The Burden of Resources - Oil and Water in the Gulf Region and the Nile Basin

Informationen zum Autor Sharif S. Elmusa is associate professor of Political Science at the American University in Cairo. Klappentext This collection of essays seeks to investigate questions of oil and water resources contestation! wars! and cooperation in the context of the Gulf region! especially Iraq! and of the Nile Basin. It tries to explore different opinions! rather than arrive at consensus! regarding the following questions: Does scarcity lead to violent conflicts? Or does abundance? And once war starts! what is the role of resources in expanding/limiting the scope and intensity of war and prolonging/ shortening it? Finally could resources! whether scarce or abundant! induce cooperation instead of dispute and violence? Why and how? Zusammenfassung This collection of essays investigates questions of oil and water resources contestation, wars, and cooperation in the context of the Gulf region, especially Iraq, and of the Nile Basin. It explores different opinions, rather than arrive at consensus, regarding the following questions: Does scarcity lead to violent conflicts? Or does abundance? And once war starts, what is the role of resources in expanding/limiting the scope and intensity of war and prolonging/ shortening it? Finally could resources, whether scarce or abundant, induce cooperation instead of dispute and violence? Why and how? Cairo Papers in Social Science 30/4

Product details

• Authors: Sherif Elmusa
• Assisted by: Sharif S. Elmusa (Editor), Sherif Elmusa (Editor)
• Publisher: American university pr cairo
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2011
• EAN: 9789774164507
• ISBN: 978-977-416-450-7
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: Cairo Papers in Social Science; Cairo Papers in Social Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education