Exporting Oil, Importing Labour, and Weakening Democracy: The Use of Foreign Migrant Workers in Alberta
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Authors/contributors
- Barnetson, Bob (Author)
- Shrivastava, Meenal (Editor)
- Stefanick, Lorna (Editor)
- Foster, Jason (Author)
Title
Exporting Oil, Importing Labour, and Weakening Democracy: The Use of Foreign Migrant Workers in Alberta
Abstract
In this case study, we examine why the use of Temporary Foreign Workers increased in Alberta, how the former Conservatives government of Alberta encouraged and justified the use of migrant workers, and how a petroleum-based economy affects labour markets and the democratic health of a region. This study also explores how Alberta’s use of migrant workers is consistent with labour-market dynamics in
an oil-exporting economy. --Authors' introduction
Book Title
Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada
Place
Edmonton
Publisher
AU Press
Date
2015
Pages
249-273
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-77199-029-5 978-1-77199-032-5 978-1-77199-030-1
Library Catalog
alpha.lib.uwo.ca Library Catalog
Extra
http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120251 Book available at Internet Archive to people with print disabilities: https://archive.org/details/albertaoildeclin0000unse/page/248/mode/2up
Citation
Barnetson, B., & Foster, J. (2015). Exporting Oil, Importing Labour, and Weakening Democracy: The Use of Foreign Migrant Workers in Alberta. In M. Shrivastava & L. Stefanick (Eds.), Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada (pp. 249–273). AU Press. https://www.aupress.ca/app/uploads/120251_99Z_Shrivastava_Stefanick_2015-Alberta_Oil_and_the_Decline_of_Democracy_in_Canada.pdf
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