Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil by Timothy Mitchell

Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil

Timothy Mitchell

278 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced

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Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption and enormous inequality. Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences o...

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