Blue storm : the rise and fall of Jason Kenney

Blue storm the rise and fall of Jason Kenney

In 2019, the United Conservative Party, under the leadership of Jason Kenney, unseated the New Democratic Party to form the provincial government of Alberta. A restoration of conservative power in a province that had seen the Progressive Conservatives win every election from 1971-2015, UCP quickly b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bratt, Duane, author (author), Sutherland, Richard, author, Taras, David, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press [2023]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Arts in action.
Materias:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections.
Alberta > Economic conditions.
Alberta > Politics and government.
Alberta COVID.
Alberta budget.
Alberta debt.
Alberta education.
Alberta gas.
Alberta health care.
Alberta nurses.
Alberta pipeline.
Alberta politics.
Alberta surplus.
Alberta teachers.
Alberta union.
Energy War Room.
Jason Kenney resigns.
Jason Kenney scandal.
Jason Kenney.
UCP Canada.
UCP government.
UCP leadership review.
UCP.
United Conservative Party.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Half Title Page
  • Series Page
  • Full Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • I. Setting the Scene
  • Introduction: Jason Kenney and the Perfect Storm
  • II. The 2019 Election
  • 1 | Two Combative Leaders, Two Disparate Parties, and One Bitter Campaign: The 2019 Alberta Election
  • 2 | The Alberta 2019 Election Online: A Turn to Two Party Electoral Dominance?
  • 3 | Standard Error: The Polls in the 2019 Alberta Election and Beyond
  • III. Inside the United Conservative Party
  • 4 | Divisions among Alberta's "Conservatives"
  • 5 | Albertans and the Fair Deal
  • 6| Policing and Alberta's United Conservative Party Government
  • 7 | Playing the Populist Victim: Women, Gender, Representation, and the United Conservative Party
  • 8 | Kenney's Ride: Albertan Neo-Liberal Myths and the Symbology of a Blue Dodge Ram
  • IV. Oil and Gas Policies
  • 9 | Alberta's Climate Policy: Public Kenney versus Private Kenney
  • 10 | Jason Kenney, Energy, and Pipelines in the 2019 Alberta Election: A Study in Hubris
  • 11 | Just Our Facts: The Energy War Room's Adventures in Branded Content
  • V. Alberta's Fiscal Situation
  • 12 | The Long Slide towards Fiscal Reckoning: Managing Alberta's Finances in an Age of Decline
  • 13 | Always More Than It Seems: Rural Alberta and the Politics of Decline
  • 14 | Cultural Industries Under the United Conservative Party
  • VI. Health Care, Education, and Public Sector Policies
  • 15 | Bitter Battles: The United Conservative Party's War on Health Care Workers
  • 16 | Education and the United Conservative Party of Alberta
  • 17 | Riding the Roller Coaster: Post-Secondary Education in Alberta under Kenney
  • 18 | Labour in the Time of COVID
  • VII. COVID in Alberta and Ontario
  • 19 | Comparing the Kenney and Ford Governments.
  • 20 | "With Comorbidities": The Politics of COVID-19 and the Kenney Government
  • VIII. Conclusion
  • 21 | Conclusion: States of Uncertainty
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • Back Cover.

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