The Politics of International Oil
- Gov 365P/MES 322K: Class 18
The
news - and three years ago:
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Comparisons between Iraq and Algeria: the issue
of reform
- Examination of Algeria's internal political problems - to what
extent extent are oil and gas the source of Algeria's current
difficulties?
- Might Algeria's proposed hydrocarbons legislation
be a model for
Iraq?
(oil law
discussed)
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- Readings:
- Clement M. Henry,
Algeria's Agonies: Oil
Rent Effects in a Bunker State, Journal of North African
Studies 9:2 (summer 2004), 68-81
- Clement Henry,
"Between
the Shocks: 'White Elephant' Industrialization in Algeria",
Viewpoints:
The Oil Shock of 1979 (Middle East Institute, summer
2009), pp. 49-52
- People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Ministry of Energy
and Mining,
Hydrocarbons
Law: Draft Project (Dec 2002)
- "Algeria
considers to level competition for Sonatrach," Alexander's
Gas and Oil Connection 8:1 (Jan 10, 2003)
- Hocine Malti ,
Opposition
To Algeria’s Hydrocarbon Law, Middle East Economic Survey,
11 April 2005.
- Francois Krotoff et al, The New 2005 Algerian Hydrocarbons Law
(Euromoney, October 2005)
- plus a new one added to your online syllabus:
updated 2006 version:
Hydrocarbons
Legislation in Algeria: Back to Square One? (sumnmarized
here)
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Main
page
Nov 9, 2009
- Department
of Government, University of
Texas at Austin.
- Questions, Comments, and Suggestions to
chenry@mail.utexas.edu