Challenges of the Caspian resource boom
Subtitle: domestic elites and policy-making
By: edited by Andreas Heinrich, Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen, Heiko Pleines, Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230301191
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development; Caspian Sea Region; Natural resources; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy; Petroleum industry and trade; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy; Economic conditions; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics
Description: "A re-conceptualisation of the widely-held concept of the "resource curse," which contends that resource booms inevitably lead to numerous political, social and economic problems. This book counters that these problems are by no means inevitable, but are rather the direct result of specific policy choices made by actors within particular regimes"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction; A.HeinrichPART I: THEORIES AND CONCEPTSThe Rentier State; T.RichterThe 'Slippery Slopes' Theory; I.OverlandNeopatrimonialism: Concept or Metaphor? G.ErdmannPatron-Client Relations; A.Heinemann-GruderPART II: PATTERNS OF ELITE INTERACTION AND POLICY-MAKING IN THE ENERGY SECTORPolitical Elites in Kazakhstan; T.Umbetalieva & D.SatpaevKInship and the State in Kazakhstan's Political Economy; J.KusznirPolitical Elites in Azerbaijan; F.GuliyevThe Role of the il Elite in Policy-Making in Azerbaijan; H.MeissnerPolitics and the Energy Sector in Turkmenistan; M.DenisonPART III: REGULATION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS AND INVESTMENTForeign Direct Investors and National Politics; B.BrauerRegulating Property and Exploitation Rights of Natural Resources; C.NygaardNational Oil Companies and the State; H.KjaernetThe Role of Corruption in the Governance of the Oil and Gas Industry; H.PleinesPART IV: SPENDING THE PETRO DOLLARSThe National Fund of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Y.KalyuzhnovaManaging the State Oil Fund in Azerbaijan; K.AslanliProviding Welfare in post-Soviet Rentier States; A.FrankeConclusion; A.Heinrich & H.Pleines.