Does lootable wealth breed disorder?: A political economy of extraction framework

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 943-968

  Snyder, Richard ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil war; Economic institutions; Lootable wealth; Natural resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747755115     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414006288724     Document Type: Review

References (42)

1. Boucaud, A., & Boucaud, L. (1992). Burma's golden triangle: On the trail of the opium war-lords. Bangkok, Thailand: Asia Books.
2. Campbell, G. (2002). Blood diamonds. Boulder, CO: Westview.
3. Clapham, C. (1982). The politics of failure: Clientelism, political instability and national integration in Liberia and Sierra Leone. In C. Clapham (Ed.), Private patronage and public power: Political clientelism in the modern state (pp. 76-92). London: Frances Pinter.
4. Collier, P. (2000). Doing well out of war: An economic perspective. In M. Berdal & D. M. Malone (Eds.), Greed and grievance: Economic agendas in civil war (pp. 91-111). Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.
5. Collier, P., & Hoeffler, A. (1998). On economic causes of civil war. Oxford Economic Papers, 50 (14). 563-573.
6. Collier, P., & Hoeffler, A. (2004). Greed and grievance in civil war. Oxford Economic Papers, 56 (4). 563-596.
7. Dapice, D. (1998). Development prospects for Burma: Cycles and trends. In R. I. Rotberg (Ed.), Burma: Prospects for a democratic future (pp. 153-164). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
8. De Soysa, I. (2000). The resource curse: Are civil wars driven by rapacity or paucity? In M. Berdal & D. M. Malone (Eds.), Greed and grievance: Economic agendas in civil war (pp. 113-135). Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.
9. Fearon, J. D. (2005). Primary commodities exports and civil war. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 49 (4). 483-507.
10. Fearon, J. D., & Laitin, D. D. (2003). Ethnicity, insurgency, and civil war. American Political Science Review, 97 (1). 75-90.
11. Gates, S. (2002). Recruitment and allegiance: The microfoundations of rebellion. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 46 (1). 111-130.
12. Gelbard, R. S. (1998). Burma: The booming drug trade. In R. I. Rotberg (Ed.), Burma: Prospects for a democratic future (pp. 185-195). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
13. Humphreys, M. (2005). Natural resources, conflict, and conflict resolution: Uncovering the mechanisms. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 49 (4). 508-537.
14. Janse, A. J. A. (1995). A history of diamond sources in Africa: Part I. Gems and Gemology, 31 (4). 228-255.
15. Janse, A. J. A. (1996). A history of diamond sources in Africa: Part II. Gems and Gemology, 32 (1). 2-30.
16. Jones Luong, P., & Weinthal, E. (2001). Prelude to the resource curse: Explaining oil and gas development strategies in the Soviet successor states and beyond. Comparative Political Studies, 34, 367-399.
17. Karl, T. L. (1997). The paradox of plenty: Oil booms and petro-states. Berkeley: University of California Press.
18. Keen, D. (1998). The economic functions of violence in civil wars (Adelphi Paper No. 320). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
19. Keen, D. (2000). Incentives and disincentives for violence. In M. Berdal & D. M. Malone (Eds.), Greed and grievance: Economic agendas in civil war (pp. 19-41). Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.
20. Le Billon, P. (2001). The political ecology of war: Natural resources and armed conflicts. Political Geography, 20 (5). 561-584.
21. Levi, M. (1988). Of rule and revenue. Berkeley: University of California Press.
22. Levinson, A. A., Gurney, J. J., & Kirkley, M. B. (1992). Diamond sources and production: Past, present, and future. Gems & Gemology, 28 (4). 234-254.
23. Lintner, B. (1998). Drugs and economic growth: Ethnicity and exports. In R. I. Rotberg (Ed.), Burma: Prospects for a democratic future (pp. 165-183). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
24. Lintner, B. (1999). Burma in revolt: Opium and insurgency since 1948. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books.
25. Luke, D. F., & Riley, S. P. (1989). The politics of economic decline in Sierra Leone. Journal of Modern African Studies, 27 (1). 133-141.
26. McCoy, A. W. (1999). Lord of drug lords: One life as lesson for U.S. drug policy. Crime, Law, and Social Change, 30 (4). 301-331.
27. Reno, W. (1995). Corruption and state politics in Sierra Leone. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
28. Reno, W. (1998). Warlord politics and African states. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.
29. Richards, P. (1996). Fighting for the rain forest: War, youth, and resources in Sierra Leone. Oxford, UK: James Currey.
30. Ross, M. L. (2003). Oil, drugs, and diamonds: The varying roles of natural resources in civil war. In K. Ballentine & J. Sherman (Eds.), The political economy of armed conflict: Beyond greed and grievance (pp. 47-70). Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.
31. Ross, M. L. (2004a). What do we know about natural resources and civil war? Journal of Peace Research, 41, 337-356.
32. Ross, M. L. (2004b). How do natural resources influence civil war? Evidence from thirteen cases. International Organization, 58 (1). 35-67.
33. Shafer, D. M. (1994). Winners and losers: How sectors shape the developmental prospects of states. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
34. Snyder, R. (1992). Explaining transitions from neopatrimonial dictatorships. Comparative Politics, 24 (4). 379-399.
35. Snyder, R., & Bhavnani, R. (2005). Diamonds, blood, and taxes: A revenue-centered framework for explaining political order. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 49 (4). 563-597.
36. Tilly, C. (1990). Coercion, capital, and European states, AD 990-1992. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.
37. Traub, J. (2000, June 29). The worst place on earth. New York Review of Books, pp. 61-66.
38. United Nations. (2004). World drug report. New York: U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.
39. Van der Laan, H. L. (1965). The Sierra Leone diamonds: An economic study covering the years 1952-1961. London: Oxford University Press.
40. Van der Laan, H. L. (1975). The Lebanese traders in Sierra Leone. The Hague, the Netherlands: Mouton.
41. Wood, E. J. (2005). Robust settlements of civil wars: Distributional compromises and indivisible stakes. Unpublished manuscript, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
42. Zack-Wiliams, A. (1995). Tributors, supporters and merchant capital: Mining and under-development in Sierra Leone. Aldershot, UK: Avebury.