| Description |
xxix, 226 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction: Issues and Framework -- Ch. 2. The Distributive State -- Ch. 3. Shadow of the Past: The Sanusi Kingdom -- Ch. 4. From Kingdom to Republic: The Qadhafi Coup -- Ch. 5. Thawra and Tharwa: Libya's Boom-and-Bust Decade -- Ch. 6. Shadow of the Future: Libya's Failed Infitah -- Ch. 7. Oil and State-Building in Distributive States: The Libyan Contribution |
| Summary |
Although Libya and its current leader have been the subject of numerous accounts, few have considered how the country's tumultuous history, its institutional development, and its emergence as an oil economy combined to create a state whose rulers ignored the notion of modern statehood. Dirk Vandewalle supplies a detailed analysis of Libya's political and economic development since the country's independence in 1951, basing his account on fieldwork in Libya, archival research in Tripoli, and personal interviews with some of the country's top policymakers |
| Analysis |
Capital inflow |
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Comparative government |
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Distributive states |
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Economic development |
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Gaddafi, Muammar |
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History |
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Libya |
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Military government |
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Overseas item |
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Petroleum industry |
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Revolution |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-218) and index |
| Subject |
Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- Libya.
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Libya.
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| SUBJECT |
Libya -- Politics and government -- 1951-1969. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89007204
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Libya -- Politics and government -- 1969- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076752
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| LC no. |
98003461 |
| ISBN |
0801434726 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0801485355 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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1860642640 (paperback) |
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