Oil in times of democracy: debates on extraction and politics in Ghana
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| author | Alicia Campos Serrano |
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| contents | Oil in times of democracy: debates on extraction and politics in Ghana Alicia Campos Serrano Ángeles Sánchez Díez Relaciones Internacionales oil Ghana democracy Subsaharan Africa political economy The discovery of oil in 2007 in Ghana came in a time when elections had shown the capacity to allow for alternation of two main political parties in government. The main objective of this article is to investigate the terms of the debates that have been developed in regard to the relation between natural resources and democracy in the country. Three main issues have been addressed: the capacity of democratic institutions to condition and configure the social and political effects of the oil industry in the country; the potential perverse effects of oil extraction on democratic institutions; and the role of international arena and actors in the constitution of the political economy of oil in Ghana. 2022 artículo científico 1133-6595 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=695774059021 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6957/695774059021/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6957/695774059021/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6957/695774059021/695774059021.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6957/695774059021/movil https://doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2022.130.1.165/en en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=6957 Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals application/pdf Barcelona Centre for International Affairs Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals (España) Num.130 |
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| spellingShingle | Oil in times of democracy: debates on extraction and politics in Ghana Alicia Campos Serrano Relaciones Internacionales oil Ghana democracy Subsaharan Africa political economy Oil in times of democracy: debates on extraction and politics in Ghana Alicia Campos Serrano Ángeles Sánchez Díez Relaciones Internacionales oil Ghana democracy Subsaharan Africa political economy The discovery of oil in 2007 in Ghana came in a time when elections had shown the capacity to allow for alternation of two main political parties in government. The main objective of this article is to investigate the terms of the debates that have been developed in regard to the relation between natural resources and democracy in the country. Three main issues have been addressed: the capacity of democratic institutions to condition and configure the social and political effects of the oil industry in the country; the potential perverse effects of oil extraction on democratic institutions; and the role of international arena and actors in the constitution of the political economy of oil in Ghana. 2022 artículo científico 1133-6595 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=695774059021 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6957/695774059021/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6957/695774059021/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6957/695774059021/695774059021.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6957/695774059021/movil https://doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2022.130.1.165/en en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=6957 Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals application/pdf Barcelona Centre for International Affairs Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals (España) Num.130 |
| title | Oil in times of democracy: debates on extraction and politics in Ghana |
| topic | Relaciones Internacionales oil Ghana democracy Subsaharan Africa political economy |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=695774059021 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6957/695774059021/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6957/695774059021/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6957/695774059021/695774059021.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6957/695774059021/movil https://doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2022.130.1.165/en |