Resource curse? governmentality, oil and power in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

By M. Watts. 2004

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The role of country-level institutional factors in escaping the natural resource curse: Insights from Ghana (2019, background): “…that developing countries that are rich in natural resources (Mikesell, 1997) are susceptible to petroleum revenue mismanagement, poor governance (Watts, 2004), rent-seeking behaviour (Kopiński et al., 2013), corruption (Roberts, 2015), socio-economic and political crisis and regional…”
Solar power, state power, and the politics of energy transition in pre-Saharan Morocco (2016, background): “In this context, Huber’s observation about the political dimensions of oil—how ‘‘energized practices shape particular forms of thinking and feeling about politics’’ (xi)—holds true for renewable energy as well (see also Limbert and Ferry, 2008; Mitchell, 2011; Swyngedouw, 1999; Watts, 2004).”
Energy justice for all? Rethinking Sustainable Development Goal 7 through struggles over traditional energy practices in Sierra Leone (2017, background): “Second, imported LPG is produced and transported via a commodity chain linked to numerous conflicts and environmental justice issues around the world (Bebbington and Bury, 2013; Mitchell, 2009; Watts, 2004a, 2004b).”