Turkmenistan: Power, Politics and Petro-Authoritarianism
Annette Bohr — Turkmenistan: Power, Politics and Petro-Authoritarianism (2016)Annette Bohr · 2016 · Report · SummaryDisputedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1192 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: Turkmenistan under Niyazov: personalist rule and gas rents (1991–2006) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Bohr argues that Turkmenistan is a petro-authoritarian state whose hydrocarbon export revenue funds the security services and patronage networks that sustain the regime; cross-national studies dispute whether resource wealth generally causes authoritarianism.”
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2The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations
Michael L. Ross — The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations (2012)Michael L. Ross · 2012 · BookEvidence that contradicts
1Do Natural Resources Fuel Authoritarianism? A Reappraisal of the Resource Curse
Stephen Haber,Victor Menaldo — Do Natural Resources Fuel Authoritarianism? A Reappraisal of the Resource Curse (2011)Stephen Haber; Victor Menaldo · 2011 · ArticleStatus history
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