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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827540603321

Autore

DiJohn Jonathan

Titolo

From Windfall to Curse? : Oil and Industrialization in Venezuela, 1920 to the Present / / Jonathan Di John

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pa. : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2009

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2021

©2009

ISBN

0-271-07690-9

0-271-05098-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 341 p. )

Disciplina

338.2/728209870904

Soggetti

Industrialization - Venezuela

Petroleum industry and trade - Venezuela

Electronic books.

Venezuela Economic policy

Venezuela Economic conditions 1958-

Venezuela Economic conditions 1918-1958

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 (p. [303]-326) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Accounting for growth and decline in Venezuela -- Trends and cycles in the Venezuelan economy -- Economic explanations of the growth collapse in Venezuela -- Political economy explanations of the growth collapse in Venezuela -- Economic liberalization, political instability, and state capacity in Venezuela -- Toward a new political economy of late industrialization -- Periodization of industrialization stages and strategies in Venezuela -- The structure of and changes in political settlements in Venezuela -- A new view on the political economy of growth in Venezuela -- The political economy of growth in Malaysia and Venezuela -- Conclusion: rethinking the political economy of growth.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines the political economy of growth in Venezuela since the discovery of oil in 1920"--Provided by publisher.