The violence of petro-dollar regimes : Algeria, Iraq, and Libya / Luis Martinez.

The violence of petro-dollar regimes : Algeria, Iraq, and Libya / Luis Martinez.

9780199327676 hardcover alkaline paper
019932767X hardcover alkaline paper

New York : Columbia University Press, [2012]

©2012

English

202 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

HD9577.A42 M37 2012

320.956

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.

Includes index.

Comparative politics and international studies series.

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