 Extracting DeclineKatie Mazer and Graeme Wynn in University of Chicago Press Economics Books from University of Chicago Press Abstract: This incisive study traces the hidden costs of Canada’s oil economy and the often-overlooked experiences of its workers who travel thousands of miles from the Maritimes to make a living. The oil sands in Alberta are known around the world, but less visible are the workers who sustain the province’s oil and gas industry. Extracting Decline investigates how it became normal for workers to travel thousands of kilometers from Canada’s Maritime region to make a living in the oil field. Katie Mazer reveals the intimate links between regional underdevelopment and Canada’s extractive economy. In the decades after World War II, the Canadian state identified the Maritimes as a national problem. Framing the region’s rural economies as unviable, policy-makers worked to remake the Maritimes to fit a modern vision of the national economy. Weaving together welfare and rural development policy, political economy, and workers’ lived experiences, Extracting Decline documents how the devaluation of non-capitalist economies has helped transform land and labor for extraction. While the Maritime region has long been denigrated for its economic failure, Extracting Decline ultimately argues that it holds lessons for imagining a more just and sustainable world. Date: 2026 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ucp:bkecon:9780774871952 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this book More books in University of Chicago Press Economics Books from University of Chicago Press |
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