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The Canadian Government’S Recent Shift Of Diplomacy Away From Traditional Values Toward Economic Benefit For Canada May Do Us No Favours In The Long Run, Erika Simpson
Political Science Publications
No abstract provided.
The Politics Of Denying Communion To Catholic Elected Officials, William D. Blake, Amanda Friesen
The Politics Of Denying Communion To Catholic Elected Officials, William D. Blake, Amanda Friesen
Political Science Publications
In his 2004 presidential campaign, John Kerry, a Catholic, was threatened with being denied Holy Communion because of his pro-choice voting record. This article investigates the extent to which communion denial impacted Catholic elected officials and analyzes public attitudes regarding communion denial for Kerry. The results of our analysis suggest that, despite heavy media coverage, few bishops endorsed the communion denial and few pro-choice Catholic officials were threatened. While the data also indicate there are meaningful political implications for public attitudes on communion denial, the tactic does not command support from many Catholics.
Down In The Dumps, Erika Simpson
Manufacturing Legitimacy: A Critical Theory Of Election News Coverage, Gabriel N. Elias
Manufacturing Legitimacy: A Critical Theory Of Election News Coverage, Gabriel N. Elias
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
To what degree does instrumental reason influence election news coverage? Using Habermas's understanding of system/life-world as a heuristic, I map the rationalization process of political communication. This illuminates the institutional logics at play in the field of politics and the field of journalism, and the way the social dynamics between them enable the framing of political life as a strategic game. This understanding is then contextualized within an analysis of the media frames that informed the Canadian federal election of 2011. I find that news coverage does tend to focus on political strategy; but this is not wholly at the …
The Quest For Territorial Autonomy: Mapuche Political Identities Under Neoliberal Multiculturalism In Argentina, Lucas Savino
The Quest For Territorial Autonomy: Mapuche Political Identities Under Neoliberal Multiculturalism In Argentina, Lucas Savino
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In the context of neoliberal multiculturalism, indigenous activists face a fundamental dilemma. While they organize as indigenous peoples to negotiate and demand from states new terms of citizenship, activists recognize that new forms of accommodation for such demands exist within state institutions. However, indigenous organizations also discover that certain demands exceed these new spaces of participation. I argue that territorial autonomy is one such demand because it challenges the existing power imbalances between indigenous peoples and the state.
Not surprisingly, territorial autonomy is a common feature of many emerging forms of indigenous activism in contemporary Latin America. Based on new …
Fluid Identities: Toward A Critical Security Of Water, Cameron Harrington
Fluid Identities: Toward A Critical Security Of Water, Cameron Harrington
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Water wars are coming! Water is the defining security threat of the 21st century! The future belongs to the water-rich! These types of warnings are frequently proclaimed, urging attention to looming water conflict, which will occur as stores of freshwater diminish in both quality and quantity. Yet the issue of water security is far more complex than as an inevitable source of future violent conflict. Water is a central component to all aspects of life and planetary health and thus it contains within it a multiplicity of social and political meanings, pivotal to our understandings of security. This dissertation begins …
Deep-Set Differences, Erika Simpson
Deep-Set Differences, Erika Simpson
Political Science Publications
No abstract provided.
Religion, Politics, And The Social Capital Of Children, Amanda Friesen
Religion, Politics, And The Social Capital Of Children, Amanda Friesen
Political Science Publications
Using a national data set, this study demonstrates that religious traditionalism and political conservatism are positively related to family size and the interactions between these measures result in increased political participation. Combining the social capital of children and religiosity, these findings suggest that choosing to have more children may be based on beliefs about traditional gender roles and the importance of family in society, which in turn result in political engagement around these issues.
Regional Organization And The Dynamics Of Inter-Municipal Cooperation, Zachary Spicer
Regional Organization And The Dynamics Of Inter-Municipal Cooperation, Zachary Spicer
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This thesis examines the institution of city-county separation in Ontario. City-county separation was the original form of municipal organization in the province, introduced as a method of distinguishing between urban and rural areas by politically separating one from the other. Over time, this practice lost ground to institutions such as regional government, which sought to connect urban and rural areas. Despite this institutional shift, 18 cities and towns in Ontario remain separated from their counties, establishing a situation where some of the province’s most populous communities lack institutional linkages to their surrounding rural municipalities.
Exploring four different thematic areas – …
No Easy Answers, Erika Simpson
The Physiology Of Political Participation, Michael W. Gruszczynski, Amanda Friesen, Carly M. Jacobs, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Hibbing
The Physiology Of Political Participation, Michael W. Gruszczynski, Amanda Friesen, Carly M. Jacobs, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Hibbing
Political Science Publications
Political involvement varies markedly across people. Traditional explanations for this variation tend to rely on demographic variables and self-reported, overtly political concepts. In this article, we expand the range of possible explanatory variables by hypothesizing that a correlation exists between political involvement and physiological predispositions. We measure physiology by computing the degree to which electrodermal activity changes on average when a participant sequentially views a full range of differentially valenced stimuli. Our findings indicate that individuals with higher electrodermal responsiveness are also more likely to participate actively in politics. This relationship holds even after the effects of traditional demographic variables …
Life Beyond Politics: Toward The Notion Of The Unpolitical, Inna Viriasova
Life Beyond Politics: Toward The Notion Of The Unpolitical, Inna Viriasova
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This study presents a critique of post-foundational political thought, suggesting that it lacks a positive account of the unpolitical, of a radical outside of politics. I argue that political thought that oscillates around the distinction between “politics” and “the political” is correlationist and totalizing, resulting in the forgetting of its “Great Outdoors.” This critique is advanced through a close analysis of texts by Carl Schmitt, Michel Foucault, Jacques Rancière, and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and Jean-Luc Nancy. Against this background stand out Massimo Cacciari's and Roberto Esposito's categories of “the impolitical,” and Giorgio Agamben's notion of “bare life.” “The impolitical” is positively …