Present research focusses on how urbanization has led to 'territorial inequality'that
marginalizes 'places that don't matter', understood as places neglected by politicians. In this …

Policymaking is a fraught process: politicians often fail to change the status quo despite their
best efforts. Influential players, eg interest groups, bureaucrats or legislators, can make …

The purpose of this study was to assess community attitudes towards the impacts of wildlife
tourism and conservation interventions in Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) to community …

Politicians have limited ability to influence policy. This provides an incentive for politicians to
feign a policy agenda: they publicly propose policies that voters demand but privately exert …

Building on the global trend of celebrity activism and concept of celebrity capital, this study
qualitatively examines Twitter posts of the Bollywood celebrities. The aim of this analysis …

Cette introduction vise à présenter de façon succincte les sujets traités dans cette thèse, les
questions auxquelles je tente de répondre et les réponses que j'apporte. Je commence par …

This capstone examines Alberta's weekly COVID-19 press briefings through the lens of crisis
communications. These weekly press briefings were the main vehicle through which the …

When a political actor or a government delivers on its promises, whether on provision of
infrastructure or favourable policies, it automatically earns political capital as a reward and …

In many settings of political bargaining over policy, agents care not only about getting their
will but also about having others approve the chosen policy thus giving it more weight. What …

This thesis consists of three self-contained essays in political economics. A key theme
common to the essays is that policymaking is largely a private affair, conducted behind …