Politics of transformation: Nigeria, OPEC, and the multinational corporations

Thesis/Dissertation · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6246020

Igweonwu, I C

This study seeks to explore and critically analyze the new politics and policies formulated, articulated, and adopted by Nigeria's ruling and political elites and partly out of demand made by academic intellectuals including a handful of influential top level bureaucrats who run the machinery of government. Also examined through critical analysis is the OPEC quiet revolution in the world of global oil, its impact on the global economy and, most importantly, on the dynamics of international relations. Also explored and examined, specifically is the changing relationship between international oil companies and producer-governments within the framework of systems analysis, bargaining strategies and negotiation tactics. In the Nigerian context, the politics of transformation gave birth to indigenization of Nigerianization of the economy, membership into the OPEC, and the transnationalization of the society. Studied within the framework of systems analysis, objectives and goals seem rather haphazardly and limitedly successful and dependent on the alliance between domestic and state actors on the one hand, and foreign interests on the other.

• OSTI ID: 6246020
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES
NIGERIA
ECONOMY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
ECONOMIC IMPACT
OPEC
AFRICA
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
INDUSTRY
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OIL-EXPORTING COUNTRIES
290200* - Energy Planning & Policy- Economics & Sociology
294002 - Energy Planning & Policy- Petroleum