Business and politics in a criminal state
The case of Equatorial Guinea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6023597 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Wood (0000-0001-9709-1823, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 413 |
| Pages | 547-567 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9909 • E-ISSN: 1468-2621 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/afraf/adh084 |
| OpenAlex | W1984468649 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
This article assesses the changing nature of the contemporary political economy of Equatorial Guinea. It provides an overview of the complex and dynamic web of elite rent-generation and explores the extent to which the development of an oil industry has contributed to a monoculture of accumulation. It is concluded that, despite the oil windfall, other, 'illicit', modes of elite rent-generation persist and have even intensified.
Economics · Economy · Elite · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · State (computer science) · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · Law
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| Citations per year | 1.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |