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Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada
Meenal Shrivastava
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Description for Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada
Paperback. This is a much needed critical assessment of the political peculiarities of Alberta and the impact the government's relationship to the oil industry has on the lives of the province's most vulnerable citizens. Editor(s): Shrivastava, Meenal; Stefanick, Lorna. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 696.
The contributors to Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracycritically assess the political peculiarities of Alberta and the impactof the government’s relationship to the oil industry on the livesof the province’s most vulnerable citizens. They also examine thepublic policy environment and the entrenchment of neoliberal politicalideology in the province. In probing the relationship between oildependency and democracy in the context of an industrialized nation,Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy offers a crucial testof the “oil inhibits democracy” thesis that has hithertobeen advanced in relation to oil-producing countries in the GlobalSouth. If reliance on oil production appears to undermine democraticparticipation ... Read more
The contributors to Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracycritically assess the political peculiarities of Alberta and the impactof the government’s relationship to the oil industry on the livesof the province’s most vulnerable citizens. They also examine thepublic policy environment and the entrenchment of neoliberal politicalideology in the province. In probing the relationship between oildependency and democracy in the context of an industrialized nation,Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy offers a crucial testof the “oil inhibits democracy” thesis that has hithertobeen advanced in relation to oil-producing countries in the GlobalSouth. If reliance on oil production appears to undermine democraticparticipation ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
AU Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
EDMONTON, Canada
ISBN
9781771990295
SKU
V9781771990295
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Meenal Shrivastava
Meenal Shrivastava is associate professor ofpolitical economy and global studies at Athabasca University.Lorna Stefanick is a professor at Athabasca Universitywhere she serves as coordinator for the Governance, Law, and Managementprogram. Contributors: Ricardo Acuña, Bob Barnetson, SaraDorow, Josh Evans, Jason Foster, Joy Fraser, Trevor Harrison, PaulKellogg, Manijeh Mannani, Gabrielle Slowey, Peter (Jay) Smith, MeenalShrivastava, Lorna Stefanick, and Karen Wall. ... Read more
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