First World Petro-Politics: The Political Ecology and Governance of Alberta

Published by University of Toronto Press 2016

First World Petro-Politics

The Political Ecology and Governance of Alberta

Edited by: Laurie Adkin

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442699410

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About this book

First World Petro-Politics examines the vital yet understudied case of a first world petro-state facing related social, ecological, and economic crises in the context of recent critical work on fossil capitalism.

Author / Editor information

Adkin Laurie :

Laurie E. Adkin is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta.

Reviews

Terry Hathaway:

‘This book succeeds in offering many and varied empirically rich chapters that deploy a wide array of analytical lenses and that are based on detailed explorations of different facets of tar sands.’

James B. Johnson:

‘For those readers interested in the Albertan petro-plays, Adkin's First World Petro-Politics is a must- read. For those uninterested or more likely unaware of Alberta's place in the global hydrocarbon industry, this volume serves notice: pay attention.’

George Hoberg:

"While not everyone will agree with the perspective of the authors, anyone interested in a deeper understanding of how fossil fuel resources have shaped Alberta’s environment, culture and especially political life will find a wealth of insight throughout this book."

Michael Watts, Class of 63 Professor, University of California, Berkeley:

What might it mean to explore the global oil and gas complex not from the vantage point of the resource curse afflicting a Nigeria or an Ecuador but through the lens of　 the contested oilfields in the Global North?　 First World Petro-Politics dives headlong into Alberta’s tar sands to show that oil and gas at both ends of the world system have striking family resemblances. In this outstanding collection the contributors show how the extraction of bitumen has given rise to local and national struggles including: the survival of Aboriginal communities, the defense of boreal forest habitat and watersheds, the struggles over the urban infrastructural needs of oil boom towns like Fort McMurray, and　 the national and transnational movements toward a low carbon future. The book’s admirable commitment to multiple facets of the operations of Big Oil – from racialised and gendered subjectivities on the oilfields, to corporate social responsibility and regulatory politics – offers up a brilliant accounting of the political ecology of Alberta’s fossil capitalism.　 First World Petro-Politics is a path-breaking collection.

Mike Gismondi, Centre for Social Sciences, Athabasca University:

“First World Petro-Politics makes a major contribution to the petro-politics debate. Its use of political ecology perspectives offers a sophisticated, carefully crafted, and incisive analysis that could cause an earthquake in Alberta.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Tables and Appendices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxi
FIRST WORLD PETRO-POLITICS. The Political Ecology and Governance of Alberta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Ecology and Governance in a First World Petro-State Laurie E. Adkin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Fossil Capitalism and the Rentier State: Towards a Political Ecology of Alberta’s Oil Economy Angela V. Carter and Anna Zalik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
3. Alberta’s Neoliberal Environment Laurie E. Adkin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
4. The Ecological and Political Landscapes of Alberta’s Hydrocarbon Economy Michael S. Quinn, Shelley M. Alexander, Steven A. Kennett, Brad Stelfox, Mary-Ellen Tyler, Nickie Vlavianos, Monique Passelacross, Danah Duke and Noah Purves-Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
5. The Petro-Politics of Environmental Regulation in the Tar Sands Angela V. Carter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
6. Turning Up the Heat: Hegemonic Politics in a First World Petro-State Laurie E. Adkin and Brittany J. Stares Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
7. The Alberta Oil/Tar Sands and Mainstream Media Framings between Globalization and Polarization Conny Davidsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
8. The Gendered and Racialized Subjects of Alberta’s Oil Boomtown Sara O’Shaughnessy and Göze Doğu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
9. Constructing Participation in the Regulation of Alberta’s Sour Gas Theresa Garvin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
10. Mobilizing to Address the Impacts of Oil Sands Development: First Nations in Environmental Governance Brenda Parlee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
11. Duty to Consult or Licence to Operate? Corporate Social Practice and Industrial Conflict in the Alberta Tar Sands and the Nigerian Niger Delta Anna Zalik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	356
12. ‘All Against the Haul’: The Long Road to the Athabasca Tar Sands Laurie E. Adkin and Benjamin Courteau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
13. In the Path of the Pipeline: Environmental Citizenship, Aboriginal Rights, and the Northern Gateway Pipeline Review Larissa Stendie and Laurie E. Adkin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417
14. Social Movements Scaling Up: Strategies and Opportunities in Opposing the Oil Sands Status Quo Randolph Haluza-Delay and Angela V. Carter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	456
15. Alberta’s Electricity Future Tim Weis, Benjamin Thibault and Byron Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	499
16. Alberta, Fossil Capitalism, and the Political Ecology of Change Laurie E. Adkin and Byron Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	527
17. Democracy and the Albertan Petro-State Laurie E. Adkin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	561
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	601
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	605

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 696
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 46
- Other: 46 b&w illustrations, 16 b&w tables

eBook

Published: June 24, 2016
ISBN: 9781442699410