Monique Taylor is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the China and Globalization Research Cluster and Public Policy and Global Affairs Programme, School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Previously she was a lecturer in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia.

"Taylor's study is a good point of departure for analysing the actions of China's oil companies in the context of future developments in the global oil sector. ... provide students of contemporary China, international relations scholars, and people with a general interest in global affairs with a good overview of the various facets of China's rise and help them reflect on the government's vision and goals which China's propaganda machinery will be inclined to disseminate in the future." (Susann Handke, China Information, Vol. 23 (3), November, 2015) "In this book, Monique Taylor has provided a thoughtful and refreshing analysis of China's oil industry that should be read by students, scholars and policy analysts interested in the governance of this country. The line of argument is well-founded and convincing." (Philip Andrews-Speed, China Quarterly Review, Vol. 222, June, 2015)

• 1. A Party-State Centred Approach to the Study of Energy Policy in China 2. Sectoral Governance and State Capacity 3. The Interplay of Elite and Bureaucratic Power 4. The Socialist Era of Oil Self-Sufficiency (1949 – 1978) 5. Decentralisation and Corporatisation of the Oil Sector (1978 – 2003) 6. Rebuilding Oil State Capacity (2003 – 2012) 7. China's National Oil Companies 'Go Global' 8. Authoritarian State Capacity in a Liberal World Order