Copyright © 2015 Meenal Shrivastava and Lorna Stefanick

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Interior design by Sergiy Kozakov.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Alberta oil and the decline of democracy in Canada / edited by Meenal Shrivastava and Lorna Stefanick.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in print and electronic formats.

1. Petroleum industry and trade—Political aspects—Alberta. 2. Petroleum industry and trade—Social aspects—Alberta. 3. Petroleum industry and trade—Government policy—Alberta. 4. Democracy—Alberta. I. Shrivastava, Meenal, 1971-, author, editor II. Stefanick, Lorna, 1961-, author, editor

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