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Oil wealth and the poverty of politics [electronic resource] : Algeria compared / Miriam R. Lowi.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge Middle East studies ; 32.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 228 p.) : ill., mapISBN:
  • 9780511690914 (electronic bk.)
  • 0511690916 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Oil wealth and the poverty of politics.DDC classification:
  • 338.965 22
LOC classification:
  • JQ3231 .L69 2009eb
Online resources:
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.
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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.

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

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