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Libya : Libya Since Independence: Oil and State-Building
Libya Since Independence: Oil and State-Building

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Created: 22nd Jul 2008
Modified: 24th Jul 2008
Location(s):
Libya
Type:
Libya
Publisher:
Cornell University Press
Creator:
Dirk Vandewalle
A compelling argument for how an oil driven economy can drive a nation forward and insulate it from the tumults of the world economy and outside political pressures, but at the same time rot state institutions from the inside out, making the state an alien entity to the citizens it is intended to distribute that wealth to.

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