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Spring 2018

Phillips, Janet M

This dissertation uses a governmentality lens to map shifts in the categorization, problematization, and governance of mental abnormality in Canada, from pre-Confederation times until the present. Focusing in particular on several recent consultations and reports issued by the federal government...

Spring 2015

DeGagne, Alexa

My doctoral dissertation examines the discursive strategies of ten organizations engaged in the 2008-2013 same-sex marriage battle of Proposition 8 in California. In November 2008 Californians voted to ban same-sex marriage under the state constitution through Proposition 8. Based on a queer...

Fall 2011

Leifso, Justin Blake

This thesis examines to what extent globalization has affected the political economy of Canadian regionalism. Using a critical framework, Canadian history is interpreted as the production of a Canadian territorial space, complete with uneven spatial development. With a theoretical framework and...

Spring 2020

Leifso, Justin B

In this dissertation, I explore the question of how Canadian public bureaucracies have changed over time to reflect broader shifts within and between political rationalities. Drawing from a range of critical approaches to power, policy, and public administration including governmentality studies...

Fall 2016

Wang, Yongjie

The migration of Chinese rural workers to urban centers represents one of the largest movements of peoples globally in the past century. While previous studies have focused on rural migrants as a whole, research on rural migrant women has not yet been fully developed. This thesis addresses the...

Fall 2017

Epperson, Brent L

This doctoral dissertation examines the relationship between newspaper media representations, health care reform efforts, and legislative outcomes in the United States. Offering valuable insights into media representations for researchers, decision-makers and activists, this research focuses on...