Calela-Rodrigues, Jose Julio2017-02-172017-02-171997Calela-Rodrigues, Jose Julio (1997) Oil as a diplomatic weapon: the strategies and politics of breaking dependency on energy needs by middle level developing countries with technological capacity, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/22055>http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22055A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. Johannesburg, 1997.Faced with the potential threat of oil embargoes imposed by producer countries for political reasons, the consumer countries reacted by creating different alternatives which granted them some energy independence and security of supply by using alternative products and technologies available in their own countrles, Can a middle level developing country break out of the cycle of dependency in the area of energy? This dissertation investigates the strategy developed and implemented by South Africa between 1973 and 1993, which invested heavily in the generation of fuel extracted from coal in order to rescue its country from crisis and support it through critical periods of history.Online resource (236 leaves)enOilPetroleum industry and trade--South AfricaPetroleum chemicals industry--South AfricaBoycotts--South AfricaSouth Africa--History--1978-1989South Africa--Foreign economic relationsThesis