Published January 27, 2012
by iris_author
Resource Extraction and Capitalist Accumulation in Angola and Nigeria
The turn of the millennium has brought profound change in the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea. In Angola and Nigeria, the region's two major oil producers, there has been considerable economic growth that is expected to continue for several more years. This talk focuses on the state promotion of 'local content' in the oil industries. Interviews and case studies of indigenous oil companies are used to ask whether local content policies are markers of a new and potentially successful variant of the developmental state. If this variant is successful in developing more capitalistic social relations of production, what does local content as a new strategy of elite accumulation mean for security and development in the Gulf of Guinea region?
Jesse Ovadia
PhD Candidate, Political Science
York University
31January 2012
1:30 – 3:00 pm
764 York Research Tower
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