LEADER 04937oam 2200757 450 001 9910131503503321 005 20201016235845.0 010 $a1-77199-032-5 010 $a1-77199-030-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000498332 035 $a(EBL)4384414 035 $a(OCoLC)914088935 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001627197 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16371383 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001627197 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14932068 035 $a(PQKB)10115215 035 $a(OOCEL)450987 035 $a(CaBNVSL)kck00236298 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4384414 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4544680 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/40602 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/551t0x 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000498332 100 $a20150713d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAlberta oil and the decline of democracy in Canada$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Meenal Shrivastava & Lorna Stefanick 210 $cAthabasca University Press$d2015 210 1$aEdmonton, Alberta :$cAU Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 210 2$aOttawa, Ontario :$cCanadian Electronic Library,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 426 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 311 $a1-77199-029-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: framing the debate on democracy and governance in an oil-exporting economy --Part one: the context of democracy in an oil economy --Part two: rights claims in an oil economy --Part three: governance, identity and citizenship in a oil economy --Conclusion: of democracy and its deficits: surviving neoliberalism in oil-exporting countries. 330 $a"In Democracy in Alberta: The Theory and Practice of a Quasi-Party System, published in 1953, C.B. Macpherson explored the nature of democracy in a province that was dominated by a single class of producers. At the time, Macpherson was talking about Alberta farmers, but today the province can still be seen as a one-industry economy--the 1947 discovery of oil in Leduc having inaugurated a new era. For all practical purposes, the oil-rich jurisdiction of Alberta also remains a one-party state. Not only has there been little opposition to a government that has been in power for over forty years, but Alberta ranks behind other provinces in terms of voter turnout, while also boasting some of the lowest scores on a variety of social welfare indicators. The contributors to Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy critically assess the political peculiarities of Alberta and the impact of the government's relationship to the oil industry on the lives of the province's most vulnerable citizens. They also examine the public policy environment and the entrenchment of neoliberal political ideology in the province. In probing the relationship between oil dependency and democracy in the context of an industrialized nation, Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy offers a crucial test of the "oil inhibits democracy" thesis that has hitherto been advanced in relation to oil-producing countries in the Global South. If reliance on oil production appears to undermine democratic participation and governance in Alberta, then what does the Alberta case suggest for the future of democracy in industrialized nations such as the United States and Australia, which are now in the process of exploiting their own substantial shale oil reserves? The environmental consequences of oil production have, for example, been the subject of much attention. Little is likely to change, however, if citizens of oil-rich countries cannot effectively intervene to influence government policy."--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xPolitical aspects$zAlberta 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xSocial aspects$zAlberta 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xGovernment policy$zAlberta 606 $aDemocracy$zAlberta 607 $aAlberta$2fast 610 $aresource-rich economies 610 $aoil 610 $aC.B. Macpherson 610 $aProgressive Conservatives 610 $aoil industry 610 $aclimate change 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xSocial aspects 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xGovernment policy 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a338.2728 700 $aEdited by Meenal Shrivastava and Lorna Stefanick$4auth$01367357 702 $aStefanick$b Lorna$f1961- 702 $aShrivastava$b Meenal$f1971- 801 0$bFINmELB 801 1$bFINmELB 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910131503503321 996 $aAlberta oil and the decline of democracy in Canada$93390382 997 $aUNINA