Global Development Studies, Department of
The Department of Global Development Studies is a research-orientated program that combines strong pedagogy with cutting-edge analysis to help students explore what development means and how is it practiced in a complex and changing global context.
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Building Alternatives: Community Land Trusts, Neoliberal Governance, and Transforming Housing Relations
This thesis examines the use of community land trusts as a model of affordable housing delivery, and as a potential component of transformative interventions in the capitalist housing market. Drawing on a Marxist ... -
HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE ACCESS FOR UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN GREECE
There are an estimated 200,000 Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and Indian migrants in Greece, most of whom are undocumented men. Undocumented migrant workers are estimated to make up 90 percent of agricultural labour in Greece. ... -
Interrogating Resilience: Governing Disasters in Metro Manila Post-Typhoon Ondoy
By studying the disproportionate catastrophic effects on Manila City and Makati City caused by flooding associated with Typhoon Ondoy (international name: Ketsana) in 2009 this thesis examines how resilient disaster recovery ... -
Public Banks and Covid-19: Combatting the Pandemic With Public Finance
(Municipal Services Project (Kingston); United Nations Commission on trade and Development (Geneva), 2020-11-01)Covid-19 has dealt a devastating economic blow around the world. From individuals who can no longer afford to pay for food, to SMEs unable to cover their rent, to national governments struggling with their balance of ... -
Public Water and Covid-19: Dark Clouds and Silver Linings
(Municipal Services Project (Kingston); Transnational Institute (Amsterdam), 2020-10-20)Covid-19 has once again demonstrated the significance of safe, accessible and affordable water for all. It has also highlighted enormous disparities in service provision while at the same time dealing a blow to public water ... -
Interrogating the Double Standards of Accountability Standards in Global Development: The Cases of Malawi and the United Kingdom
Corruption is seen as major hindrance to development, and anti-corruption measures form a significant part of international development strategies. In 2013, the United Kingdom (UK)’s Department of International Development ... -
Parents and Special Educators' Perspectives on the Sexuality Educational Needs of Learners with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities in Ghanaian Special Schools
Despite the global efforts towards the inclusion of persons with disabilities in societies, Ghana's Educational Strategic Program is yet to include sexuality education for learners with intellectual developmental disabilities ... -
Stories of ‘Born-Again’ Women in Uganda: Epistemic Violence, Visceral Faith, and Subversive Performances of Subjectivity
Between 1986 and 1991, missionaries “pioneered” the Hope Land base of the international missions organization: Youth With A Mission (YWAM). Situated just outside of Jinja, Uganda, the Hope Land base’s vision is “to be a ... -
"When You Change the Life of a Woman, You Change a Nation": Analyzing the Experiences of Indigenous Women's Organizations and Organizers in Canada
Since the point of first contact, Indigenous women on Turtle Island have been actively resisting colonial gendered violence. Their organizing reached a watershed moment in the 1970s when many women came together to cohesively ... -
Democratizing Energy in a Marketized World: The Cases of Costa Rica and Nicaragua
This thesis explores the experiences, motivations and the imaginary of people who seek to democratize access to energy. Through a survey of the energy democracy movement in Europe and North America and a case study of two ... -
Positive Youth Development in Aboriginal Physical Activity
(2015-12-07)Physical activity and, more specifically, sport, can positively impact the body, mind, heart, and spirit of Aboriginal youth. Despite enthusiasm for these benefits, there is a paucity of published information reviewing the ... -
‘EXISTENCE AS RESISTANCE’: UNDERSTANDINGS OF IDENTITY, PLACE & BELONGING FOR YOUNG PALESTINIANS
(2016-06-06)In this thesis, I offer an exploration of what it means to be Palestinian, and constructions of identity, belonging and community, through drawing on the experiences of younger generations of Palestinians who have not lived ... -
Alternative to Development?
(2015-09-16)Through an in-depth study of Canadian NGOs, my thesis explores the degree, if any, to which NGO discourse intersects with post-development theory. A growing body of post-development literature, Ferguson (1990), Matthews ... -
'Rehabilitation': A critical examination of the disciplining of street-connected girls in Mombasa, Kenya within a charitable children's institution
(2015-07-24)In Mombasa, Kenya government officials, public figures, NGOs and wananchis (civil society) often decry the presence of street children, viewing them as both criminal and therefore as in need of discipline and reform, and ... -
"The Messy Work": Parenting, Social Reproduction, and Neoliberal Restructuring in Jamaica
(2014-07-04)Examining the emergence and growing popularity of parenting programmes among states and international development agencies, this thesis explores the effectiveness of parenting interventions as a solution to high levels of ... -
Towards a Historical Materialist Analysis of Femicide in Post-Conflict Guatemala
(2014-06-18)Despite nearly twenty years of official peace in Guatemala since the signing of the 1996 Peace Accords, violence continues to remain a grave problem throughout the country. In particular, extreme forms of gender-based ... -
Finding Balance: Determining The Relationship Between “Economic Development," Traditional Knowledge and Natural Resource Management in the Context of the Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq
(2013-09-10)Indigenous societies discuss the importance of Mother Earth for their well-being and many are working to regain control of their lands and waters and how they are used. Critically, many state that land access strengthens ... -
Overcoming Fragmentation? Labour-Community Alliances and The Complexity of Movement Building in Cape Town
(2013-08-21)This thesis explores processes of social movement organizing in response to the neoliberal restructuring of public services in South Africa. Through a case study of an alliance of municipal workers and community activists ... -
The Nation’s Caregivers: Work Experiences, Professional Identities and Gender Politics of Pakistan’s Lady Health Workers
(2013-07-04)Lady Health Workers (LHWs) are community health workers who work under the Pakistani government’s National Programme for Family Planning and Primary Health Care, and provide basic medication, contraceptives, and nutrition ... -
Romancing the Road: The Villa Tunari - San Ignacio de Moxos Highway
(2013-04-22)The 306 kilometer Villa Tunari - San Ignacio de Moxos highway project was designed in 2008 as part of an interoceanic corridor to foster greater integration of the capitalist economy in South America. Despite its double ...
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