Oil wealth and authoritarianism: Algeria in the Arab Spring
The “oil curse thesis” links a country’s oil largesse inter alia to the durability of its authoritarian regime. And it contends that abundant oil revenues enable autocrats to stymie democratic transition by obviating taxation from citizens, buying off their political acquiescence, bolstering the rep...
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dialnet-ar-18-ART00015833492023-03-08Oil wealth and authoritarianism: Algeria in the Arab SpringMuradova Huseynova, Lalaoil wealthauthoritarianismrentier statedemocracyAlgeriaArab Springinstitutionspolitical economyriqueza petrolíferaautoritarismoestado rentistademocraciaArgeliaPrimavera Árabeinstitucioneseconomía políticaThe “oil curse thesis” links a country’s oil largesse inter alia to the durability of its authoritarian regime. And it contends that abundant oil revenues enable autocrats to stymie democratic transition by obviating taxation from citizens, buying off their political acquiescence, bolstering the repressive apparatus and thwarting the formation of civil society. This paper revisits the relevant literature by qualitatively testing its predictions on an in-depth case study of the Algerian regime in the face of the political crisis and riots of 2011. Going beyond the deterministic argument on “oil wealth-authoritarianism”, it carefully examines the strategic interaction between country-specific factors and oil wealth and studies how the confluence of these factors has shaped the survival of the authoritarian regime in Algeria since 2011.La teoría de la “maldición del petróleo” vincula la riqueza petrolífera de un país con la durabilidad de su régimen autoritario. Y sostiene que disponer de este recurso en abundancia permite a los autócratas obstaculizar la transición democrática al obviar los impuestos de los ciudadanos y redistribuir la riqueza sin lograr una adecuada y necesaria cohesión social. Este trabajo revisa la literatura relevante, evaluando cualitativamente sus predicciones a través de un estudio de caso en profundidad de la resistencia del régimen autoritario argelino ante los disturbios políticos y populares del año 2011. Finalmente, este trabajo busca ir más allá del argumento determinista de “la riqueza petrolíferaautoritarismo”, propone examinar con cuidado la interacción estratégica entre los factores específicos de un país y la riqueza petrolífera, y estudia cómo la confluencia de estos factores ha determinado la supervivencia del régimen autoritario argelino desde el año 2011.2016text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=5407003(Revista) ISSN 1575-6548Revista española de ciencia política, ISSN 1575-6548, Nº 40, 2016, pags. 63-89engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI
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The “oil curse thesis” links a country’s oil largesse inter alia to the durability of its authoritarian regime.
And it contends that abundant oil revenues enable autocrats to stymie democratic transition by obviating
taxation from citizens, buying off their political acquiescence, bolstering the repressive apparatus
and thwarting the formation of civil society. This paper revisits the relevant literature by qualitatively
testing its predictions on an in-depth case study of the Algerian regime in the face of the political
crisis and riots of 2011. Going beyond the deterministic argument on “oil wealth-authoritarianism”,
it carefully examines the strategic interaction between country-specific factors and oil wealth and
studies how the confluence of these factors has shaped the survival of the authoritarian regime in
Algeria since 2011.
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