Subverting Capitalism and Democracy: Systemic faults that caused the Financial Crisis
Product DescriptionWhat caused the current financial crisis? A lot of answers have been proposed. But do we know the root causes? This book looks at the causes behind the causes we know. The micro-faults that subverted capitalism and demo... More >> Subverting Capitalism and Democracy: Systemic faults that caused the Financial Crisis
Crude Democracy: Natural Resource Wealth and Political Regimes (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Product DescriptionThis book challenges the conventional wisdom that natural resource wealth promotes autocracy. Oil and other forms of mineral wealth can promote both authoritarianism and democracy, the book argues, but they do so through... More >> Crude Democracy: Natural Resource Wealth and Political Regimes (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil
Product DescriptionHow oil undermines democracy, and our ability to address the environmental crisis.Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption and... More >> Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil