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Neoliberalism as Colonial Embrace: Evaluating Alberta's Regulation of First Nations Gaming, 1993–2010

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Yale D. Belanger  and
Robert J. Williams
Yale D. Belanger
Affiliation:
University of Lethbridge
Robert J. Williams
Affiliation:
University of Lethbridge
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Abstract

Buoyed by the success of two large-scale bingos in 1993 Alberta's First Nations initiated plans to construct reserve casinos to mitigate economic hardships. That year Alberta commenced with neoliberal reforms to slash the provincial budget. This paper explores how Alberta's acquisition of regulatory authority over First Nation's gaming led to the creation of a bureaucracy responsible for oversight of reserve gaming, the costs of which were borne by reserve casino revenues thereby resulting in no additional taxation of non-Native Albertans.

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Albertagamblingneocolonialismneoliberaleconomic developmentFirst Nations

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Business and Politics , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , December 2011 , pp. 1 - 34
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Copyright © V.K. Aggarwal 2011 and published under exclusive license to Cambridge University Press 

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