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Lessons from strange cases: Democracy, development, and the resource curse in the U.S. States

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Goldberg, E; Wibbels, E; Mvukiyehe, E
Published in: Comparative Political Studies
April 1, 2008

The work linking natural resource wealth to authoritarianism and under-development suffers from several shortcomings. In this article, the authors outline those shortcomings and address them in a new empirical setting. Using a new data set for the U.S. states spanning 73 years and case studies of Texas and Louisiana, the authors are able to more carefully examine both the diachronic nature and comparative legs of the resource curse hypothesis than previous research has. They provide evidence that natural resource dependence contributes to slower economic growth, poorer developmental performance, and less competitive politics. Using this empirical setting, they also begin parsing the mechanisms that might explain the negative association between resource wealth and political and economic development. They draw implications from intranational findings for resource abundant countries across the world and suggest directions for future cross-national and cross-state work. © 2008 Sage Publications.

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Comparative Political Studies

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1552-3829

ISSN

0010-4140

Publication Date

April 1, 2008

Volume

41

Issue

4-5

Start / End Page

477 / 514

Related Subject Headings

  • Political Science & Public Administration
  • 4408 Political science
  • 1606 Political Science
 

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Goldberg, E., Wibbels, E., & Mvukiyehe, E. (2008). Lessons from strange cases: Democracy, development, and the resource curse in the U.S. States. Comparative Political Studies, 41(4–5), 477–514. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414007313123
Goldberg, E., E. Wibbels, and E. Mvukiyehe. “Lessons from strange cases: Democracy, development, and the resource curse in the U.S. States.” Comparative Political Studies 41, no. 4–5 (April 1, 2008): 477–514. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414007313123.
Goldberg E, Wibbels E, Mvukiyehe E. Lessons from strange cases: Democracy, development, and the resource curse in the U.S. States. Comparative Political Studies. 2008 Apr 1;41(4–5):477–514.
Goldberg, E., et al. “Lessons from strange cases: Democracy, development, and the resource curse in the U.S. States.” Comparative Political Studies, vol. 41, no. 4–5, Apr. 2008, pp. 477–514. Scopus, doi:10.1177/0010414007313123.
Goldberg E, Wibbels E, Mvukiyehe E. Lessons from strange cases: Democracy, development, and the resource curse in the U.S. States. Comparative Political Studies. 2008 Apr 1;41(4–5):477–514.
Journal cover image

Published In

Comparative Political Studies

DOI

EISSN

1552-3829

ISSN

0010-4140

Publication Date

April 1, 2008

Volume

41

Issue

4-5

Start / End Page

477 / 514

Related Subject Headings

  • Political Science & Public Administration
  • 4408 Political science
  • 1606 Political Science