عنوان

Democracy, Oil and Political Stability in West Africa:

شماره

LA127203

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Democracy, Oil and Political Stability in West Africa:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Pathways to Managing Contested Spaces

نام نخستين پديدآور

Linda Darkwa, Philip Attuquayefio, Linda Darkwa, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The discovery of oil in commercial quantities in Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Niger has generated optimism of a better life for the people living within the respective countries. This notwithstanding, the narrative surrounding African countries such as Nigeria and Angola as examples of the resource curse syndrome is well documented. Consequently, the conversation on the prospects from the discovery of oil is often measured. Within this context, this article explores the relationship between oil, democracy and political stability in West Africa. While conceding that countries which discovered oil post-democracy will likely avoid the challenges of those that struck oil prior to democracy, it is argued that such prospects are merely conditional due to inherent challenges in the democracy project practised in respective countries in the sub-region. The article thus argues that the pathways to addressing the contested spaces lie in democratic institutions with enhanced institutional capacity. The discovery of oil in commercial quantities in Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Niger has generated optimism of a better life for the people living within the respective countries. This notwithstanding, the narrative surrounding African countries such as Nigeria and Angola as examples of the resource curse syndrome is well documented. Consequently, the conversation on the prospects from the discovery of oil is often measured. Within this context, this article explores the relationship between oil, democracy and political stability in West Africa. While conceding that countries which discovered oil post-democracy will likely avoid the challenges of those that struck oil prior to democracy, it is argued that such prospects are merely conditional due to inherent challenges in the democracy project practised in respective countries in the sub-region. The article thus argues that the pathways to addressing the contested spaces lie in democratic institutions with enhanced institutional capacity.

تاريخ نشر

2020

توصيف ظاهري

292-308

عنوان

The African Review

شماره جلد

46/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1821-889X

اصطلاح موضوعی

democracy

اصطلاح موضوعی

oil

اصطلاح موضوعی

political stability

اصطلاح موضوعی

West Africa

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Linda Darkwa

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Philip Attuquayefio

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/1821889X-12340002

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y