Browsing by Subject "Politics"
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A System Model for Subjective Wellbeing: Implications for the Industrialization of Creativity
(2017-07-27)In the early 21st century, the industrialization of creativity is a defining framework of economic and creative life in the global market. It drives policies and decisions in national and local governments, in workplace ... -
After The Death Of God: From Political Nihilism To Post-Foundational Democracy
(2017-07-27)The topic of this dissertation is Heideggers deconstruction of metaphysics viewed through the prism of Nietzsches declaration that God is dead. I argue that Nietzsches transvaluation of value remains ensnared by the will ... -
An Amikwa Family Through Their Eyes: An Auto-ethnographic Study of an Indigenous Community in Northern Ontario Canada
(2017-07-27)This work is focused on the lived experience in Northern Ontario, on the Pickerel River. The Mcquabbie Family history is used as a platform for discussing larger socio-political issues directly connected to person-hood, ... -
At the Intersection of Ethics and Aesthetics: Emmanuel Levinas and Theodor Adorno on the Work of Art
(2015-01-26)This dissertation undertakes a comparative study of the aesthetic theory of Theodor Adorno and the ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas. I argue that Levinas’s resistance to aesthetics and Adorno’s to ethics have led ... -
Audiovisual Translation, Ideology and Politics: A Case Study of the Effects of Franco-American Relations on Hollywood Film Translation
(2016-11-25)This thesis explores the importance of audiovisual translation (AVT) as a facilitator of cross-cultural communication. It considers the hegemonic power of Hollywood and the ideological significance of dubbing its films for ... -
Border Security Affects the Way Migrants Are Defined in the Societies They Enter and/or Exit
(2011)Border security is used as tool to control who arrives and exits the social space that states encompass. This control is not only physical, but it is also symbolic. That is, state border security attempts to control the ... -
Business Plays a Key Role in Shaping Regulation
(2009)The relationship between business ethics and regulation is complex. The role of MNCs in shaping regulation is growing. MNCs in emerging economies need to take an active approach in shaping their regulatory environments. -
Canada Lags in Improving Living Conditions That Impact Children's Health
(2010)Canada lags far behind other wealthy, industrialized nations when it comes to public policy that improves the living conditions that shape the health of children. -
Changes to the Ontario Standards Act Leave Workers in Precarious Jobs Prone to Exploitation
(2013)Reforms to employment standards cause disadvantages for vulnerable workers. -
China's Automotive Modernization and Strategic Industrial Policy
(2010)The fast modernization of China’s automotive industry was made possible by a strategic industrial policy of the Chinese government. It pushed foreign automakers to transfer large amounts of capital and technology to China, ... -
City Dwellers Redefine What It Means to Be a Citizen
(2008)This research may help policymakers and community groups to better understand the needs of city dwellers in Canada. It highlights the benefits of continued activism and rights reform by citizens. Policymakers who are ... -
Collective Will: Shakespeare's The Tragedie of Julius Caesar
(2016-09-20)This project situates William Shakespeares The Tragedie of Julius Caesar as a secular Passion Play, whose central themes of collective violence and sacrifice will underpin a directorial approach that seeks to actively ... -
Contemporary Ruins: Politics and Aesthetics Beyond the Melancholy Imagination
(2014-07-09)This thesis attempts to elucidate the specificities of contemporary ruins using critical theory and cultural studies applied to various sites of analysis ranging from art and film to abandoned factories and disaster zones. ... -
Cracks in the glass ceiling?: laughter and politics in Broadcast News Interviews and the gendered nature of media representations
"This dissertation investigates politicians' laughter in televised Broadcast News Interviews (BNIs) and mass media representations of Hillary Rodham Clinton's laughter in the context of her failed bid for the Democratic ... -
Eulogy for the Dead Sea
(2019-03-05)Eulogy for the Dead Sea is a poetic experimental documentary chronicling the disappearance of the Dead Sea from the initial manufacturing enterprises dating back to 1920s, until 2017. The Dead Sea borders Jordan, Palestines ... -
Firefighters Don't Have a Leg Up in Labour Relations - They Have a Ladder
(2010)Firefighters, as public safety workers, are privileged compared to public care workers like nurses. But they haven’t been unaffected by neoliberal policies. These policies have increased their work and put them at odds ... -
First Nations and Self-Determination Is Tied to Resource Development
(2012)Resource development has been a part of First Nations’ participation in the global economy. Many communities negotiate the way these projects fit into their own values, practices and goal for self-determination. -
For the Other, Beyond Ethics: Responsibility, Critique, and Praxis in Levinas and Adorno
(2017-07-27)This dissertation grows out of the conviction that Emmanuel Levinas ethics and Theodor W. Adornos negative dialectics could supplement each other in mutually beneficial ways. While Levinas could provide an articulation of ... -
Four Ways Firms Are Making a Difference in Developing Countries
(2012)If private enterprises provide public services in developing countries, managers need to be aware of the different strategies that can be used and the challenges that come with them. -
From Occupy Wall Street to Occupying the Academy: Three Interventions from One Demonstration
(2015-01-26)This primary purpose of this project was to further understand and theorize the meaning of Occupy Wall Street. Beyond that, the goal was to advance extant theorizations of the nature of economic justice movements more ...