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Author DiJohn, Jonathan

Title From windfall to curse? : oil and industrialization in Venezuela, 1920 to the present / Jonathan Di John
Published University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 341 pages)
Contents Accounting for growth and decline in Venezuela -- Trends and cycles in the Venezuelan economy -- Economic explanations of the growth collapse in Venezuela -- Political economy explanations of the growth collapse in Venezuela -- Economic liberalization, political instability, and state capacity in Venezuela -- Toward a new political economy of late industrialization -- Periodization of industrialization stages and strategies in Venezuela -- The structure of and changes in political settlements in Venezuela -- A new view on the political economy of growth in Venezuela -- The political economy of growth in Malaysia and Venezuela -- Conclusion: rethinking the political economy of growth
Summary "Examines the political economy of growth in Venezuela since the discovery of oil in 1920"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-326) and index
Notes English
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Subject Petroleum industry and trade -- Venezuela
Industrialization -- Venezuela
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
Economic history
Economic policy
Industrialization
Petroleum industry and trade
Erdölindustrie
Industrialisierung
SUBJECT Venezuela -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1958. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85142655
Venezuela -- Economic conditions -- 1958- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85142656
Venezuela -- Economic policy
Subject Venezuela
Venezuela
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009016316
ISBN 9780271050980
0271050985
0271050276
9780271050270
0271076909
9780271076904