Disclosing National Identity Within National Debate: The Study of Social and Political Ideologies in Canadian Climate Change Rhetoric
| atmire.migration.oldid | 1503 | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Brent, Doug | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kingdon, Julia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-02T20:33:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-11-12T08:00:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-10-02 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2013 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines the ideological rhetoric of Canadian climate change discourse to understand how such communication may be influencing certain perspectives towards Canadian identity and affecting the Canadian government’s policy approaches to climate change. An ideological rhetorical critique is applied to the rhetoric of the NRTEE, Greenpeace, and the Friends of Science to determine the ideologies and identities being rhetorically articulated within these pivotal perspectives of Canada’s climate change discourse. This thesis also identifies ideological similarities between each of the three organizations’ climate change rhetoric, and discloses the similarities between their rhetorical constructions of Canadian identity. The finding of shared ideologies and versions of Canadian identity demonstrates how ideological rhetorical analysis can function to create solidarity even amongst the most polemical of parties. The methods and findings of this thesis also function to exemplify the initial means through which a representative and inclusive Canadian climate policy could be derived. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kingdon, J. (2013). Disclosing National Identity Within National Debate: The Study of Social and Political Ideologies in Canadian Climate Change Rhetoric (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25716 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25716 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1089 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
| dc.subject | Rhetoric and Composition | |
| dc.subject.classification | Rhetoric | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Ideology | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | climate change | en_US |
| dc.title | Disclosing National Identity Within National Debate: The Study of Social and Political Ideologies in Canadian Climate Change Rhetoric | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Communications Studies | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (MA) | |
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