Petro-Aggression : When Oil Causes War
Jeff D. Colgan
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New York : Cambridge University Press , 2013
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (328 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Petro-Aggression; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Two puzzles; The core argument: petro-aggression; Multiple links between oil and global violence; Oil and the broader causes of war; Scope of inquiry; Structure of the book; 2 A theory of oil, revolution, and conflict; Domestic politics shape the state's propensity for international conflict; Revolutionary leadership makes a state more likely to instigate international conflict; Definition of revolutionary government; Leadership preferences affect state behavior. - Did oil generate incentives for aggression and conflict?Did oil generate incentives to avoid aggression and conflict?; Conclusion; 6 Libya and the Arab Jamahiriyya; Libyan politics to 1969; The Arab Jamahiriyya at home: 1969-1991; The young republic, 1969-1975; The Green Book and the height of the revolution; Limits to the revolution; The Arab Jamahiriyya abroad: 1969-1991; Interstate military conflicts; Support for foreign insurgencies and terrorism; Aggressive diplomacy and pan-Arab movements; Military expenditures and nuclear weapons development program. - Further evidence of petrostate leaders' political autonomyConclusion; 5 Iraq; Iraqi politics to 1968; The Qasim government, 1958-1963; Political turmoil, 1963-1968; Saddam Hussein at home: 1968-1991; Emergence of Saddam Hussein as leader; Transformation of Iraq under Saddam; Oil patronage in Saddam's Iraq; Saddam as revolutionary; Saddam's Iraq abroad: 1968-1991; Saddam bides his time; The war with Iran; The war with Kuwait; Defiance and aggression: 1991-2003; Operation of causal mechanisms; Did the revolutionary government make Iraq more aggressive?. - How do oil and revolution affect states as targets of international conflict?Does oil income make a state more susceptible to revolution?; 3 Evidence and research design; Operationalizing the dependent variable; Identifying revolutionary governments; Identifying petrostates; Case selection for qualitative studies; Testing the causal mechanisms; Conclusion; 4 Quantitative impact of oil and revolution on conflict; Methodology; Dependent variable; Explanatory variables; Control variables; Data sources; Empirical results; Dyadic analysis; Robustness checks; Other natural resources. - Revolutions select risk-tolerant, ambitious leadersRisk-tolerant, ambitious leaders are aggressive and conflict-prone; Oil interacts with revolutionary politics to increase state aggression; Oil, the resource curse, and domestic political accountability; Effects of oil on the costs of international conflict; The interaction of oil income and revolutionary government is crucial; Questions arising from the theory; How do political constraints, accountability, and autonomy relate to each other?; What other effects does oil have on a state's foreign policy?. - The receding tide of the revolution: 1991-2010. - Offers new insight into why oil politics has a central role in global peace and conflict.
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| Emner | War
Petroleum industry and trade. War -- Economic aspects. Business & Economics Vis mer... Industries
olje krig konflikt petroleumsressurser kontroll oljepolitikk utenrikspolitikk irak iran libya saudi arabia venezuela |
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| ISBN | 9781107029675. - 9781107654976
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