Testing the neocon agenda: democracy in resource-rich societies

Resource-rich countries have tended to be autocratic and also have tended to use their resource wealth badly. The neoconservative agenda of promoting democratization in resource-rich countries thus offers the hopeful prospect of a better use of their economic opportunities. This paper examines wheth...

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Main Authors: Collier, P, Hoeffler, A
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2008