Kevin Taft
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From ![]() A theory of the deep stateFrom: Oil’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 | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Crossing the carbon divideFrom: Oil’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 | 14 | 2017 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() EPICThe oil industry comes to call From: Oil’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 | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() Global warmingWhat industry knew and when they knew it From: Oil’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 | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Industry captures the oil sandsFrom: Oil’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 | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() Oil and the deep stateFrom: Oil’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 | 10 | 2017 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Oil’s deep state at workFrom: Oil’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 | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Peter Lougheed and the rise of the oil sandsFrom: Oil’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 | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Preface & IntroductionAn unwitting experiment From: Oil’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 | 14 | 2017 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Pulling the levers of powerFrom Lougheed to Klein From: Oil’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 | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() Pushing the bar higherFrom: Oil’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 | 12 | 2017 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() The civil service falls in lineFrom: Oil’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 | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() "The debate is closing"The carbonizing of American politics From: Oil’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 | 23 | 2017 | $2.30 Add |
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From ![]() The dynamics of democracyFrom: Oil’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 | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() The long reach of oil’s deep stateFrom: Oil’s Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the extended reach of oil’s deep state in Alberta including oil’s relationship with the World Health Organization and universities … | Kevin Taft | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() The NDP in a world made for oilFrom: Oil’s Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the rise of Rachel Notley’s NDP party in Alberta with focus on the change in policy towards the oil industry that occurred during the … | Kevin Taft | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |




