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Sovereignty, the ‘resource curse’ and the limits of good governance: a political economy of oil in Ghana

Phillips, Jon; Hailwood, Elena; Brooks, Andrew

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Elena Hailwood

Andrew Brooks



Abstract

The idea of a resource curse has influenced policy makers and led to calls for good governance to avoid the pitfalls of oil sector development. Through discussion of Ghana's recent insertion into the global political economy of oil, this paper describes the limits of the resource curse framing and associated liberal institutional management approaches to the inherently political nature of oil exploration and production. The paper describes ways in which sovereignty has been exercised both in opposition to and in support of foreign capital, and the role of discourses of ‘good governance’ in structuring the material politics of resource access.

Citation

Phillips, J., Hailwood, E., & Brooks, A. (2016). Sovereignty, the ‘resource curse’ and the limits of good governance: a political economy of oil in Ghana. Review of African political economy, 43(147), 26-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2015.1049520

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 1, 2015
Publication Date Jan 1, 2016
Deposit Date Jan 17, 2022
Publicly Available Date Jan 17, 2022
Journal Review of African Political Economy
Print ISSN 0305-6244
Electronic ISSN 1740-1720
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 43
Issue 147
Pages 26-42
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2015.1049520
Publisher URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03056244.2015.1049520

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This is the version of the article accepted for publication in Review of African Political Economy, 43 (147). pp. 26-42. published by Taylor and Francis in 2016 https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2015.1049520 Re-use is subject to the publisher’s terms and conditions





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