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Rentier States and Conflict: New Concepts, Different Perspectives

Since the 1970s, a curious phenomenon has emerged, suggesting that resource rich countries are "cursed" by their resources. Over the last couple of decades, researchers have argued that rentier countries are more likely to have educational underachievement, the Dutch disease, corruption, slower democratization, and conflict. Although current research has proven helpful and productive, some aspects still remain contested in both theoretical and empirical terms. This dissertation aims to fill cer… more

Date: May 2018

Creator: Ozsut, Melda

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Wealth and Regime Formation: Social and Economic Origins of the Change Toward Democracy

This study explores the relationship between economic development, social mobility, elites, and regime formation. I argue that the genesis of regime formation, in general, and of democratic regimes, in particular, is determined by the type of economic structure a society possesses, on the one hand, and on the degree the to which demands from disfranchised groups do or do not pose a substantial threat to the interests of elites who occupy the upper strata of the social and economic status hierar… more

Date: August 2007

Creator: Gurses, Mehmet