Oil Companies in the International System

Oil Companies in the International System (1978) provides an original and wide-ranging examination of the impact that the leading oil companies have had on international relations. It looks at the interplay between the oil companies and the governments of both the industrialised and oil-producing countries.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Oil Majors and Parent Governments before 1939 3. Majors and Parents 1939-69: The Second Industry Restructuring 4. Majors and Host Governments pre-1970 5. Parent and Host Governments pre-1970 6. The Companies as Transitional Actors 7. Hosts and Companies in the 1970s 8. Companies, Industrialised Consumers and the OPEC Challenge 9. The Embargo and After - Testing Time 10. Will the Companies Survive?

Product details

• Authors: Turner Louis
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.12.2025
• EAN: 9781032575797
• ISBN: 978-1-032-57579-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Oil Industry
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, International Relations, Middle East, macroeconomics, General & world history, Labour / income economics, Environmental Economics, Labour Economics, International Economics, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Transport industries, Middle Eastern history, Regional / International studies, General and world history, Economics of industrial organisation, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Microeconomics, Manufacturing industries, Econometrics, History and Archaeology, Development economics and emerging economies, Agribusiness and primary industries, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science, Construction & heavy industry, Petroleum & oil industries, Economics of industrial organization, Econometrics and economic statistics, Energy industries and utilities, Construction and heavy industry, Primary industries