Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: Economics and Infrastructures of Energy Exporters
5. 1. The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey 17
6. 2. Sometimes the Grass Is Indeed Greener: The Successful Use of Energy Revenues 58
7. 3. Is There a Policy Learning Curve? Trinidad and Tobago and the 2004– 8 Hydrocarbon Boom 84
8. 4. The Illusion of Unlimited Supply: Iran and Energy Subsidies 110
9. 5. Challenges Facing Central Banks in Oil- Exporting Countries: The Case of Azerbaijan 137
10. 6. Power to the Producers: The Challenges of Electricity Provision in Major Energy- Exporting States 161
11. Part II: Energy Exports, Society, and Politics
12. 7. The Impact of Energy Resources on Nation- and State- Building: The Contrasting Cases of Azerbaijan and Georgia 203
13. 8. Education Reform in Energy- Exporting States: The Post- Soviet Experience in Comparative Perspective 225
14. 9. Is Norway Really Norway? 259
15. Part III: Energy Exporters in the International Po liti cal System
16. 10. Energy Exporters and the International Energy Agency 283
17. 11. Resource Nationalism and Oil Development: Profit or Peril? 295
18. 12. Natural Resources, Domestic Instability, and International Conflicts 313
19. 13. Petroleum, Governance, and Fragility: The Micro- Politics of Petroleum in Postconflict States 330
20. Conclusion: Constant Perils, Policy Responses, and Lessons to Be Learned 352
21. Notes 371
22. Contributors 449
23. Index 453
24. Acknowledgments 465