“Power Struggles presents a model for how governments can move away from confrontational negotiations premised on hostility and ‘divide and conquer’ to build new ones involving equal partnerships and a fair deal.”

“This book does what others in the field have not: it places hydro development not only within the contexts of broken treaty obligations, but also the assertion of Indigenous rights and governance as well as the twin economic drivers of omnipresent community poverty and globalization. The authors boldly link First Nations and hydro development to the real issues governing energy decision-making in Canada, such as provincial governments that depend upon revenue generated through hydro development to balance their budgets. . . . Power Struggles cuts through the green development rhetoric by exposing the details of environmental, social, and local economic destruction left in the wake of our last era of big dams. The result is a scholarly and balanced view exploring whether the treatment of Indigenous peoples has meaningfully improved over time, presented through timely, factual, and engrossing analyses. It should be required reading for anyone truly seeking to understand the struggles faced by those who live with the consequences of North America’s demand for energy.”