From windfall to curse?
Subtitle: oil and industrialization in Venezuela, 1920-2005
By: Jonathan Di John.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press; Penn State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9780271035536
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade -- Venezuela; Industrialization -- Venezuela; Venezuela -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1958; Venezuela -- Economic conditions -- 1958-; Venezuela -- Economic policy
Description: "Examines the political economy of growth in Venezuela since the discovery of oil in 1920"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Accounting for growth and decline in Venezuela, 1920-2005; title: Trends and cycles in the Venezuelan economy, 1920-2005; title: Economic explanations of the growth collapse in Venezuela, 1973-2005; title: Political economy explanations of the growth collapse in Venezuela; title: Economic liberalization, political instability, and state capacity in Venezuela, 1989-1998; title: Toward a new political economy of late industrialization; title: Periodization of industrialization stages and strategies in Venezuela, 1920-2005; title: The structure of and changes in political settlements in Venezuela, 1920-2005; title: A new view on the political economy of growth in Venezuela, 1920-2005; title: The political economy of growth in Malaysia and Venezuela; title: Conclusion: rethinking the political economy of growth.