Flammable Societies
The central focus of this project is the qualitative study of the linkages that exist between oil and gas industry development and the generation of conflict and poverty, or possibilities for generating peaceful economic, political and social opportunities.In cooperation with Chr. Michelsens Institutt [CMI] Participants John-Andrew McNeish, Chr. Michelsens Institutt [CMI]
Current quantitative approaches to the resource curse demonstrate a series of weaknesses and ambiguities. Recognising this, the central focus of this project is the qualitative study of the linkages that exist between oil and gas industry development and the generation of conflict and poverty, or possibilities for generating peaceful economic, political and social opportunities.
Funding
The Research Council of Norway
Publications
- Overland, Indra , Heidi Kjærnet, Andrea Kendall-Taylor [ed.] (2010). Caspian Energy Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Abingdon, Routledge. 208 pages. This book analyses the role of oil and gas in the development of the three main petroleum exporters in the Caspian region - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan - and how energy resources influence interactions with semi-authoritarian Russia and China.