Extractive Economies and Conflicts in the Global South : Multi-Regional Perspectives on Rentier Politics.

By: Omeje, Kenneth, DrMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Abingdon : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2008Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (270 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780754688761Subject(s): Mineral industries -- Developing countries -- Case studies | Petroleum industry and trade -- Developing countries -- Case studies | Social conflict -- Developing countries -- Case studies | Wealth -- Developing countries -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Extractive Economies and Conflicts in the Global South : Multi-Regional Perspectives on Rentier PoliticsDDC classification: 303.609172/4 | 332.673091724 LOC classification: HD9578.D44 -- E98 2008ebOnline resources: Click to View
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- About the Authors -- 1 Extractive Economies and Conflicts in the Global South: Re-Engaging Rentier Theory and Politics -- 2 Rentier Politics, Extractive Economies and Conflict in the Global South: Emerging Ramifications and Theoretical Exploration -- 3 Anatomy of an Oil Insurgency: Violence and Militants in the Niger Delta, Nigeria -- 4 Nationalization versus Indigenization of the Rentier Space: Oil and Conflicts in Nigeria -- 5 Greed or Grievance?: Diamonds, Rent-Seeking and the Civil War in Sierra Leone (1991-2002) -- 6 Politics and Oil in Sudan -- 7 São Tomé and Príncipe: The Troubles of Oil in an Aid-Dependent Micro-State -- 8 Rentier Politics and Low Intensity Conflicts in the DRC: The Case of Kasai and Katanga Provinces -- 9 Thugs' Paradise, Agencies' Guinea Pig and the Natural Resource Intrigue: The Civil War in Liberia -- 10 Resource Exploitation, Repression and Resistance in the Sahara-Sahel: The Rise of the Rentier State in Algeria, Chad and Niger -- 11 Oil Sovereignties in the Mexican Gulf and Nigerian Niger Delta -- 12 Extractive Resources and the Rentier Space: A South American Perspective -- 13 Rentier States and War-Making: The United Arab Emirates and Iraq in Comparative Perspective -- 14 Rethinking the Rentier Syndrome: Oil and Resource Conflict in the Persian Gulf -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: The majority of developing countries in the Global South are rich in natural resources, but blighted by excruciating poverty and conflicts. Case study rich, this book critically explores the theories of rentier economies and natural resource conflicts, as well as the practical ramifications of rentier politics in the Global South.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- About the Authors -- 1 Extractive Economies and Conflicts in the Global South: Re-Engaging Rentier Theory and Politics -- 2 Rentier Politics, Extractive Economies and Conflict in the Global South: Emerging Ramifications and Theoretical Exploration -- 3 Anatomy of an Oil Insurgency: Violence and Militants in the Niger Delta, Nigeria -- 4 Nationalization versus Indigenization of the Rentier Space: Oil and Conflicts in Nigeria -- 5 Greed or Grievance?: Diamonds, Rent-Seeking and the Civil War in Sierra Leone (1991-2002) -- 6 Politics and Oil in Sudan -- 7 São Tomé and Príncipe: The Troubles of Oil in an Aid-Dependent Micro-State -- 8 Rentier Politics and Low Intensity Conflicts in the DRC: The Case of Kasai and Katanga Provinces -- 9 Thugs' Paradise, Agencies' Guinea Pig and the Natural Resource Intrigue: The Civil War in Liberia -- 10 Resource Exploitation, Repression and Resistance in the Sahara-Sahel: The Rise of the Rentier State in Algeria, Chad and Niger -- 11 Oil Sovereignties in the Mexican Gulf and Nigerian Niger Delta -- 12 Extractive Resources and the Rentier Space: A South American Perspective -- 13 Rentier States and War-Making: The United Arab Emirates and Iraq in Comparative Perspective -- 14 Rethinking the Rentier Syndrome: Oil and Resource Conflict in the Persian Gulf -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

The majority of developing countries in the Global South are rich in natural resources, but blighted by excruciating poverty and conflicts. Case study rich, this book critically explores the theories of rentier economies and natural resource conflicts, as well as the practical ramifications of rentier politics in the Global South.

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