Title: Hard times in the lands of plenty
First published: 2007
Description: Drawing on research in Iran and Indonesia and quantitative research on 19 other oil-rich developing countries, Smith challenges readers to reconsider resource wealth in late-developing countries, not as a simple curse or blessing, but instead as a flexible source of both political resources and potential complications.
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade, Political aspects, Political aspects of Petroleum industry and trade, Politics and government, Petroleum industry and trade, political aspects, Petroleum industry and trade, iran, Petroleum industry and trade, indonesia, Iran, politics and government, Indonesia, politics and government
Places: Indonesia, Iran
Time periods: 1941-1979, 1966-1998
LC classification: HD9576.I62 S65 2007