Untapped: The Scramble for Africa’s Oil

Ghazvinian's field work is based on wide-ranging interviews with politicians, economists, warlords, diplomats, aid workers, oil-company executives, activists, priests, crude-oil bandits, soldiers, bureaucrats, technocrats, scientists, historians, oil-rig workers, lawyers, bankers, old men, and...

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Published in:Naval War College review 2007, Vol.60 (4), p.142-143
Main Author: LLOYD, RICHMOND M.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Crude oil
Deepwater drilling
Nonfiction
Organized crime
Standard of living
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Summary:Ghazvinian's field work is based on wide-ranging interviews with politicians, economists, warlords, diplomats, aid workers, oil-company executives, activists, priests, crude-oil bandits, soldiers, bureaucrats, technocrats, scientists, historians, oil-rig workers, lawyers, bankers, old men, and boys, among others. A few examples in his words: Nigeria, it is simply the doomsday scenario, an amalgamation of all the worst oil has to offer Africa: corruption, ethnic hatred, Dutch disease, and rentierism, organized crime, militant rebellion, hostage taking, and sabotage of industry activity, and a country held together tenuously.
ISSN:0028-1484
2475-7047