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"TOUGH BUT NECESSARY"? AN ANALYSIS OF NEOLIBERAL AND ANTI-FEMINIST DISCOURSES USED IN THE ELIMINATION OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

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Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Martin, Karolyn Dawn, Thesis advisor (ths): Changfoot, Nadine, Degree committee member (dgc): Hobbs, Margaret, Degree committee member (dgc): Dobrowolsky, Alexandra, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This study demonstrates that the New Brunswick government rationalized the 2011 elimination of the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women (NBACSW) by discursively framing it as a duplication of services and as a non-essential service. The study relies on interviews with women who had been involved with the NBACSW, as well as literature about the use of neoliberal and anti-… more
Full Text: “TOUGH BUT NECESSARY”? AN ANALYSIS OF NEOLIBERAL AND ANTI-FEMINIST DISCOURSES USED IN THE ELIMINATION OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the …