Title The paradox of plenty : oil booms and petro-states / Terry Lynn Karl

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 342 pages) Series Studies in international political economy ; 26 Studies in international political economy ; 26. Contents 1. The Modern Myth of King Midas: Structure, Choice, and the Development Trajectory of States -- 2. Spanish Gold to Black Gold: Commodity Booms Then and Now -- 3. The Special Dilemma of the Petro-State -- 4. The Making of a Petro-State -- 5. Oil and Regime Change: The Institutions of Pacted Democracy -- 6. The Instant Impact of a Bonanza -- 7. The Politics of Rent Seeking -- 8. From Boom to Bust: The Crisis of Venezuelan Democracy -- 9. Petro-States in Comparative Perspective -- 10. Commodities, Booms, and States Revisited Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-331) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. SUBJECT Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries fast Subject Petroleum industry and trade -- Venezuela Economic development. Democracy. Democracy economic development. democracy. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. Democracy Economic development Economic history International economic relations Petroleum industry and trade Olie-industrie. OPEC. Economische ontwikkeling. SUBJECT Venezuela -- Economic conditions -- 1958- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85142656 Venezuela -- Foreign economic relations Venezuela -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85142653 Subject Venezuela Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520918696 052091869X 0585048363 9780585048369 9780520071681 0520071689 9780520207721 0520207726

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