Oil and Politics in the Gulf of Guinea Soares de Oliveira, Ricardo

  • Hurst & Co.
  • Year of publishing: 2007
  • Place of publishing: London
  • ISBN: 9781850658580
  • Language: English

Státy Gvinejského zálivu na africkém atlantickém pobřeží dodávají 15 procent americké ropy a v poslední době prožívají ohromný příliv investic. Ale proč americké, evropské a asijské těžební spoelčnosti investují desítky miliard dolarů do států, které jsou na pokraji zhroucení, vedené nelítostnými vůdci a poznamenané opakovanými válkami a jedněmi z nejhorších rozvojových praktik na světě?

Odpovědí na tuto otázku jsou právě tyto obrovské rezervy ropy, které umožňují Angole, Rovníkové Gvineji a Nigérii těžit z mezinárodních investic a technologií nezávisle na jejich počínání si. Jejich vztahy s dovozci, producenty a těžebními společnostmi nejsou nijak ovlivněny vnitřní situací v těchto státech, které jsou udržovány "při životě" pouze proto, aby mohla být ropa i nadále těžena. Autor analyzuje roli a dopady ropy v tomto strategickém regionu a podává sofistikovaný a empiricky bohatý popis "úspěšných zhroucených států" Zálivu, který čtenáři umožňuje nahlédnout do specifické politické ekonomiky ropy.

The Gulf of Guinea, on Africa's Atlantic coast, supplies fifteen per cent of America's oil and has recently experienced an immense inflow of investment. But why are American, European, and Asian oil companies enthusiastically committing tens of billions of dollars of long-term investment to the Gulf of Guinea's failing states, which are characterized by ruthless elites, recurrent warfare, and some of the world's most detrimental development practices?

The answer is the Gulf's large petroleum reserves, which allow the elites of Angola, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria to reap the benefits of international investment and expertise regardless of their behavior. Their macabre partnership with importers, producers, and oil companies seems immune to the political tragedies festering across the Gulf of Guinea, where the state, while largely moribund, is kept from collapsing in order to keep oil flowing to its investors. Ricardo M. S. Soares de Oliveira analyzes the political economy of oil in this strategically vital region. He writes a conceptually sophisticated and empirically rich account of the Gulf's "successful failed states," providing insight on the peculiar political economy of oil and drawing a captivating portrait of the evils unleashed by the presence of petroleum.

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