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Books by Mark Lisac:

Alberta Politics Uncovered (NeWest Press, 2004):

The book that took apart the myths that dominated thinking about Alberta politics for decades and won the 2005 Wilfred Eggleston Award for Non-Fiction from the Alberta Writers' Guild. Political scientist Keith Brownsey from Mount Royal College said in a review in Legacy magazine, "Mark Lisac achieves the impossible -- he has explained Alberta politics."
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The Klein Revolution (NeWest Press, 1995):

The groundbreaking book that was the first serious study of the changes wrought in Alberta after the election of Ralph Klein as Progressive Conservative leader and premier. Still unique for its analysis of phenomena such as the "red market" form of capitalism engendered by the fusion of private enterprise and government.
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Alberta Premiers of the Twentieth Century (Canadian Plains Research Center, 2004):

When the editors created a collection of essays on Alberta premiers, Mark contributed a chapter on Don Getty. The result was the most complete biography available on the man who was Alberta's premier from 1985 to 1992, and the revelation of previously unknown facts about his background and about internal Conservative party intrigue during an important time of transition in Alberta politics.
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