The Discourse of economic crises : policy making in Alberta, 1983-1993

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dc.contributor.authorTinney, Abe C.
dc.contributor.supervisorHarrison, Trevor W.
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-31T20:07:09Z
dc.date.available2015-03-31T20:07:09Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractPublic policy is often conceptualized as a decision-making process, comprised of different stages or steps. Consequently, there is a tendency to view and examine policy as a linear and rational process, as well as a tendency to overlook language use as an important part of policy processes and decisions. Conceiving policy as discourse complicates policy conceptualizations, and posits alternative, non-linear, non-rational policy paths and elements. This thesis is an examination of policy as non-linear and non-rational. Specifically, and in light of recent economically, fiscally and politically challenging years for government in the province of Alberta, I examine government Throne and Budgetary Agenda Speeches from a previous, similar period of challenging economies and finances in the 1980s and early 1990s. I argue that language use in these agendas is an important part of what governments do.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3650
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject626en_US
dc.proquest.subject615en_US
dc.proquest.subject679en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectSociologyen_US
dc.subjectPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.subjectLanguageen_US
dc.titleThe Discourse of economic crises : policy making in Alberta, 1983-1993en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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