Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. Figures and Tables XI
4. Preface XV
5. PART ONE. Commodities, Booms, and States
6. ONE. The Modern Myth of King Midas 1
7. TWO. Spanish Gold to Black Gold 23
8. THREE. The Special Dilemma of the Petro-State 44
9. PART TWO. Democracy over a Barrel in Venezuela
10. FOUR. The Making of a Petro-State 69
11. FIVE. Oil and Regime Change 92
12. SIX. The Instant Impact of a Bonanza 116
13. SEVEN. The Politics of Rent Seeking 138
14. EIGHT. From Boom to Bust 161
15. PART THREE. The Impact of Oil Booms on Oil-Exporting Countries
16. NINE. Petro-States in Comparative Perspective 187
17. TEN. Commodities, Booms, and States Revisited 222
18. Research Note 243
19. Statistical Appendix 245
20. Statistical Appendix Citations 274
21. Notes 275
22. Bibliography 299
23. Index 333