Power Relations, Coalitions, and Rent Control: Reforming The Military's Natural Resource Levies
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Levies imposed on the export earnings of natural resource producers provide the armed forces with sizeable off-budget revenue not subject to oversight or scrutiny. Why do some nations succeed at reforming or eliminating these levies, while others do not? This article argues that outcomes have to do with the balance of coalition strength between civilians and the armed forces. In the contemporary period, the military can no longer go at it alone, relying on tactics of coercive intimidation. Like civilians, it must find political party allies who can compete legislatively on its behalf. How coalitions either congeal, come unraveled, or fail to develop is assessed through a small-N comparative study of Ecuador and Chile.
Source: Comparative Politics
Authors: Collin Grimes, David Pion-Berlin
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2964671296