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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825088103321

Titolo

Oil wars / / edited by Mary Kaldor, Terry Lynn Karl and Yahia Said

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Ann Arbor, MI, : Pluto, 2007

ISBN

1-78371-545-6

1-84964-293-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 294 p. : ill., maps

Altri autori (Persone)

KaldorMary

KarlTerry Lynn <1947->

SaidYahia <1965->

Disciplina

338.27282

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects

Petroleum reserves

War

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Mary Kaldor, Terry Lynn Karl and Yahia Said -- Nigeria: political violence, governance and corporate responsibility in a petro-state / Okey Ibeaunu and Robin Luckham -- Drilling in deep water: oil, business and war in Angola / Philippe Le Billon -- Greed and grievance in Chechnya / Yahia Said -- Olid and conflict: the case of Nagorno Karabakh / Mary Kaldor -- The conflict in Aceh: struggle over oil? / Kiersten E. Schulze -- Oil and armed conflict in Casanare, Colombia: complex contexts and contingent moments / Jenny Pearce -- Conclusion / Mary Kaldor and Yahia Said.

Sommario/riassunto

Explains the relationship between oil and war in six different regions worldwide.