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This thesis studies the intersection between contemporary international political theory and global environmental politics. It asks whether concern for global environmental degradation requires a rethinking of the assumptions that underlie international political theory as a field of study within the discipline of International Relations. Answering this question, the thesis introduces three ‗images‘ of international political theory: the liberal cosmopolitan, the critical-theoretical, and the anti-foundationalist. It investigates the contributions of these three images of international political theory to global environmental politics. Assessing, through the three images, the status of contemporary international political theory in light of environmental concerns, the thesis suggests that while international political theory offers many important insights into discussions of global environmental politics it also appears significantly limited when dealing with environmental concerns. Key among its limitations is the human-centred framework and mission of contemporary international political theory that an encounter with environmental concerns helps expose. The thesis argues that international political theory, both to be true to its purpose – that is, the extension of moral and political inclusion in world politics – and to maintain its relevance in the contemporary world, must seek a more thorough engagement with environmental concerns. The thesis contends that a fundamental rethinking of the assumptions that underlie contemporary international political theory forms an important – and necessary – part of this engagement.

A Bell in the Storm - Persistent unexplained pain and the language of the uncanny in the creative neurophenomenal reference is a doctoral work comprised of three parts. Part 1 is an exegesis Persistent unexplained pain and the language of the uncanny in the creative neurophenomenal reference; Part 2 is The Plays, A Bell in the Storm (produced by deckchair theatre in May, 2005) and the radio play To Fall Without Landing (produced by the Australian Broadcasting Commission for Radio National in October 2005); and, Part 3 the book of monochord poems, Secrets of the Driftwood.

The ‘Uncreated’ Voice of a Nation: James Joyce and the Twentieth Century Irish Bildungsroman places James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in conversation with numerous later twentieth century Bildungsromane to argue that texts by Edna O’Brien, John McGahern, Roddy Doyle, Patrick McCabe, Jamie O’Neill, Eimear McBride, Seamus Deane, and Bernard MacLaverty examine the tension between liberation and oppression, hope and despair, to explore the complexities of these tensions untapped by Joyce, paradoxically producing darker conclusions in the Free State/Republic than in the North. I suggest that the postcolonial Irish writer feels greater anxieties about allowing the form of the Bildungsroman any sense of resolution than his/her colonial, Northern Irish counterpart. If one views liberation from colonial rule as a future event, that future is “uncreated” in its brightly-colored potential. If one views liberation from colonial rule as a past event, the present is instead an examination of the failures of revolution and the lingering ghosts of colonial rule that often appear in the guise of these very revolutionary failures.

John le Carré’s novels “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold” (1963), “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” (1974), and “The Tailor of Panama” (1997), focus on how the main characters reflect the somber reality of working in the British intelligence service. Through a broad post-structuralist analysis, I will identify the dichotomies - good/evil in “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold,” past/future in “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” and institution/individual in “The Tailor of Panama” - that frame the role of the protagonists. Each character is defined by his ambiguity and swinging moral compass, transforming him into a hybrid creation of morality and adaptability during transitional time periods in history, mainly during the Cold War. Le Carré’s novels reject the notion of spies standing above a group being celebrated. Instead, he portrays spies as characters who trade off individualism and social belonging for a false sense of heroism, loneliness, and even death.

The economic, demographic and social changes of the latter half of the C20th have influenced the experience of individuals now at 'midlife'. Arguably the impact of these changes has been more profound for women; specifically in the UK for those educated to be the wives, mothers and carers of industrial Britain (Newsom, 1963). Now around 50 years old this group of women are likely to experience a lengthy period of 'postmaternity' (Sheriff and Weatherall, 2009) extending to over thirty years in many cases. This research considers the experience of this metaphorically entitled 'telescopic' cohort (Goldstein and Schlag, 1999). The major corpus of age related research assumes a linear developmental progression of life stages (Erikson, 1951, 1968; Gould, 1978; Levinson, 1978; Levinson, 1996; Klohnen et al., 1996; Miner-Rubinio, 2004). Drawing on life course theory (Elder, 1995; Runyan, 1982; Super, 1980) enables this research to explore how women may have changed assumptions about themselves and their expectations as the social world has changed around them, moreover offers an alternative to the essentialist, linear, deterministic models of ageing. This feminist poststructuralist examination of the experience of women at 'midlife' is divided into two parts; firstly the 'lived life' which examines demographic changes, and drawing on material from 'Jackie' magazine, considers discourses of femininity and the expectations for, and of, girls. The 'told story' is then explored using narrative interview material. How women 'story' their lives and their understanding of 'self' at midlife is examined within the context of the changing world and their ageing bodies. The research revealed that the experience of 'midlife' for this cohort of women is narrated as a time of change in social circumstances with some 'gains' and some 'losses', however it is not storied as a time of inevitable 'crisis'. Moreover despite the plethora of literature portraying the menopause as problematic, this was not supported by the interview material.

