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