Well‐oiled regimes

Oil & uncertain transitions in Algeria & Nigeria

Bibliographic Data

ID11904736
AuthorsGregory White (0000-0002-3390-0764), Greg White (0000-0002-0388-1064, Smith College, corresponding author), Scott D Taylor (0000-0001-5449-5940, Georgetown University), Scott N Taylor (0000-0002-3617-7014)
Year2001
Volume28
Issue89
Publication date2001-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of African Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03056240108704544
OpenAlexW2003790822
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited49

Oil has had a profound impact on countries engaged in transitions to democracy, often undermining the commitment of both local and external actors to democratization. Two African countries, Algeria and Nigeria, demonstrate how oil distorts the domestic regime structure and conditions the nature of international linkages. Key actors in the international arena ‐notably, former colonial powers, international financial institutions and transnational corporations — are inclined to support undemocratic, military regimes that supply oil, while simultaneously offering only rhetorical support for ongoing transitions. Paradoxically, despite the critical role played by international actors in sustaining undemocratic regimes, and their compromising effect on domestic affairs, the international norm of sovereignty is deployed to rationalise non‐intervention in domestic political affairs of the country

Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rhetorical question · Sovereignty · Global Energy Security and Policy · International Development and Aid · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development

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