CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction  •  Framing the Debate on Democracy and Governance in an Oil-Exporting Economy

Meenal Shrivastava and Lorna Stefanick

PART ONE  •  THE CONTEXT OF DEMOCRACY IN AN OIL ECONOMY

1. Liberal Democracy in Oil-Exporting Countries: A View from the Perspective of Staples Theory

Meenal Shrivastava

2. Petroleum, Politics, and the Limits of Left Progressivism in Alberta

Trevor W. Harrison

3. Petro-politics in Alberta and Canada: A New Spatiality of Political Contestation?

Peter (Jay) Smith

4. Alberta’s Energy Paradigm: Prosperity, Security, and the Environment

Lorna Stefanick

5. The Political Economy of Oil and Democracy in Venezuela and Alberta

Paul Kellogg

PART TWO  •  RIGHTS CLAIMS IN AN OIL ECONOMY

6. Petroleum, Patriarchy, and Power: Women’s Equality in Canada and Iran

Joy Fraser, Manijeh Mannani, and Lorna Stefanick

7. Development at What Cost? First Nations, Ecological Integrity, and Democracy

Gabrielle Slowey and Lorna Stefanick

8. Worker Safety in Alberta: Trading Health for Profit

Bob Barnetson

9. Exporting Oil, Importing Labour, and Weakening Democracy: The Use of Foreign Migrant Workers in Alberta

Jason Foster and Bob Barnetson

10. Gendering Energy Extraction in Fort McMurray

Sara Dorow

PART THREE  •  GOVERNANCE, IDENTITY, AND CITIZENSHIP IN AN OIL ECONOMY

11. A Window on Power and Influence in Alberta Politics

Ricardo Acuña

12. The Paradox of Plenty: Ending Homelessness in Alberta

Joshua Evans

13. “The Sharpest Knives in the Drawer”: Visual Culture at the Intersection of Oil and State

Karen Wall

14. Blurring the Boundaries of Private, Partisan, and Public Interests: Accountability in an Oil Economy

Lorna Stefanick

Conclusion  • Of Democracy and Its Deficits: Surviving Neoliberalism in Oil-Exporting Countries

Meenal Shrivastava

List of Contributors

Index