Does Oil Hinder Democracy?

By Michael L. Ross. 2001

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Subfields: Demography, Development, Economics and Econometrics

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Oil abundance and violent political conflict: A critical assessment (2007, background): “Finally, it has been suggested that the risk of civil war is increased in oil states because oil states tend to produce authoritarian governance (Ross, 2001c , de Soysa, 2002b ).”
Russia as an Energy Superpower (2008, background): “The dangers of the ‘resource curse’ are well documented.(10) Global experience indicates that countries with a heavy reliance on energy exports (that is,”
Anatomy of Corruption in the Nigerian Public Sector (2015, background): “According to the Transparency International (TI; 2005) Report, corruption drains Nigeria, about 20% of her gross domestic product (GDP).”
The First Law of Petropolitics (2011, background): “A large body of work in political science and economics has sought to demonstrate that resource-abundant countries have worse institutions (notable references, among many others, include Ross 2001; Wantchekon 2002; Ramsay 2011; Tsui 2011).”
The Logic of Authoritarian Bargains (2009, positive): “First, do dictatorships facing internal rebellion attempt to maintain legitimacy through a greater provision of economic benefits? Second, do dictatorships under economic stress tend to liberalize politically? On the first question, the evidence suggests that the stability of authoritarian regimes i”
Natural Resources and the ‘Quality’ of Economic Development (2011, background): “The literature also contains studies that indicate how natural resource abundance/dependence tends to be associated with low levels of democracy and with the insurgence of authoritarian governments (Karl, 1997; Ross 2001; Wantchekon, 2002).”
Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy (2003, background): “The external imposition of a set of unsustainable institutions without the commitment to defend them over the longer term may prove to be counterproductive; however, there may be scope for using aid conditionality to help stabilize new institutions over a longer period (Lipset 1959; Przeworski and o”
Elections, Information, and Policy Responsiveness in Autocratic Regimes (2015, background): “This finding helps to illuminate why natural resource dependence has negative consequences for both economic growth (Ross, 1999) and democracy (Greene, 2007; Jensen & Wantchekon, 2004; Ross, 2001; but see Haber & Menaldo, 2011).”
Islam and democracy (2010, methodology): “Abstract Using the POLITY IV and Freedom House indices, Rowley and Smith (2009) found that countries with Muslim majorities enjoy less freedom and are less democratic than countries in which Muslims are a minority.”