After the Resource Curse
The Unexplored Possibility of the Post-Rentier State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12758199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew B Kirkpatrick (0000-0002-5111-0045, Christopher Newport University, corresponding author), Andrew Kirkpatrick (0009-0007-2380-1117) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | ekw013-ekw013 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Studies Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1528-3577 • E-ISSN: 1528-3585 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/isp/ekw013 |
| OpenAlex | W2574602303 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 25 |
Existing theories of the rentier state are essentially static, but rentier states are not monolithic and unchanging; most have economies built on the extraction of non-renewable resources, and at some point those resources will be exhausted. What happens then? In this paper, I argue that the case of Nauru may provide some guideposts. The existing concept of the rentier state is actually one component of a larger temporal typology. Rentier states can, and most will, eventually become post-rentier states. Post-rentier states have exhausted the resource wealth that formerly financed the state, and because of the perverse incentives of rentierism are ill equipped to function in the modern world economy. The paper concludes by outlining a dynamic theory of the rentier state. Las teorías existentes sobre el estado rentista son esencialmente estáticas, pero los estados rentistas no son monolíticos ni inmutables; la mayoría tienen economías basadas en la extracción de recursos no renovables y, en cierto punto, dichos recursos se agotarán. ¿Qué pasa entonces? En esta ponencia, sostengo que el caso de Nauru puede proporcionar algunos indicios. El concepto existente de que el estado rentista es en verdad un componente de una tipología temporal mayor. Los estados rentistas pueden convertirse en estados posrentistas con el tiempo, y la mayoría lo hará. Los estados posrentistas han agotado la riqueza de recursos que anteriormente financiaba al estado y, debido a los perversos incentivos del rentismo, están mal preparados para funcionar en la economía mundial moderna. La ponencia concluye con el esbozo de una teoría dinámica del estado rentista
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |