The political economy of oil and gas in Southeast Asia: Heading towards the natural resource curse?

Pacific Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-259

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Energy security; Natural gas; Resource curse

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; ENERGY USE; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; NATURAL GAS; OIL PRODUCTION; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MYANMAR; THAILAND;

EID: 77952055308     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512741003624484     Document Type: Article

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