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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DiJohn, Jonathan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrialization--Venezuela.

Industrialization.

Petroleum industry and trade--Venezuela.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Venezuela--Economic policy.

Venezuela.

Venezuela--Economic conditions--1958-.

Venezuela--Economic conditions--1918-1958.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 341 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271076904

0271076909

9780271050980

0271050985

OCLC:

779849900