Poisoned wells : the dirty politics of African oil
Title:
Poisoned wells : the dirty politics of African oil
Author:
Shaxson, Nicholas.
ISBN:
9781403971944
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Physical Description:
viii, 280 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Introduction : a paradox of plenty in the new gulf -- 1. Fela Kuti : how things fell apart in the oil boom -- 2. Pedro Motu : a morph to another world -- 3. Abel Abraao : wielding the oil weapon -- 4. Omar Bongo : taking the red pill -- 5. Eva Joly : elf Africaine and the rabbit warren -- 6. Andre Milongo : golden eggs -- 7. Obiang Nguema : what caring neighbors do -- 8. Fradique de Menezes : battening down the hatches -- 9. Arcadi Gaydamak : between global borders -- 10. Dokubo-Asari : corroding the soul of a nation -- 11. Global witness : hooligans and rock stars -- Conclusion : drawing the poison.
Abstract:
"In Poisoned Wells, Nicholas Shaxson exposes the root causes of the paradox of poverty from plenty, and explores the mechanisms by which oil causes grave instabilities and corruption around the globe."--BOOK JACKET.
Electronic Access:
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