Oil, democracy, and development in Africa / John R. Heilbrunn, Co lorado School of Mines, Associate Professor, Division of Liberal Arts a nd International Studies, The Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO.

By:

Heilbrunn, John R, 1954-

Material type: Text

Text New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: x, 270 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781107049819 (hardback)

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DDC classification:

338.2/72820967 23

Other classification:

POL040000

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Oil, democracy, and development in Africa; 2. Historic paths: colonialism and its legacies; 3. Oil comp anies: corporate strategies and profits; 4. Economic growth and phases of production; 5. Resource revenues, corruption, and contracts; 6. Mach ine politics, oil, and democracy; 7. Conclusion: oil, democracy, and de velopment in Africa.

Summary: "This book focuses on the history, key industry and policy actors, a nd political economic outcomes in oil-producing African states, filling a gap in the literature on resource-abundant countries by providing an optimistic assessment of circumstances in contemporary Africa. John R. Heilbrunn's historical analysis investigates the origins of how differ ent policy makers responded to inflows of oil windfalls. In doing so, H eilbrunn illustrates how outcomes vary as a consequence of the goals of particular actors that are distinct from the activities in their count ry's oil sector. This contribution calls for a reassessment of how we c onsider the impact of oil on developing economies"-- Provided by pub lisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books - Open Access	MISR Library - Open Shelves	MISR 338.27 2820967 HEI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	001271999

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-263) and index.

"This book focuses on the history, key industry and policy actors, a nd political economic outcomes in oil-producing African states, filling a gap in the literature on resource-abundant countries by providing an optimistic assessment of circumstances in contemporary Africa. John R. Heilbrunn's historical analysis investigates the origins of how differ ent policy makers responded to inflows of oil windfalls. In doing so, H eilbrunn illustrates how outcomes vary as a consequence of the goals of particular actors that are distinct from the activities in their count ry's oil sector. This contribution calls for a reassessment of how we c onsider the impact of oil on developing economies"-- Provided by pub lisher.

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Oil, democracy, and development in Africa / John R. Heilbrunn, Co lorado School of Mines, Associate Professor, Division of Liberal Arts a nd International Studies, The Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO.