Hydrocarbon Citizens: How Oil Transformed People and Politics in the Middle East
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Many nations that are rich in oil and natural resources are plagued by undemocratic politics, war and civil conflict, corrupt governments, and volatile economies. Scholars have pointed to a "resource curse" as a root of the problem: the notion that valuable natural resources are connected to serious social, political, and economic problems. Entirely missing from the story, however, is an understanding about the role of the public in oil nationsspecifically, the attitudes, values, and ideal...


