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- catalog abstract ""This book explains a puzzle: In the midst of two massive oil booms in the 1970s, why did oil-exporting governments as different as Venezuela, Iran, Nigeria, Algeria, and Indonesia choose common development paths and suffer similarly disappointing outcomes? In this work, Karl illuminates the manifold economic and political factors that determine the nature of the state in oil-exporting countries and explain why booms destabilize regimes while creating the illusion of prosperity." "Meticulously documented and theoretically innovative, Paradox of Plenty is essential reading for every political economist, Latin Americanist, and policy-maker."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b10423086.
- catalog coverage "Venezuela Economic conditions 1958-".
- catalog coverage "Venezuela Foreign economic relations.".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description ""This book explains a puzzle: In the midst of two massive oil booms in the 1970s, why did oil-exporting governments as different as Venezuela, Iran, Nigeria, Algeria, and Indonesia choose common development paths and suffer similarly disappointing outcomes? In this work, Karl illuminates the manifold economic and political factors that determine the nature of the state in oil-exporting countries and explain why booms destabilize regimes while creating the illusion of prosperity." "Meticulously documented and theoretically innovative, Paradox of Plenty is essential reading for every political economist, Latin Americanist, and policy-maker."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-331) and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 342 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0520071689 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0520207726 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in international political economy ; 26".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog spatial "Venezuela Economic conditions 1958-".
- catalog spatial "Venezuela Foreign economic relations.".
- catalog spatial "Venezuela.".
- catalog subject "338.2/7282/0987 21".
- catalog subject "Democracy.".
- catalog subject "Economic development.".
- catalog subject "HD9574.V42 K37 1997".
- catalog subject "Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.".
- catalog subject "Petroleum industry and trade Venezuela.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "The paradox of plenty : oil booms and petro-states / Terry Lynn Karl.".
- catalog type "text".