Neoliberalism as Shape-Shifter

The Case of Aboriginal Title and the Northern Gateway Pipeline

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12164195
AutoresDavid A Rossiter (Western Washington University, autor de correspondencia), Patricia Burke Wood (0000-0002-2715-0426, York University)
Año2015
Volumen29
Número8
Páginas900-915
Fecha de publicación2015-12-21
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociety & Natural Resources (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0894-1920 • E-ISSN: 1521-0723
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08941920.2015.1095378
OpenAlexW2270457994
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas20

Neoliberalism is a political economic ideology whose proponents adopt diverse project strategies to achieve similar goals. The Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal to carry bitumen from the oil sands in Alberta to the coast of British Columbia (BC) is one such project. Developing the concept of the “shape-shifter” employed by Aboriginal legal scholars, we highlight neoliberalism’s disruptive effects as it negotiates the province’s history of Aboriginal land claims. Proposed in 2010, the Northern Gateway project has been controversial, seemingly pitting environmentalists against developers. At the same time, recent court decisions have placed resource development inextricably in the context of Aboriginal title; governments are obliged to consult and accommodate affected First Nations. Responses to these requirements reveal neoliberal strategies that consistently aim to fix the landscape for the investment of capital but collide with an equally determined claim of Aboriginal sovereignty. Neoliberalism is a “shape-shifter” obscuring the unresolved question of Aboriginal title

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