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table of contents
  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Introduction • Framing the Debate on Democracy and Governance in an Oil-Exporting Economy
  4. Part One • The Context of Democracy in an Oil Economy
    1. 1. Liberal Democracy in Oil-Exporting Countries: A View from the Perspective of Staples Theory
    2. 2. Petroleum, Politics, and the Limits of Left Progressivism in Alberta
    3. 3. Petro-politics in Alberta and Canada: A New Spatiality of Political Contestation?
    4. 4. Alberta’s Energy Paradigm: Prosperity, Security, and the Environment
    5. 5. The Political Economy of Oil and Democracy in Venezuela and Alberta
  5. Part Two • Rights Claims in an Oil Economy
    1. 6. Petroleum, Patriarchy, and Power: Women’s Equality in Canada and Iran
    2. 7. Development at What Cost? First Nations, Ecological Integrity, and Democracy
    3. 8. Worker Safety in Alberta: Trading Health for Profit
    4. 9. Exporting Oil, Importing Labour, and Weakening Democracy: The Use of Foreign Migrant Workers in Alberta
    5. 10. Gendering Energy Extraction in Fort McMurray
  6. Part Three • Governance, Identity, and Citizenship in an Oil Economy
    1. 11. A Window on Power and Influence in Alberta Politics
    2. 12. The Paradox of Plenty: Ending Homelessness in Alberta
    3. 13. “The Sharpest Knives in the Drawer”: Visual Culture at the Intersection of Oil and State
    4. 14. Blurring the Boundaries of Private, Partisan, and Public Interests: Accountability in an Oil Economy
  7. Conclusion • Of Democracy and Its Deficits: Surviving Neoliberalism in Oil-Exporting Countries
  8. List of Contributors
  9. Index

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