Our Land, Our Oil! Natural Resources, Local Nationalism, and Violent

Stefano Casertano explores the connections between the presence of energy natural resources and the development of "local nationalism" in the producing regions. In particular, he applies a specific focus on those cases where such nationalism leads to sece

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Stefano Casertano

Our Land, Our Oil! Natural Resources, Local Nationalism, and Violent Secession Foreword by Prof. Dr. Harald Fuhr

RESEARCH

Stefano Casertano Berlin, Germany

Dissertation Potsdam University, 2011

ISBN 978-3-531-19442-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-531-19443-1

ISBN 978-3-531-19443-1 (eBook)

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Foreword

Stefano Casertano's dissertation concerning the management of natural resources, local nationalism, violence and violent secession was ambitious from the very beginning. I still recall when he came to see me for the first time during my of