Argues that natural resource wealth and commodity booms can be beneficial for state building, going against the orthodox understanding of the 'resource curse'.
Contains six case studies showing that certain types of political coalitions (i.e., export-oriented coalitions) can avoid the resource curse, even in the context of weak institutions.
State Building in Boom Times argues that commodity boo......
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Development Economics,
Political Geography,
Environmental Economics