Colgan, Jeff D.,
Petro-Aggression : When Oil Causes War / [electronic resource] Jeff D. Colgan. - 1 online resource (328 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
Oil is the world's single most important commodity and its political effects are pervasive. Jeff Colgan extends the idea of the resource curse into the realm of international relations, exploring how countries form their foreign policy preferences and intentions. Why are some but not all oil-exporting 'petrostates' aggressive? To answer this question, a theory of aggressive foreign policy preferences is developed and then tested, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Petro-Aggression shows that oil creates incentives that increase a petrostate's aggression, but also incentives for the opposite. The net effect depends critically on its domestic politics, especially the preferences of its leader. Revolutionary leaders are especially significant. Using case studies including Iraq, Iran, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, this book offers new insight into why oil politics has a central role in global peace and conflict.
9781139342476 (ebook)
Petroleum industry and trade
HD9560.5 / .C576 2013
355.02/73
Petro-Aggression : When Oil Causes War / [electronic resource] Jeff D. Colgan. - 1 online resource (328 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
Oil is the world's single most important commodity and its political effects are pervasive. Jeff Colgan extends the idea of the resource curse into the realm of international relations, exploring how countries form their foreign policy preferences and intentions. Why are some but not all oil-exporting 'petrostates' aggressive? To answer this question, a theory of aggressive foreign policy preferences is developed and then tested, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Petro-Aggression shows that oil creates incentives that increase a petrostate's aggression, but also incentives for the opposite. The net effect depends critically on its domestic politics, especially the preferences of its leader. Revolutionary leaders are especially significant. Using case studies including Iraq, Iran, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, this book offers new insight into why oil politics has a central role in global peace and conflict.
9781139342476 (ebook)
Petroleum industry and trade
HD9560.5 / .C576 2013
355.02/73