Extractive economies and conflicts in the global South: Re-engaging rentier theory and politics

Extractive Economies and Conflicts in the Global South: Multi-Regional Perspectives on Rentier Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-25

  Omeje, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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