"Crisis" in the Four Pillars: A Mixed Methods Discourse Analysis of Human Security and Overdose in BC

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dc.contributor.authorFraser, James
dc.contributor.supervisorUrbanoski, Karen
dc.contributor.supervisorGreaves, Will
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-07T16:48:11Z
dc.date.copyright2022en_US
dc.date.issued2022-09-07
dc.degree.departmentProgram: Social Dimensions of Healthen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe crisis of overdose deaths in British Columbia (BC) continues into its seventh year. This thesis applies a human security lens to a mixed methods computer-assisted discourse analysis on a corpus of public-facing documents from drug enforcement organizations in BC, and one from community-run harm reduction organizations in BC. Analysis uses a “What is the Problem Represented to Be”? (WPR) approach to analyze conflicting conceptual logics and answer the question “What human security problems are constructed in Harm Reduction and Enforcement discourses surrounding the crisis of overdose deaths in British Columbia?” Conclusion: Both corpora construct different problematizations. Whereas enforcement discourses emphasize criminality and proximal substance use harms, harm reduction discourses look at enforcement as a structural threat to people who use drugs.en_US
dc.description.embargo2023-08-17
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/14192
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectOverdoseen_US
dc.subjectDrug Policyen_US
dc.subjectHuman Securityen_US
dc.subjectSecuritizationen_US
dc.subjectDiscourse Analysisen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.title"Crisis" in the Four Pillars: A Mixed Methods Discourse Analysis of Human Security and Overdose in BCen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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