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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements | p. vii |
List of Abbreviations | p. xi |
List of Tables | p. xiii |
Map | p. xiv |
Petroleum and Politics in the Gulf of Guinea: an Introduction | p. 1 |
Petroleum and the Successful Failed State in the Gulf of Guinea | p. 19 |
The Idea of the State and its "Crisis" in the Developing World | p. 21 |
The Petro-State | p. 30 |
The African Postcolonial State | p. 39 |
The Successful Failed State in the Gulf of Guinea | p. 49 |
The Governance of the Oil State | p. 63 |
Governing the Boom-Era State | p. 65 |
Governing Decline and "Privatization" | p. 83 |
Governing Space and Violence | p. 103 |
The Petroleum Elites | p. 123 |
Elites, Patronage and Leadership | p. 124 |
Kleptocracy and Reform | p. 138 |
Oil Companies and the State in the Gulf of Guinea: a History | p. 159 |
The Private Sector and the Colonial State | p. 164 |
Post-Independence Turmoil | p. 174 |
National Assertiveness and the Boom Years | p. 184 |
Opportunity and Uncertainty in the Oil Frontier | p. 203 |
Technical Breakthroughs and the Investment Calculus | p. 205 |
"Making it Big" in the New Oil Provinces | p. 222 |
Past Practices and Present Woes | p. 242 |
Locked in: the Gulf of Guinea, Oil and the International System | p. 269 |
The World and the Culf of Guinea: Progressive versus Realpolitik Agendas | p. 271 |
The Gulf of Guinea and the World: Dependence, Opportunity, Limits | p. 307 |
Conclusion | p. 329 |
Bibliography | p. 341 |
Index | p. 375 |
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