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

• Pubblicazione: Routledge, , 2017
• Edizione: 1st.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.609172/4; 332.6'73'091724
• Soggetto topico: Mineral industries - Developing countries; Petroleum industry and trade - Developing countries; Social conflict - Developing countries; Wealth - Developing countries
• Persona (resp. second.): OmejeKenneth
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Sudan7 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 Perspective14 Rethinking the Rentier Syndrome: Oil and Resource Conflict in the Persian Gulf; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Extractive Economies and Conflicts in the Global South
• ISBN: 1-138-35691-3; 1-351-15839-2; 9780829887107; 1-351-15840-6; 1-351-15838-4; 1-281-76600-3; 9786611766009; 0-7546-8876-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782226203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II