Orange Chinook : Politics in the New Alberta / edited by Duane Bratt [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taras, David, Editor.

Contributor:

Bratt, Duane, 1967- editor.

Series:

Arts in action.

Arts in action

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Alberta--Politics and government--1971-.

Alberta.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 453 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Calgary University of Calgary Press 2019

Alberta : University of Calgary Press, 2019.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 2015, the New Democratic Party won an unprecedented victory in Alberta. Unseating the Progressive Conservatives -- who had won every provincial election since 1971 -- they formed an NDP government for the first time in the history of the province. Orange Chinook is the first scholarly analysis of this election. It examines the legacy of the Progressive Conservative dynasty, the PC and NDP campaigns, polling, and online politics, providing context and setting the stage for the unprecedented NDP victory. It highlights the importance of Alberta's energy sector and how it relates to provincial politics with focus on the oil sands, the carbon tax, and pipelines. Examining the NDP in power, Orange Chinook draws on Indigenous, urban, and rural perspectives to explore the transition process and government finances and politics. It explores the governing style of NDP premier Rachel Notley, paying special attention to her response to the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire and to the role of women in politics. Orange Chinook brings together Alberta's top political watchers in this fascinating, multifaceted analysis.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Preface

Setting the Scene

Out of an Orange-Coloured Sky

The Tory Fall and the Ndp Victory

Politics, Alberta Style: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Conservatives, 1971–2015

Death of a Dynasty: The Tories and the 2015 Election

Ready for Rachel: The Alberta NDP’s 2015 Campaign

Marginally Better: Polling in the 2015 Alberta Election

Alberta Politics Online: Digital Retail Politics and Grassroots Growth, 2006–16

Oil Sands, Carbon Tax, and Pipelines

Betting on Bitumen: Lougheed, Klein, and Notley

The Politics of Alberta’s Carbon Tax*

Notley: The Accidental Pipeline Advocate

The Ndp In Power

After Forty-Four Years: The Alberta New Democrats and the Transition to Government

Fiscal Constraints on the Orange Chinook

Beyond the “Lovey-Dovey Talk”: The Orange Chinook and Indigenous Activism

Alberta’s Cities under the NDP

The End of Exceptionalism: Post-rural Politics in Alberta

Notley’s Governing Style

A League of Their Own: Alberta’s Women Party Leaders

Notley and the Beast: An Analysis of the Crisis Communication of Rachel Notley during the 2016 Wildfire

Alberta’s Future Political System

What’s Past is Prologue: Ontario 1990 and Alberta 2015

Out of the Blue: Goodbye Tories, Hello Jason Kenney

Appendices

Alberta Voter Turnout, 1975–2015

Party Votes in the 5 May 2015 Alberta Provincial Election (87 seats)

Non-Renewable Resource Revenues Tables, 2005-6 to 2017-18 (current dollars)

A GDP Expenditure-Based, 2005-16

Alberta Provincial Revenues and Expenditures, 2007-17 (billions of current dollars)

Alberta Provicial Government Per Capita Health Expenditure, 2008–17 (current dollars)

Alberta Provincial Government Health Expenditure, 2008–17 (millions of current dollars)

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

MRU author.

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Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (JSTOR, viewed September 26, 2022).

ISBN:

1-77385-028-8

1-77385-027-X

OCLC:

1080216001