Oliver McPherson-Smith

Crude Calculations

Regime Stability, Economic Liberalization, and the Energy Transition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is essential for students and scholars who are interested in the future economic trajectory of resource-wealthy dictatorships amid the renewable energy transition. The first of its kind to directly compare Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, this book draws from fieldwork in both countries to introduce the rent-conditional reform theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009580038
• ISBN-10: 1009580035
• Artikelnr.: 74266122

Autorenporträt

Oliver McPherson-Smith holds a DPhil in politics from the University of Oxford, an MA in Middle Eastern studies from Harvard University, and a BA in land economy from the University of Cambridge. Before pursuing academic research, McPherson-Smith enjoyed a career as a broadcast journalist in Africa and the Middle East.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The rent-conditional reform theory
2. Interest groups and Nigerian corporate regulation in historical perspective
3. Corporate regulation and elite interests in Nigeria during the 21st century
4. Saudi Arabia and the politicization of corporate regulation in historical perspective
5. Corporate regulation and popular discontent in Saudi Arabia during the 21st century
6. Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and the global energy transition
Conclusion
Works cited.