Natural Resources and Democracy in Latin America:: Neither Curse Nor Blessing

The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Political Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Haber, Stephen ^a,b   Menaldo, Victor ^c  

^a School of Humanities and Sciences   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Latin America; Natural resources; Resource curse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924944226     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199747504.013.0015     Document Type: Chapter

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