OIL, GAS ARE DEMOCRACY’S WORST ENEMIES – EXPERT
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 15, 2011 – 14:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Oil and gas are democracy’s worst enemies, according
to Steven Fish, a comparative political scientist, professor at
UC Berkeley.
Speaking during a roundtable discussion in Caucasus Institute, prof.
Fish noted that democracy processes in Russia failed despite all
prerequisites for success, first of all well-educated population.
One of the reasons for this, he said, is the fact that the Russian
economy is based of hydrocarbon, which makes 70% of the country’s
export.
“Out of all oil-exporting countries, Norway is the only democratic
one, as democracy had been established before oil was found there,”
prof. Fish said.
From: A. Papazian
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