The scramble for African oil : oppression, corruption and war for control of Africa's natural resources

The scramble for African oil : oppression, corruption and war for control of Africa's natural resources /

How Western control of Africa's oil has fed corruption and undermined democracy, and how African people have resisted.

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Yates, Douglas A. (Douglas Andrew), 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : New York : Pluto Press ; Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Series:New politics, progressive policy.
Subjects:
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > Africa.
Petroleum industry and trade > Economic aspects > Africa.
Petroleum industry and trade > Africa.
Resource curse > Africa.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Power from above. Foreign states and trade relations
  • Multinational corporations and nationalization
  • International organization and governance
  • Rentier states and kleptocracy
  • Praetorian regimes and terror
  • pt. 2. Power from below. Journalists and intellectuals
  • Political parties and elections
  • Armed struggle for independence
  • Popular resistance and people power
  • Unscrambling the scramble for African oil.

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