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The oil curse: how petroleum wealth shapes the development of nations
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Regime AnalysisOil CurseEconomic DevelopmentDevelopment EconomicsEconomic GrowthEconomic HistoryEconomic InstitutionsSocial SciencesBad NewsPolitical EconomyInternational PoliticsGeopoliticsCivil ConflictPublic PolicyEconomicsUnconventional OilInternational RelationsCommodity FrontierPetroleum WealthIllustrations Ix ListWorld PoliticsPolitical ConflictWorld Economic HistoryPolitical PluralismBusinessGlobal PoliticsGood NewsPolitical Science
List of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Preface xiii Abbreviations xvii Country Abbreviations xix Chapter One: The Paradoxical Wealth of Nations 1 Appendix 1.1 A Note on Methods and Measurements 14 Chapter Two: The Trouble with Oil Revenues 27 Chapter Three: More Petroleum, Less Democracy 63 Appendix 3.1 A Statistical Analysis of Oil and Democracy 93 Chapter Four: Petroleum Perpetuates Patriarchy 111 Appendix 4.1 A Statistical Analysis of Oil and the Status of Women 132 Chapter Five: Oil-Based Violence 145 Appendix 5.1 A Statistical Analysis of Oil and Civil Conflict 178 Chapter Six: Oil, Economic Growth, and Political Institutions 189 Chapter Seven: Good News and Bad News about Oil 223 References 255 Index 281