Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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    Pursuing Different Policy Paths in Long-Term Care: Manitoba, Ontario and the Politics of Commercialization

    Year: 2014, 2014
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Twomey, Amy, Thesis advisor (ths): Struthers, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Chivers, Sally, Degree committee member (dgc): Armstrong, Hugh, Degree committee member (dgc): Anastakis, Dimitry, Degree committee member (dgc): Wiseman, Nelson, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>Because federal funding for long-term care was not included as part of Canada's publicly-funded universal health care system, provincial governments have been free to determine how much, or how little, they will rely on the for-profit sector to meet the long-term care needs of their senior populations. The proportion of beds in the for-profit sector differs in each province,… more

    Canadian Refugee Policy: The Politics of the Frame

    Year: 2013, 2013
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Colson, Jo Anne, Thesis advisor (ths): Torgerson, Douglas, Thesis advisor (ths): Struthers, James, Degree committee member (dgc): White, Melissa A., Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>This dissertation is an inquiry into the politics of the frame in Canadian refugee policy. It is focused on "framing," thereby taking up the stance of critical policy studies while pressing the contribution of Donald Schön and Martin Rein in a critical and politically inflected direction. The dissertation unfolds as a political history of Canadian refugee policy that provides a… more