Oil wealth and authoritarianism: Algeria in the Arab Spring
<p>The “oil curse thesis” links a country’s oil largesse inter alia to the durability of its authoritarian regime. And it contends that abundant oil revenues enable autocrats to stymie democratic transition by obviating taxation from citizens, buying off their political acquiescence, bolsterin...
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| Language: | English |
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Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (AECPA)
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Revista Española de Ciencia Política |
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| Online Access: | https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/recp/article/view/39641 |