Resource Curse & Authoritarianism - A critique (Mukoyama & Koch) (copy)

Mukoyama argues that

colonial origins determine the authoritarianism and sovereignty of a state

Relationship of sovereignty and resource curse (Mukoyama)

Sovereignty is exogenous to the curse – the state formation process was affected by oil & influenced political regimes in turn

what variables affect relationship of resource curse & authoritarianism? (mukoyama)

Pre-independence oil discovery and an indirect colonial administration system which allows indigenous rulers power leads to separate independence and autocracy

Koch argues that

resource nationalism shapes natural resource politics

resource nationalism

a political discourse applied to political and economic thinking about how a state and its population should manage and distribute profits from natural resources

exporting states (Koch)

associated with protection of resource supplies & control of rights

importing states (Koch)

focused on securing resource access & flow – resource scarcity & threat of cutoffs