Introduction: Natural Resource Regulations and the Global Economy / Andreas R. D. Sanders, Pål T. Sandvik, and Espen Storli

Part 1: Evolution of the Domestic Regulation of Natural Resources

1 The Australian Gold Rushes, 1850–1900: Elites, Mineral Ownership, and Democracy / Zdravka Brunkova and Martin Shanahan

2 Regulation of Natural Resources in the Nordic Countries, 1880–1940 / Andreas R. D. Sanders, Pål T. Sandvik, and Espen Storli

3 Regulating Natural Resources in Canada: A Brief Historical Survey / Robin S. Gendron and Andreas R. D. Sanders

4 National Oil Companies and Political Coalitions: Venezuela and Colombia, 1910–76 / Marcelo Bucheli

5 Managing Russia’s Resource Wealth: Coalitions and Capacity / Stephen Fortescue

6 Regulatory Regimes for Petroleum Production in Brazil / Gail D. Triner

Part 2: Impact of Imperialism on Resource Policy

7 Regulating Oil Concessions in British West Africa: The Case of Nigeria and the Gold Coast during the Colonial Period / Jon Olav Hove and John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu

8 Regulating Oil in Iran and India: The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and Burmah Oil, 1886–1953 / Neveen Abdelrehim and Shraddha Verma

9 “In the National Interest”: Regulating New Caledonia’s Mining Industry in the Late Twentieth Century / Robin S. Gendron

Part 3: Growing Internationalization of Resource Policy

10 Regulating the Regulators: The League of Nations and the Problem of Raw Materials / Mats Ingulstad

11 Regulating the Natural Resources in the Antarctic Region: A Historical Review / Bjørn L. Basberg

12 The Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Land and Natural Resources: The Sami in Norway / Hanne Hagtvedt Vik

13 “Europe Cannot Engage in Autarchical Policies”: European Raw Materials Strategy from 1945 to the Present / Hans Otto Frøland and Mats Ingulstad

14 Mitigating Import Dependency: Japan’s Energy and Mining Policies / Takeo Kikkawa

Conclusion / Andreas R. D. Sanders, Pål T. Sandvik, and Espen Storli

Contributors; Index