Mehr Komplexität wagen: ein Plädoyer für eine differenzierte Analyse von Erdöl, Staat und Entwicklung im Globalen Süden

Peters Stefan ()
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Peters Stefan: Stefan Peters, Dr. rer. pol., Fachgebiet Internationale und Intergesellschaftliche Beziehungen, Fachbereich 05, Universität Kassel, Nora-Platiel-Str. 1, 34109 Kassel, Germany, e-mail: stefan.peters@uni-kassel.de

ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2016, vol. 60, issue 1-2, 9-24

Abstract: The nexus of oil, the state and development is currently an issue of controversy. Whereas oil-dependence was seen for a long time as a development curse and foundation for authoritarian regimes, new resource optimism has surged at the beginning of the 21st century. However, the recent massive price drop relativizes hopes about economic and social development gains through oil. The article discusses the current controversies, highlights central problems of the debate and subsequently offers a comparative analysis of the case studies Kuwait, Venezuela and Angola. It stresses that general affirmations about the consequences of resource-dependence cannot do justice to the diversity of existing cases and contexts. The article closes with a plea for overcoming well-established dichotomies in favor of a more complex qualitative research design to analyze rentier societies.

Keywords: Angola; development; Kuwait; oil; state; Venezuela.; Angola; Entwicklung; Erdöl; Kuwait; Staat; Venezuela.; Angola; development; Kuwait; oil; state; Venezuela. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2016-0005

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