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Douglas
Yates’ fourth book, entitled
The
Scramble for African Oil: Oppression,
Corruption and War for Control of Africa’s
Natural Resources (London: Pluto
Press, 2012), has just been released.
This book describes how the international
demand for oil contributes to the chronic
problems plaguing Africa, and is being
praised by Michael Klare as “essential
reading for anyone seeking an
understanding of the resource curse.” In
other news Professor Yates was invited to
speak on Radio France International about
the presidential elections in Senegal
(Jan. 3), and on France24 television about
the massive strikes against fuel subsidy
cuts in Nigeria (Jan.13 and Jan.16). |
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Dr. Douglas Andrew Yates was born in
Hollywood, California. After secondary studies at The
Buckley School, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Law
and Society at the University of California at Santa
Barbara. After working for Finley, Kumble, Wagner law firm
in Beverly Hills, he was admitted on a fellowship grant to
the department of political science at Boston University,
where he received his master’s and doctorate. His
dissertation on the political economy of oil in sub-Saharan
Africa was published as The Rentier State in Africa:
Oil-Rent Dependency and Neo-colonialism in the Republic of
Gabon (Trenton/Asmara: Africa World Press, 1996). This work
was later used by the Catholic Relief Services to develop
its African Extractive Industries Initiative. Yates is a
frequent contributor to West Africa magazine, a London-based
news weekly covering France’s highly controversial African
policy.
Upon moving to France, professor Yates besides AUP, he
started teaching in the French university system, eventually
becoming integrated as a full-time tenured associate
professor of law [maitre de conferences] at the law school
of the University of Cergy-Pontoise, where he specializes in
civil procedure and the rules of evidence. Yates also joined
the faculty of the American Graduate School of International
Relations and Diplomacy, where he became the research
methodology advisor, helping graduate students through their
master’s theses and doctoral dissertations. |
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The Rentier State in Africa: Oil-Rent Dependency and
Neo-Colonialism in the Republic of Gabon
(Trenton/Asmara: Africa World Press, 1996)
Oil Policy in the Gulf of Guinea: Security & Conflict,
Economic Growth, Social Development (Bonn: Friedrich
Ebert Stiftung, 2004)
The Historical Dictionary of Gabon, 3rd edition
(Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 2006).
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Contact
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yates@aup.edu |
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+33 1 40.62.06.00 ext. 586 |
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Combes, AUP: 6, Rue du Colonel Combes, 75007, Paris (Métro: La Tour-Maubourg, Ecole Militaire, Alma-Marceau, Invalides) |
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Richard
Beardsworth
Professor of Political Philosophy and
International Relations;
Director of the Research Center, IPEPP.
Larry Eaker
Associate Professor of Political
Science
Steven
Ekovich
Associate Professor of Political Science
and History
Hall
Gardner
Professor of Political Science; Chair,
Department of International and Comparative Politics.
Philip Golub
Associate Professor of Political
Science
Peter Hägel
Assistant Professor of International
and Comparative Politics
Oleg
Kobtzeff
Assistant Professor of Political
Science and History
Julie Newton
Associate Professor of Political
Science
Adrian
Penalver
Assistant Professor of Economics
Susan Perry
Associate Professor of Political
Science; Director, Division of International Politics, Economics and Public
Policy; Director, MA in International Affairs.
Douglas Yates
Assistant Professor of Political
Science |
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