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Sovereignty, the ‘resource curse’ and the limits of good governance: a political economy of oil in Ghana (2016)
Journal Article
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

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 descri... Read More about Sovereignty, the ‘resource curse’ and the limits of good governance: a political economy of oil in Ghana.

Neoliberal energy transitions in the South: Kenyan experiences (2016)
Journal Article
Newell, P., & Phillips, J. (2016). Neoliberal energy transitions in the South: Kenyan experiences. Geoforum, 74, 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.05.009

What is the relationship between the direction and form of an energy transition and the political economy within which it is embedded? This paper explores how the nature of (low carbon) energy transitions is strongly influenced by the process of neol... Read More about Neoliberal energy transitions in the South: Kenyan experiences.