Resources and the Political Economy of State Fragility in Conflict States
This paper studies state failure and governance in two conflict-states in the Middle East: Iraq and Somalia. Iraq is currently undergoing a social experiment under which a new form of government is being constructed after the passage of autocratic rule. The government envisaged is a consociational d...
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| author | Dibeh, Ghassan |
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| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2008 2017-08-28T13:19:41Z 2017-08-28T13:19:41Z 2017-08-28 |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 9.78929E+12 http://hdl.handle.net/10725/6102 Dibeh, G. (2008). Resources and the Political Economy of State Fragility in Conflict States (No. 2008/35). Research Paper, UNU-WIDER, United Nations University (UNU). http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ghassan_Dibeh/publication/23547958_Resources_and_the_Political_Economy_of_State_Fragility_in_Conflict_States_Iraq_and_Somalia/links/0046352973c171b454000000.pdf |
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| description | This paper studies state failure and governance in two conflict-states in the Middle East: Iraq and Somalia. Iraq is currently undergoing a social experiment under which a new form of government is being constructed after the passage of autocratic rule. The government envisaged is a consociational democratic state designed a priori as a political mechanism for the redistribution of resources, mainly oil. Somalia represents a stateless society or anarchy. The paper argues that in resource-rich countries such as Iraq, the consociational project leads to an Olson-type rent-seeking confessional behaviour that hampers economic growth and development. The rent-seeking behaviour in Iraq is fuelling the insurgency that perceives the consociational system as a grabbing. |
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| spelling | Resources and the Political Economy of State Fragility in Conflict StatesDibeh, GhassanThis paper studies state failure and governance in two conflict-states in the Middle East: Iraq and Somalia. Iraq is currently undergoing a social experiment under which a new form of government is being constructed after the passage of autocratic rule. The government envisaged is a consociational democratic state designed a priori as a political mechanism for the redistribution of resources, mainly oil. Somalia represents a stateless society or anarchy. The paper argues that in resource-rich countries such as Iraq, the consociational project leads to an Olson-type rent-seeking confessional behaviour that hampers economic growth and development. The rent-seeking behaviour in Iraq is fuelling the insurgency that perceives the consociational system as a grabbing.N/AIncludes bibliographical references.UNU/WIDER2017-08-28T13:19:41Z2017-08-28T13:19:41Z20082017-08-28Conference Paper / Proceedinginfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject9.78929E+12http://hdl.handle.net/10725/6102Dibeh, G. (2008). Resources and the Political Economy of State Fragility in Conflict States (No. 2008/35). Research Paper, UNU-WIDER, United Nations University (UNU).http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.phphttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ghassan_Dibeh/publication/23547958_Resources_and_the_Political_Economy_of_State_Fragility_in_Conflict_States_Iraq_and_Somalia/links/0046352973c171b454000000.pdfenResearch paper (World Institute for Development Economics Research) ; no. 2008/35info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/61022021-03-19T09:10:09Z |
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| title | Resources and the Political Economy of State Fragility in Conflict States |
| title_full | Resources and the Political Economy of State Fragility in Conflict States |
| title_fullStr | Resources and the Political Economy of State Fragility in Conflict States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resources and the Political Economy of State Fragility in Conflict States |
| title_short | Resources and the Political Economy of State Fragility in Conflict States |
| title_sort | Resources and the Political Economy of State Fragility in Conflict States |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10725/6102 http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ghassan_Dibeh/publication/23547958_Resources_and_the_Political_Economy_of_State_Fragility_in_Conflict_States_Iraq_and_Somalia/links/0046352973c171b454000000.pdf |