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Book SynopsisIn 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. 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 premier Rachel Notley, paying special attention to her response to the 2016 For McMurray wildfire and to the role of women in politics.
Orange Chinook brings together Alberta's top political watchers in this fascinating, multifaceted analysis.
Trade Review"A useful baseline for considering the future of Alberta politics." -- Trevor Harrison, AlbertaViews
Table of Contents
- Preface
- I. Setting the Scene
- Introduction: Out of an Orange coloured Sky
- Richard Sutherland
- II. The Tory Fall and the NDP Victory
- Politics, Alberta Style: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Conservatives, 1971-2015
- David Taras
- Death of a Dynasty: The Tories and the 2015 Election
- Duane Bratt
- Ready for Rachel: The Alberta NDP's 2015 Campaign
- Melanee Thomas
- Marginally Better: Polling in the 2015 Alberta Election
- Janet Brown and John B. Santos
- Alberta Politics Online: Digital Retail Politics and Grassroots Growth, 2006-16
- Peter Malachy Ryan
- III. Oil Sands, Carbon Tax, and Pipelines
- Betting on Bitumen: Lougheed, Klein, and Notley
- Gillian Steward
- The Politics of Alberta's Carbon Tax
- Kevin Taft
- Notley: The Accidental Pipeline Advocate
- Deborah Yedlin
- IV. The NDP in Power
- After Forty-Four Years: The Alberta New Democrats and the Transition to Government
- Keith Brownsey
- Fiscal Constraints on the Orange Chinook
- Ron Kneebone and Jennifer Zwicker
- Beyond the ""Lovey-Dovey Talk"": The Orange Chinook and Indigenous Activism
- Brad Clark
- Alberta's Cities under the NDP
- James Wilt
- The End of Exceptionalism: Post-rural Politics in Alberta
- Roger Epp
- V. Notley's Governing Style
- A League of Their Own: Alberta's Women Party Leaders
- Lori Williams
- Notley and the Beast: An Analysis of the Crisis Communication of Rachel Notley During the 2016 Wildfire
- Chaseten Remillard and Sheridan McVean
- VI. Alberta's Future Political System
- What's Past is Prologue: Ontario 1990 and Alberta 2015
- Graham White
- Out of the Blue: Goodbye Tories, Hello Jason Kenney
- Anthony M. Sayers and David K Steward
- Appendices
- Index
