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Autor:
Gunn, Alexander
This thesis provides a comparative analysis of two recent sub-constitutional acts of recognition extended by the Canadian and Spanish governments towards Quebec and Catalonia, respectively. Specifically, the thesis examines a 2006 resolution by the C
Externí odkaz:
http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3026
Autor:
Montgomery, Nicholas
This thesis presents a critique of counterhegemony, arguing that imperatives of unity and coherence in social movement theory and practice tend to limit potentials for transformation. I use the 'new social movement theory' of Alberto Melucci and Alai
Externí odkaz:
http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3187
Autor:
Malette, Sebastien
Several scholars are now examining the emergence of ecology as a means for achieving tighter governmental regulations under the label of what they call green or eco-governmentality. Adopting Michel Foucault’s historical ontology, one of their criti
Externí odkaz:
http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3165
Autor:
Biggar, Jamie
This thesis offers a critique of the dominant strategy to prevent catastrophic climate change, which I call the market fix, and starting points for developing an alternative strategy, which I call the common transition. To prevent catastrophic climat
Externí odkaz:
http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3166
Autor:
Bonar, Thane
Scholars writing on the rise of Hindutva, particularly in Gujarat state, have attributed its success to its ability to serve middle and upper caste and class interests. In recent state and Lok Sabha elections, though, Hindutva, through the Bharatiya
Externí odkaz:
http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3097
Autor:
Ekeberg, Bjorn
The Metaphysics Experiment attempts to explicate a theory and history of universalism in modern physics, through an analysis of its conception of nature. Understood as an axiomatic and hegemonic metaphysical premise through four hundred years of scie
Externí odkaz:
http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3024
Autor:
Costelloe, Sinéad
Female genital mutilation, or FGM, is a harmful traditional practice that was brought to Europe by immigrants from practising regions in Africa. Despite numerous approaches to the eradication of FGM, the tradition perpetuates within the immigrant com
Externí odkaz:
http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2983
Autor:
Bashovski, Marta
In Canada, ‘official multiculturalism’ is often viewed as working against historical exclusions by actively promoting a national culture of openness and diversity, and fostering a community of communities, united by mutual recognition and the cel
Externí odkaz:
http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3001
Autor:
Smith, Michael Edward
The Canadian constitutional crisis of 2008 triggered a renewed interest in the structure and workings of Canada’s institutions of government. Particular controversy was generated by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s assertion that only the politica
Externí odkaz:
http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2992
Autor:
Lyth, Bruce J.
John Rawls' Political Liberalism is addressed to the problem of stability in democratic societies in light of the fact of religious diversity. In this thesis I argue that Political Liberalism in fact establishes the conditions for the sorts of instab
Externí odkaz:
http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2989