Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty
ISBN: 9780801461866
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Cornell University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade; Petroleum industry and trade;

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.

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