The Politics of Oil and Budgets #nlpoli
When any country or province depends heavily on the money that comes from resource extraction, it affects politics there. Political scientist Michael Ross is probably the most recent author on…
oil curse
Nalcor’s Dark Secret #nlpoli
Since its creation, Nalcor has existed in a perpetual conflict of interest of one kind or another. SRBP raised the issue of conflict of interest 2006 when Dean Macdonald –…
Oil and Democracy #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Michael Ross contends there is a relationship between oil revenues and democracy. Crudely put: oil hinders democracy. First, the oil-impedes-democracy claim is both valid and statistically robust; in other words,…