The Petroleum Industry and Socio-political Change in Mauritania: 2001-2011
The thesis focuses on the interaction of the nascent oil industry and the changing political character of Mauritanian between 2001 and 2011. The theoretical starting point is the hypothesis of the ‘oil curse’. Historically-rooted contextual causes, such as the relationship between state and long-sta...
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2014
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| author | de Vietri, Max |
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| description | The thesis focuses on the interaction of the nascent oil industry and the changing political character of Mauritanian between 2001 and 2011. The theoretical starting point is the hypothesis of the ‘oil curse’. Historically-rooted contextual causes, such as the relationship between state and long-standing tribal and ethnic institutions, are found of greater influence to socio-political instability than the establishment of the oil industry. Foreign interference is found to also be a precipitant of political upheavals. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-769502019-11-28T02:22:17Z The Petroleum Industry and Socio-political Change in Mauritania: 2001-2011 de Vietri, Max The thesis focuses on the interaction of the nascent oil industry and the changing political character of Mauritanian between 2001 and 2011. The theoretical starting point is the hypothesis of the ‘oil curse’. Historically-rooted contextual causes, such as the relationship between state and long-standing tribal and ethnic institutions, are found of greater influence to socio-political instability than the establishment of the oil industry. Foreign interference is found to also be a precipitant of political upheavals. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76950 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | de Vietri, Max The Petroleum Industry and Socio-political Change in Mauritania: 2001-2011 |
| title | The Petroleum Industry and Socio-political Change in Mauritania: 2001-2011 |
| title_full | The Petroleum Industry and Socio-political Change in Mauritania: 2001-2011 |
| title_fullStr | The Petroleum Industry and Socio-political Change in Mauritania: 2001-2011 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Petroleum Industry and Socio-political Change in Mauritania: 2001-2011 |
| title_short | The Petroleum Industry and Socio-political Change in Mauritania: 2001-2011 |
| title_sort | petroleum industry and socio-political change in mauritania: 2001-2011 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76950 |