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Chapter 1: The Paradox of Resource Wealth
Summary:
This opening chapter challenges the assumption that natural wealth leads to prosperity. It introduces the resource curse and sets the stage for a deeper inquiry into why resource-endowed nations often suffer from underdevelopment and instability.
Key Themes:
- Resource curse
- Political dysfunction
- Rentier dynamics
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Chapter 2: The Geography of Resource Burden
Summary:
Explores how geography shapes the experience of resource extraction. Certain regions are overexploited while others benefit. The concept of spatial injustice emerges as a foundational lens in the MASI Framework.
Key Themes:
- Spatial burden
- Territorial exclusion
- Regional inequality
Chapter 3: Mobility and the Constraints of Escape
Summary:
This chapter examines physical, economic, and cultural mobility. It reveals how immobility traps populations in extractive zones and deepens grievance over time.
Key Themes:
- Mobility justice
- Cultural immobility
- Entrapment dynamics
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Chapter 4: Democratic Responsiveness and the Illusion of Inclusion
Summary:
Unpacks why democratic structures often fail resource-rich communities. From tokenism to elite capture, it reveals how access to voice is systemically undermined.
Key Themes:
- Clientelism
- Electoral exclusion
- Political legitimacy
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Chapter 5: The Welfare Gap and Development Disillusionment
Summary:
Despite promises of prosperity, many resource communities remain underdeveloped. This chapter introduces the Welfare Gap as a critical MASI variable linking broken promises to rising instability.
Key Themes:
- Development failures
- Expectation vs. delivery
- Structural grievance
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Chapter 6: Grievance, Radicalization, and Institutional Decay
Summary:
Shows how prolonged marginalization breeds grievance and radicalization. It connects the MASI dimensions to cycles of violence and institutional erosion.
Key Themes:
- Radicalization
- Institutional breakdown
- Social unrest
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Chapter 7: Taxonomy of Conflict and the Global Reach of MASI
Summary:
Presents a classification of resource-based conflicts using the MASI lens. Includes examples from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and North America.
Key Themes:
- Global conflict typologies
- MASI application
- Comparative analysis
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Chapter 8: Institutions and the Limits of Reform
Summary:
Analyzes why institutional reforms often fail in resource states. It explores reform resistance, elite bargains, and international complicity.
Key Themes:
- Reform limitations
- Institutional inertia
- Governance gridlock
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Chapter 9: The Resource State and the Crisis of Legitimacy
Summary:
Concludes by diagnosing the legitimacy crisis in extractive regimes and proposing a vision for a post-extractive social contract anchored in justice and inclusion.
Key Themes:
- Sovereignty and legitimacy
- Post-resource governance
- Structural justice
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