Kevin Taft
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From  A Theory of the Deep StateFrom: Oi's Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft introuces the concepts of institutional capture and deep state and links them together to outline a theory of the deep state, as background for a … | Kevin Taft | 13 | 2017 | $1.30 Add |
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From Crossing the Carbon DivideFrom: Oi's Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft provides an overview of the arguments presented in previous chapters outling the oil industry’s hold on democratic institutions and concludes … | Kevin Taft | 12 | 2017 | $1.20 Add |
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From EPIC: The Oil Industry Comes to CallFrom: Oi's Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft describes the commercial crimes unit of the RCMP’s 2011 investigation into Bruce Carson’s lobbying activities which exposed the strategies … | Kevin Taft | 12 | 2017 | $1.20 Add |
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From Global Warming: What industry Knew and When They Knew ItFrom: Oi's Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft analyzes the history of the science around global warming paying particular attention to the organizations and people involved with studying the … | Kevin Taft | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
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From Industry Captures the Oil SandsFrom: Oi's Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the Oil Industry’s capture of the oil sands in Alberta as a way to boost the economic interests of the province. | Kevin Taft | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
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From NotesFrom: Oi's Deep State |
This "chapter" is a bibliography. | Kevin Taft | 32 | 2017 | $3.20 Add |
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From Oil and the Deep StateFrom: Oi's Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft analyzes how an economy heavily dependent on oil production sets the stage for a deep state with examples from around the world. | Kevin Taft | 8 | 2017 | $0.80 Add |
Oi’s Deep StateHow the Petroleum Industry Undermines Democracy and Stops Action on Global Warming- in Alberta, and in Ottawa |
Why doesn’t the government act on climate change? An Alberta insider’s perspective. Why have democratic governments failed to take serious steps to reduce carbon emissions despite … | Kevin Taft | 258 | 2017 | View |
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From Oil’s Deep State at WorkFrom: Oi's Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft analyzes the oil industry’s hold beyond the political parties and politicians with a focus on unelected officials who operate the institutions of … | Kevin Taft | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From Peter Lougheed and the Rise of the Oil SandsFrom: Oi's Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines Peter Lougheed’s government in Alberta and the rise of the oil sands paying particular attention to Lougheed’s stance against … | Kevin Taft | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
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From Preface & Introduction: An Unwitting ExperimentFrom: Oi's Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft provides an unique and personal view on the hold oil companies have on our democratic institutions. He goes on to provide a brief history of … | Kevin Taft | 13 | 2017 | $1.30 Add |
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From Pulling the Levers of Power: From Lougheed to KleinFrom: Oi's Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the transition from Peter Lougheed’s government and Ralph Klein’s arrival as premier with focus paid to the political and economic … | Kevin Taft | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
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From Pushing the Bar HigherFrom: Oi's Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the relationship between the oil industry and Alberta’s conservative leadership including the strain on the relationship by recent … | Kevin Taft | 10 | 2017 | $1.00 Add |
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From The Civil Service Falls in LineFrom: Oi's Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the period of 2009-2014 in Alberta and the way in which civil servants were brought to identify the public interest with the oil … | Kevin Taft | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
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From "The debate is closing": The Carbonizing of American PoliticsFrom: Oi's Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft links the Canadian experience of the oil industry’s influence on politics to the United States to industry ties to the George W. Bush government … | Kevin Taft | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From The Dynamics of DemocracyFrom: Oi's Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft offers a brief analysis of how a modern democracy functions through its institutions which go far beyond elected legislative bodies. | Kevin Taft | 6 | 2017 | $0.60 Add |
