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Blood oil : tyrants, violence, and the rules that run the world /
"Natural resources like oil and minerals are the largest source of unaccountable power in the world. Petrocrats like Putin and the Saudis spend resource money on weapons and oppression; militants in Iraq and in the Congo spend resource money on radicalization and ammunition. Resource-fueled aut...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules That Run the World; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; THE MOTHER OF INVENTIONS; THE LIFE MACHINE; THE CURSE OF NATURAL RESOURCES; THE OIL AROUND US, ON US, IN US; DO WE REALLY HACE TO CARE ABOUT THIS?; THE FOG OF WARES; CURSES ON US; EVERYWHERE IN CHAINS; YOU OWN SAUDI ARABIA; TO SEE THE WORLD IN A DROP OF OIL; Need to Know Basis: The Facts About Resources, the Oil Companies, and the Oil Countries; THE CATHEDRALS OF MODERNITY; THE ROAR OF FOSSILS; LIFE ON IRON ROCK; PETROWORLD; GET THEE BEHIND ME, PETRO; COUNTRIES AND COMPANIES
- EMERGING FROM THE MUD Summary of the Book ; PREVIEW OF THE BOOK; THE PURE THEORY OF BLOOD OIL; Part I: Them vs. Them; 1: Addicted to Money; OIL IS ALCOHOL, DIAMONDS ARE DRUGS; THE LIVES OF ADDICTS; ADDICTED TO MONEY; THE WORLD'S BEST ADDICT; THE CAPITAL AND CONSTITUTION OF STRONG PEOPLES; 2: Power: What Big Men Want; THE SUN KING'S SECRET GIFTS TO THE MERRY MONARCH; WHAT BIG MEN WANT; THE TRAD SOURCES OF POWER; 3: Coercion, Corruption . . .; HOW TO SPEND IT; "THEY. SHOT. THE. PEOPLE."; RENTS AND CLIENTS; "EVERY MAN THERE IS A BARRATOR ... FOR MONEY, OF NO THEY MAKE AY"; EATING THE MONEY
- THE VIOLENCE-CLIENT MIXPUBLIC GOODS AND BADS; AUTHORITARIAN LEGITIMATION; THE BIG MAN AND HIS BIG HAND; 4: ... Then Maybe Blood; COERCION, CORRUPTION, THEN MAYBE BLOOD; THE SPOILS OF WAR; THE WORLD'S WORST WAR; NIGERIA IS FAR FROM NORWAY; POLITICAL PATHOLOGIES: INTERACTIONS AND ADDITIONS; OIL IS A THREE-LETTER WORD; Part II: Them vs. Us vs. Us; 5: Might Makes Right; DIRT CHEAP; THE ARMPIT OF AFRICA; OUR CONNECTION TO THE RESOURCE DISORDERS; EX INJURIA JUS ORITUR; AN ANCIENT, OPEN SECRET; THE DEEPEST CAUSE OF THE RESOURCE DISEASES; EFFECTIVENESS BETWEEN HISTORY AND PRINCIPLE
- 6: Curses on Us: Petrocrats, Terrorists, and ConflictA RISKY BUSINESS; AID TO THE ENEMY; THE CHIMERA OF STABILITY: IRAN; THE OPAQUE AUTOCRAT OF IRAQ; GLOBALIZING MEDIEVALISM: SAUDI ARABIA; THE THIRD BALLOON; GIVE ME FUEL, GIVE ME FIRE; FRAGILE AND FAILED; TOMORROW'S HEADLINES; 7: How Might Makes Right; GUNS MAKE RIGHTS; MAKING LAW ON HIGH ISLAND; ALL PROPERTY IS LOCAL; MIGHT MAKES LAW MAKES RIGHT; THE LAW THAT IS NOT LAW; WHY MIGHT?; LEGAL HOMOLOGARCHY: THE RULE OF THE SAME RULES; THE DICTATOR'S ENGAGEMENT; FOREIGN INJUSTICE ON HOME SOIL; THE NATURALIZATION OF RESOURCES
- 8: Grasping Dirty HandsBLOOD MONEY; OPENING THE HOME MARKET; HIDING IN THE LIGHT; Part III: The People's Rights; 9: Counter-Power; A MORAL HISTORY OF PLUNDER; VAE VICTIS; THE FALL OF CHRISTENDOM; THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE JUNGLE; WESTPHALIAN EVOLUTION; THE COUNTER-POWER OF AGREEMENT; DRAWING THE MAP IN PEN; AMERICAN IMPERIALISTS; CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE MODERN STATE SYSTEM; A STARFISH HISTORY; ANARCHY, STATE, AND COUNTER-POWER; 10: The Determination of Peoples; THE KING PLAYS CHESS; POWER TO THE PEOPLE?; WESTPHALIA VS. SAN FRANCISCO; THE WINNERS OF WORLD WAR III; HERE THE PEOPLE RULE