--Social conditions.
Algerien


Electronic books.

JQ3231 / .L69 2009eb

338.965

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