Oil is not a curse : ownership structure and institutions in Soviet successor states / Pauline Jones Luong and Erika Weinthal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones Luong, Pauline, author.

Weinthal, Erika, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in comparative politics.

Cambridge studies in comparative politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum industry and trade--Soviet Union.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Commonwealth of Independent States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 425 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Summary:

This book makes two central claims: first, that mineral-rich states are cursed not by their wealth but, rather, by the ownership structure they choose to manage their mineral wealth and second, that weak institutions are not inevitable in mineral-rich states. Each represents a significant departure from the conventional resource curse literature, which has treated ownership structure as a constant across time and space and has presumed that mineral-rich countries are incapable of either building or sustaining strong institutions - particularly fiscal regimes. The experience of the five petroleum-rich Soviet successor states (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) provides a clear challenge to both of these assumptions. Their respective developmental trajectories since independence demonstrate not only that ownership structure can vary even across countries that share the same institutional legacy but also that this variation helps to explain the divergence in their subsequent fiscal regimes.

Contents:

Rethinking the resource curse : ownership structure and institutions in mineral rich states

Why fiscal regimes : taxation and expenditure in mineral rich states

State ownership with control versus private domestic ownership

Two version of rentierism : state ownership with control in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

Petroleum rents without rentierism : domestic private ownership in the Russian Federation

State ownership without control versus private foreign ownership

Eluding the obsolescing bargain : state ownership without control in Azerbaijan

Revisiting the obsolescing bargain : foreign private ownership in Kazakhstan

Taking domestic politics seriously : explaining the structure of ownership over mineral resources

The myth of the resource curse.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-397) and index.

ISBN:

1-139-03590-8

1-107-20879-3

1-283-05391-8

9786613053916

0-511-77943-7

1-139-04136-3

1-139-04213-0

1-139-04476-1

1-139-03822-2

1-139-04059-6

OCLC:

710974833