 | Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty: Oil Politics in Iran and Indonesia Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Iran; Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Indonesia; Iran -- Politics and government -- 1941–1979; Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 1966–1998; Smith deciphers the paradox of the resource curse and questions its inevitability through an innovative comparison of the experiences of Iran and Indonesia. Benjamin Smith is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida. |
