"Oil wars/ edited by Mary Kaldor, Terry Lynn Karl and Yahia Said"
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- 9780745324784
- 338.2 OIL
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338.1954 Sin Food for all: an assessment of food security in Indian context | 338.1954 SWA Building a national food security system | 338.19542 MAJ Political economy of public distribution system in India | 338.2 OIL "Oil wars/ edited by Mary Kaldor, Terry Lynn Karl and Yahia Said" | 338.27282 BOW Squeeze | 338.27282 MUT Fuel on the fire | 338.272820904 YER "Prize:the epic quest for oil, money and power" |
This book argues that the main reason why oil-rich countries are prone to war is because of the character of their society and economy. Sectarian groups compete for access to oil resources and finance their military adventures through smuggling oil, kidnapping oil executives, or blowing up pipelines. Outside intervention only makes things worse. The use of conventional military force as in Iraq can bring neither stability nor security of supply.
This book examines the relationship between oil and war in six different regions: Angola, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Indonesia, Nigeria and Russia. Each country has substantial oil reserves, and has a long history of conflict. The contributors assess what part oil plays in causing, aggravating or mitigating war in each region and how this relation has altered with the changing nature of war. It offers a novel conceptual approach bringing together Kaldor's work on 'new wars' and Karl's work on the petro-state.
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