Resource regionalism in the Middle East and North Africa: Rich lands, neglected people
Mills, Robin; Alhashemi, Fatema | April 2018
Abstract
This paper refers to this phenomenon as “resource regionalism.” While the term “resource nationalism” is used to refer to a state’s efforts to gain control over natural resources from foreign firms, resource regionalism refers to local demands in resource-abundant regions for further benefits from locally-generated resource revenues. In other words, roughly speaking, resource regionalism can be seen as a localized manifestation of resource nationalism. When spatial inequalities and social fragmentation increase, new groups start seeing the resources as an avenue to remedy their political and economic grievances by applying the logic of resource nationalism, but in a narrower regional context. Resource regionalism does not have to lead to separatism, but it can be particularly salient when inhabitants of a sub-state region see themselves potentially as members of a distinct “nation.”
Citation
Mills, Robin; Alhashemi, Fatema. 2018. Resource regionalism in the Middle East and North Africa: Rich lands, neglected people. © Brookings India. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8280.Keywords
Civil Society Development
Agricultural And Rural Development
Development In East Asia
Infrastructure Development Projects
Institutional Development
Millennium Development Goals
Policy Development
Social Development Programs
Social Development
Rural planning
Aid coordination
Industrial projects
Infrastructure projects
Natural resources policy
Educational development
Civil government
Common good
Federal government
Delivery of government services
Government missions
Social participation
Political participation
Community banks
Business planning
Infrastructure
Sustainable urban development
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