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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"critical sociology"”.
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Explaining Gendered Participation in Computer Science Education
… Using theoretical and conceptual tools from critical sociology, policy analysis, and systems thinking, I examine the question of why the efforts to improve gender diversity in CS education have not had a more discernible effect on a macro scale. I begin by classifying gender diversity …
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Die Corona-Schutzimpfung: Zur umkämpften Konstitution eines zentralen Phänomens des Pandemiediskurses
Schon früh während der Corona-Pandemie entwickelte sich die Idee einer Schutzimpfung gegen das Virus zu einem zentralen Motiv im Kampf gegen die globale und teils tödliche Seuche. Dies spiegelt sich auch in den medial ausgetragenen Debatten um Anti-Corona-Vakzine wider, in denen bestimmtes, teils …
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Canadianness is Wilderness? Violent Love Relationships with ‘Wild’ Bodies
… Toronto Area). My investigation employs a critical discourse analysis and participant observation. I undertake three main tasks: 1) I describe how violent love is a dominant discourse at the Parks, 2) I examine evidence of animals and Indigenous people being produced relationally in the …
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Animals without Borders: Farmed Animal Resistance in New York
… State. Located in the interdisciplinary field of critical animal studies, my inquiry draws upon new animal geographies, transnational feminisms, and critical discourse analysis. This contribution provides discussion of farmed animal resistance in particular and compares experiences and …
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Making Queer Anti-capitalist Resistance Intelligible: Reading Queer Childhood in the Ruins of Neoliberalism
In challenging normative social relations, queer cultural studies has shied away from deploying historical materialist theoretical tools. My research addresses this gap by drawing these two literatures into conversation. I do so by investigating how global economic relations provide an allegorical …
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“Is This How I Express That Love?”: How Graduates of Zoological Education Experience Learning About Animals
The exploitation of animals in the Canadian economy results in widespread violence against animals and against marginalized people worldwide. This exploitation is normalized and reinforced by a strong influence of the Canadian economy on higher educational institutions that teach students to …
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Precarious Work and Communities: The Impact of Neoliberalism on Working Class Politics
Precarious work, which refers to work that is poorly paid, lacks benefits, and where workers have relatively little political power, has been on the rise in North America in the last few decades. If precarious workers are isolated and unengaged, they will not be able to represent their political …
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"Everyone Loves Marineland!" (?): Entertainment Animal Advocacy, Praxis, and Resisting Corporate Repression
… of anti-Marineland critics. Situated within a Critical Animal Studies theoretical paradigm as well as a flourishing global anti-captivity critique inspired by the film Blackfish, this project employs semi-structured interviews and participant observation methodologies to analyze advocates' …
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The Political Economy of St. Catharines' Illicit Taxi Trade
The global restructuring of production has led to increasingly precarious working conditions around the world. Post-industrial work is characterized by poor working conditions, low wages, a lack of social protection and political representation and little job security. Unregulated forms of work …
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Doing what ‘Works Best’: Exploring the Narratives of Mothers who Work as Strippers
Despite a large body of research exploring the experiences of working mothers today, there is little literature focusing on mothers who take part in stigmatized and unconventional forms of paid labour. Taking up this line of inquiry, my MA thesis project explores both micro and macro-level …
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Ecotourism and Human-Bear Relations in Ontario: Working for Multispecies Respect and Economic Sustainability
Relations between northern Ontario’s human communities and black bears have often been violent, and hunting is promoted for economic and “safety” reasons. The Ontario spring bear hunt was previously banned but was recently reinstated, compounding concerns about human-bear conflict and bear …
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An Exploration into the Criminalization of Indigenous Men in Canada: CCDA through Hubbard's Documentaries
The criminalization of Indigenous men is a critical issue rooted in colonialism, systemic racism, and social inequality. This thesis explores the ways Indigenous men in Canada are criminalized through discursive practices that reflect and maintain colonial power relations. The research …
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Practicing Ecological Security and Making Multispecies Relations in Anti-Base Resistance: Insights from Environmental-Oriented Anti-Base Activists in Henoko and Takae struggles in Okinawa
… behaviours in these activities contributes to (Critical) EJ and social movement studies (SMS) literatures by highlighting non-western forms of resistance and activists’ interpretation and articulation of their particular approaches. Additionally, informed by assemblage theory, my research …
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After-Effects: A Feminist Poststructural Exploration of the Young Adult Series “After” and Discourses of Romanticized Abuse
This thesis is a feminist poststuctural discourse analysis of the young adult (YA) romance series After by Anna Todd. The After trilogy follows a romanticized abusive relationship between two heterosexual characters that relies on stereotypical and binarized performances of masculinity and …
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Whistleblowing and Moral Dilemmas in Policing: An Analysis of Police Culture and the 'Blue Code of Silence'
… approach of symbolic interactionism and critical discourse analysis to explain the perspectives, experiences and decisions of the officers interviewed. The thesis seeks to understand the tension between proactive policing which contributes to abuses, misconduct and moral conflicts with …
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Marx at 200 – Inquiries into the Measurement of Profitability and its Determinants: The US Economy, 1950-2016
Since the 1950s, various Marxist political economists have confirmed the empirical actuality of the ‘law of the tendency of the rate of profit to fall’. While the present thesis contributes to the burgeoning body of empirical literature that has substantiated Marx’s law, it differs from many of …
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Experiences of YMCA Day Camp Counsellors and their Perceptions of Youth
A large body of research examines the benefits of youth programming for children and their families, yet there is limited research that specifically focuses on day camps and the experiences of camp counsellors. My MA thesis explores the experiences of YMCA day camp counsellors and their perceptions …