Arbeitspapier
Resources and the political economy of state fragility in conflict states: Iraq and Somalia
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.
- ISBN
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978-92-9230-081-4
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: WIDER Research Paper ; No. 2008/35
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Asia including Middle East
Economic History: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries: Asia including Middle East
- Thema
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fragile states
political economy
resources
Politischer Konflikt
Staatsversagen
Entwicklung
Rohstoffressourcen
Rent Seeking
Irak
Somalia
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Dibeh, Ghassan
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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Helsinki
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2008
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Dibeh, Ghassan
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Entstanden
- 2008