Our Land, Our Oil! Natural Resources, Local Nationalism, and Violent Secession /

• Main Author: Casertano, Stefano (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2013.
• Subjects: Political science.; Comparative politics.; Political Science and International Relations.; Comparative Politics.

Stefano Casertano explores the connections between the presence of energy natural resources and the development of "local nationalism" in the producing regions. In particular, he applies a specific focus on those cases where such nationalism leads to secession attempts. The research is bas...

Table of Contents:

• The case for "Local Oil Nationalism"
• From peace to conflict (and back)
• Bolivia and Sudan: A perfect split
• Indonesia and Malaysia: Islands, ethnicities, oil
• China and Iran: The risk for peripheral producing enclaves
• Angola and Nigeria: Tribal fragmentation in Sub-Saharan Africa.