Oil and Development in Ghana: Beyond the Resource Curse

ISBN-13: 9780367427191 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 156 str.

Nathan Andrews; Pius Siakwah

Opis

This book gives a comprehensive overview of Ghana’s hydrocarbon economy using actor network and assemblage theories to contest the methodological nationalism of mainstream accounts of the resource curse in resource-rich countries.

Spis treści

1. The Paradox of Development Troubles in Resource-Endowed Countries  2. The Political Assemblage: Institutions, Structures, Networks, and Actors  3. "Dutch Disease" and the Economic Assemblage  4. Society and the Resource Curse: A Relational Perspective  5. The "Lost Child": A Possible Environmental Curse?  6. The Prospects and Pitfalls of Oil-Engendered Development: A Conclusion