Public brainpower [electronic resource] : civil society and natural resource management /
Overland, Indra.editor.
This book examines how civil society, public debate and freedom of speech affect natural resource governance. Drawing on the theories of Robert Dahl, Jurgen Habermas and Robert Putnam, the book introduces the concept of 'public brainpower', proposing that good institutions require: fertile public debate involving many and varied contributors to provide a broad base for conceiving new institutions; checks and balances on existing institutions; and the continuous dynamic evolution of institutions as the needs of society change. The book explores the strength of these ideas through case studies of 18 oil and gas-producing countries: Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Russia, Saudi, UAE, UK and Venezuela. The concluding chapter includes 10 tenets on how states can maximize their public brainpower, and a ranking of 33 resource-rich countries and the degree to which they succeed in doing so. The Introduction and the chapters 'Norway: Public Debate and the Management of Petroleum Resources and Revenues', 'Kazakhstan: Civil Society and Natural-Resource Policy in Kazakhstan', and 'Russia: Public Debate and the Petroleum Sector' of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Introduction: Civil Society, Public Debate and Natural Resource Management (Indra Overland) -- Algeria (Paola Rivetti and Francesco Cavatorta) -- Angola (Jesse Salah Ovadia) -- Azerbaijan (Kenan Aslanli) -- Canada (Shantel Jordison) -- Colombia (Carlo Tognato) -- Egypt (Robert Springborg) -- Iraq (Ibrahim Al Marashi) -- Kazakhstan (Roman Vakulchuk and Indra Overland) -- Libya (Ebtissam Al Kailani-Chariat) -- Netherlands (Aad Correljé) -- Nigeria (Cyril Obi) -- Norway (Indra Overland) -- Qatar (Steven Wright) -- Russia (Nina Poussenkova and Indra Overland) -- Saudi Arabia (Mark C. Thompson) -- The United Arab Emirates (Martin Hvidt) -- The United Kingdom (Philip Wright and Juan Carlos Boué) -- Venezuela (Ricardo Villasmil) -- Variations on Public Brainpower: Findings from Country Case Studies of Oil- and Gas-Producing Countries (Indra Overland) -- Lonely Minds: Natural Resource Governance without Input from Society (Indra Overland).
This book examines how civil society, public debate and freedom of speech affect natural resource governance. Drawing on the theories of Robert Dahl, Jurgen Habermas and Robert Putnam, the book introduces the concept of 'public brainpower', proposing that good institutions require: fertile public debate involving many and varied contributors to provide a broad base for conceiving new institutions; checks and balances on existing institutions; and the continuous dynamic evolution of institutions as the needs of society change. The book explores the strength of these ideas through case studies of 18 oil and gas-producing countries: Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Russia, Saudi, UAE, UK and Venezuela. The concluding chapter includes 10 tenets on how states can maximize their public brainpower, and a ranking of 33 resource-rich countries and the degree to which they succeed in doing so. The Introduction and the chapters 'Norway: Public Debate and the Management of Petroleum Resources and Revenues', 'Kazakhstan: Civil Society and Natural-Resource Policy in Kazakhstan', and 'Russia: Public Debate and the Petroleum Sector' of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.
Political science.
Ethnology.
Natural resources.
Environmental policy.
Energy policy.
Energy and state.
Political Science.
Social Anthropology.
Natural Resource and Energy Economics.
Environmental Politics.
Energy Policy, Economics and Management.