@article{529279,
      note = {Includes index.},
      author = {Martínez, Luis,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/529279},
      title = {The violence of petro-dollar regimes : Algeria, Iraq, and  Libya /},
      publisher = {Columbia University Press,},
      abstract = {The creation of oil "rents" in the 1970s put Algeria,  Iraq, and Libya on the fast track to modernization. Massive  revenues turned Algeria into the "Mediterranean dragon,"  Libya into an "emirate," and Iraq into the preeminent  "rising military power" of the Arab world. From a political  perspective, the progressive socialism of these countries  would seem to have engendered profound, promising change:  increased rights for women, positive urbanization, and  improved education. Yet the realities of oil wealth are  beyond disillusioning. The international community now  wonders whether reform can ever penetrate such nations and  if the West will ever enjoy secure access to gas and oil.  Offering the first global evaluation of these issues, Luis  Martinez considers the nature of oil-sponsored violence in  Algeria, Iraq, and Libya and its ability both to weaken and  bolster their respective regimes.},
      recid = {529279},
      pages = {202 p. :},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2012},
}