Download or read book The Dimensions of Resource Nationalism written by Justin Dargin and published by World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates the historical trajectory of resource nationalism, spanning from its articulation as a legal system to extract resources in the Americas by imperial Spain to an anti-colonial platform developed to increase state control over the energy sector. In a fresh review of this contentious topic, Oil Fire provides a broad introduction to resource nationalism and considers whether the ideology has actually contributed to the economic growth and national development of energy-rich developing countries. Oil Fire is a timely piece that can be used as an advanced textbook for graduate students in international affairs, as well as for energy practitioners who want to expand their knowledge of this topic. General readers will also find the text relevant and applicable to an everyday understanding of the drivers of politics in energy-rich developing countries.