Making live and letting die: theorizing biopolitics through the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015

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dc.contributor.authorVinje, Jacob J.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorMair, Kimberly
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-07T16:49:59Z
dc.date.available2019-08-07T16:49:59Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, I theorize the programs of anti-terrorism and securitization deployed through Bill C-51, the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015, as biopolitical techniques of governance that operate through the right to ‘make live’ and ‘let die’. After situating Bill C-51 in relation to historical developments and contemporary trajectories of Canadian anti-terrorism policy and national security programming, I employ critical discourse analysis to examine the policy text of Bill C-51 and the governmental debates surrounding its introduction. I contend that through the mobilization of radical anti-terrorist measures and security mechanisms, Bill C-51 ostensibly functions to reinforce the security and vitality of the Canadian population, while targeting segments of the population designated as threats to national security for governmental discipline, regulation, and elimination. Consequently, I argue that Bill C-51 constitutes a state of exception within which the normative operation of law is suspended, legal protections are withdrawn, and emergency security measures are enforced.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canadaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5492
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0344en_US
dc.proquest.subject0631en_US
dc.proquest.subject0334en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Department 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.subjectAnti-terrorismen_US
dc.subjectCounterterrorismen_US
dc.subjectBiopoliticsen_US
dc.subjectCritical Discourse Analysisen_US
dc.subjectSecurityen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectBill C-51en_US
dc.subjectAnti-terrorism Act, 2015en_US
dc.subjectState racismen_US
dc.subjectState of exceptionen_US
dc.subjectTerrorism -- Prevention -- Law and legislation -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectNational security -- Law and legislation -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectHuman security -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectBiopolitics -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleMaking live and letting die: theorizing biopolitics through the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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