Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations The Players Essentials of Oil The Oil Companies The Oil-Producing Nations OPEC and International Oil Organizations The Issues International Relations Environmental Concerns Human Rights Economic Development Oil Politics and Its Global Impact Country Case Studies Iraq Mexico Nigeria Norway Russia Saudi Arabia Venezuela Bibliography About the Authors Notes Index

Promotional Information

"Access to oil is the key, the precipitating factor for understanding the roots of twenty-first century war, revolution and the societal marginalization and economic deprivations that persists in the live of people of African descent. Whether in the United States, Latin America or Africa, the starting point for interpreting the black experience today, then, requires a basic knowledge of competing oil producing nations and their markets. This remarkable study is the starting point." -- Juliet E. K. Walker, Center for Black Business History, Entrepreneuership, Technology, University of Texas at Austin "Oil is a crucial part of the economic life-blood of most nations. It is remarkable that Professors Toyin Falola and Ann Genova have painstakingly researched the Politics of the Global Industry, a book that will truly stand the test of time and usage. The authors deserve high commendation because their work, due to its sterling quality, will benefit students, the general readers as well as oil professionals, who are interested in reading about this crucial industry." -- A.B. Assensoh, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Graduate Studies and Admissions, Department of African American Diaspora Studies, Indiana University-Bloomington "Falola and Genova are to be congratulated for this timely and extremely useful study. It should prove very useful to policymakers and others who are interested in restructuring the global oil industry to make it an instrument for poverty eradication and economic development." -- John Mukum Mbaku, Ph.D., Willard L. Eccles Professor of Economics and John S. Hinckley Fellow, Weber State University

About the Author

Toyin Falola is the Frances Higginbothom Nalle Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. An expert on African history and international politics, he is the author of numerous books, including his memoir, A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt (2004) and The Power of African Cultures (2003). Ann Genova is a doctoral candidate at the University of Texas at Austin. Her publications include Oil in Nigeria in History in Africa.

Reviews

Falola and Genova succeeded well in producing an introductory work on the global oil industry in which the main issues, concepts, practices and players are discussed in plain, straightforward language. This makes the book highly accessible to students studying the oil industry for the first time, and general readers trying to make some sense of the changing nature of the oil industry and the way in which it influences their lives.
*KLEIO A Journal of Historical Studies from Africa*

[A]n interesting introduction to a very large topic….The Politics of the Global Oil Industry gives the reader a place to start in trying to understand these issues.
*Political Science Quarterly*

[T]his book is accessible to students and lay readers. Another strength is the authors' demonstrable familiarity with and insight into the political impact of oil in various countries….[a] ready reference work for readers not conversant with the conventional highlights of global oil politics.
*HISTORY*