Karl, Terry Lynn,   1947- <br/><br/>
The paradox of plenty   oil booms and pe tro-states /   [electronic resource] : 
Terry Lynn Karl. 
 - Berkeley :   University of California Press,   c1997. 
 - xviii, 342 p. :   ill., charts ;   24 cm. 
 - Studies in international political economy ;   26 .
 - Studies in international political economy ;   26. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-331) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. The Modern Myth of King Midas: Structure, Choice, and the Develop ment Trajectory of States -- 2. Spanish Gold to Black Gold: Commodity B ooms Then and Now -- 3. The Special Dilemma of the Petro-State -- 4. Th e Making of a Petro-State -- 5. Oil and Regime Change: The Institutions of Pacted Democracy -- 6. The Instant Impact of a Bonanza -- 7. The Po litics of Rent Seeking -- 8. From Boom to Bust: The Crisis of Venezuela n Democracy -- 9. Petro-States in Comparative Perspective -- 10. Commod ities, Booms, and States Revisited. 
<br/><br/><br/> Electronic text and image data. <br/> Ann Arbor, Mich. : <br/> University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, <br/> 2014. <br/> Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. <br/> ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) <br/> Mode of a ccess: Intranet. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/> Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Petroleum industry and trade-- Venezuela.<br/> Economic development.<br/> Democracy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/> Venezuela-- Economic conditions-- 1958-<br/> Venezuela-- Foreign economic relations.