• DOI:10.1353/wp.2001.0011
Corpus ID: 18404

Does Oil Hinder Democracy?

@article{Ross2001DoesOH,
  title={Does Oil Hinder Democracy?},
  author={M. Ross},
  journal={World Politics},
  year={2001},
  volume={53},
  pages={325 - 361}
}

M. Ross

Published 2001

Economics

World Politics

Some scholars suggest that the Middle East's oil wealth helps explain its failure to democratize. This article examines three aspects of this "oil impedes democracy" claim. First, is it true? Does oil have a consistently antidemocratic effect on states, once other factors are accounted for? Second, can this claim be generalized? Is it true only in the Middle East or elsewhere as well? Is it true for other types of mineral wealth and other types of commodity wealth or only for oil? Finally, if… CONTINUE READING

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