Esta pesquisa teve como foco de análise representações de sexualidade presentes num Curso Normal noturno, de uma escola particular católica de Porto Alegre. Inserida no campo dos estudos feministas numa perspectiva pós-estruturalista, a pesquisa tomou como inspiração metodológica a etnografia e a produção de dados se deu a partir de observações sistemáticas ao longo de um semestre, análise documental e entrevistas individuais com as estudantes. A questão central da pesquisa - “Onde “está” a sexualidade num curso de formação de professoras?” - ampliou-se para a discussão de quando, onde e como a sexualidade entrava em cena naquele contexto escolar. Para tanto, foram criados três eixos analíticos que dizem do “currículo da sexualidade” neste curso: o “tempo” da sexualidade; o “espaço” da sexualidade e o “tom” da sexualidade. Esses três eixos se atravessam, e talvez seja possível afirmar que cada representação de sexualidade tem o seu tempo, o seu espaço e o seu tom para se fazer visível. Em relação ao primeiro eixo, enfatizo que, assim como é atribuído um “tempo da sexualidade” no curso (contando com uma aula específica sobre o tema), também na vida humana a sexualidade parece ter um tempo devido para aparecer, para se manifestar, para se desenvolver... Sobre o eixo “espaço da sexualidade”, volto o olhar para pelo menos dois “lugares”: os documentos da Escola e do Curso (mais especificamente o Projeto Educativo da Congregação da qual a escola faz parte, os Regimentos da Escola e do Curso Normal e os Planos de Estudos) e os espaços físicos onde questões de sexualidade puderam emergir – salientando que a sala de aula é um dentre outros lugares os quais desenham uma “geografia da sexualidade” naquele curso. E finalmente, sobre o “tom da sexualidade”, procuro mapear não só os discursos que foram utilizados, mas, principalmente, os modos como esses discursos se articulavam para dar conta das explicações, dos comentários, das recomendações e “dicas” em torno da sexualidade. O tom se refere, pois, ao como a sexualidade entrava em cena neste curso. / This research had as its main focus of analysis some sexual representations presented in a night course for Teachers’ Formation of a private Catholic school in Porto Alegre. Inserted in the field of feminist studies and in a post-structuralist perspective, the research had as its methodological inspiration the ethnography. The production of data was done through systematic observations during a term, documental analysis and individual interviews with the students. The core issue in this research - “Where is sexuality in a course to form teachers?” – was amplified to the discussion of when, where and how the sexuality started to become part of the course in that context. Three analytical axes were created in order to explain the “curriculum of sexuality” in this course: “time” for sexuality; “space” for sexuality and “tone” for sexuality. These three axes cross each other and it is possible to state that each representation of sexuality has its own time, space and tone to become apparent. In relation to the first axis, I emphasize that as it is given a “time for sexuality” in the course (being one specific class about the issue) the same happens in human life, the sexuality seems to have only one specific time to arise, to disclose, to develop... About the axis “space for sexuality”, I concentrate in at least two “places”: the School and Course documents (more specifically to the Educative Project of the Congregation which the school belongs to, the Internal Rules of the School and Teachers’ Formation Course and the Study Plans) and the physical spaces where the issues of sexuality could emerge – pointing out that the classroom is a place (among others) which draws the “geography of sexuality” in that course. Finally, about the “tone of sexuality”, I tried to map not only the speeches (informal talks) which were made, but also, the ways those speeches were articulated to favor their explanations, their comments, recommendations and “cues” concerning sexuality. The tone refers to how the sexuality comes on stage in the mentioned course.

The aim of this thesis study is to understand the significance of today&rsquo / s feminist politics in Turkey for post-identity politics. When it is considered that identity politics is being widely practiced today, whereas there is still much vagueness regarding the ways of doing post-identity politics, in order to achieve the aim of this study it becomes necessary to make a critique of identity politics and to reveal post-identitarian tendencies through this critique of identity-based political mobilization. In this study, feminist identity politics is analyzed and criticized from the perspective of Judith Butler, who is a poststructuralist feminist questioning identity and its relation to gender politics. These issues are questioned through qualitative research method and semi-structured in-depth interviews are used as the data gathering technique. Five in-depth interviews were conducted with women who consider themselves feminist. The interviews aim at providing individual narrations of the participants to be exposed to deconstruction later on through the analysis process. Therefore, participants are not asked direct and categorical questions about their ideas on specific issues / instead, they are encouraged to talk about how they perceive the gendered world around them and how they respond to it and how these ideas are transferred to the political arena. It was found that the participants perceived sex, gender and sexuality in a dualistic framework to a certain extent and this relative fluidity enables them to realize the importance of doing post-identity politics, but they do not have a tendency to transfer this to the political arena in the near future.

Esse estudo, desenvolvido entre os anos de 2009 e 2011, buscou conhecer de que maneira se constrói a conjugalidade entre travestis e seus maridos. Sob uma perspectiva pedagógica investigou as tensões existentes entre o modelo heteronormativo de conjugalidade e esta outra forma de união. Na perspectiva dos Estudos Culturais a pesquisa propôs-se a compreender a aliança destes casais, a produção da masculinidade dos maridos e a sociabilidade vivida pelos pares. Essa investigação foi realizada em classes populares, e é do tipo qualitativo e etnográfico. Durante dois anos conviveu-se com os três casais que participaram do estudo. Foram feitas entrevistas, observações participantes e diários de campo. Foram utilizadas, também, narrativas e observações de outras duas pesquisas anteriores que contemplaram o mesmo campo. As entrevistas foram gravadas, transcritas e posteriormente analisadas a fim de observar os tensionamentos existentes na conjugalidade das travestis com seus maridos. A partir da análise de seus depoimentos, cotejados pela bibliografia de apoio, conclui-se que o modelo de conjugalidade e masculinidade hegemônicos tangencia a aliança entre a travesti e seu marido. A forma de união dos participantes do estudo apresenta ao mesmo tempo semelhanças e rupturas com este modelo. / This study done between the years 2009 and 2011 tried to know how to build the married between transvestites and their husbands. From a pedagogical perspective, it was investigated the tensions between the heteronormative model of married in this other form of union. From the perspective of Cultural Studies this research aimed to understand the alliance of these couples, the production of husband’s masculinity and couple’s sociability. This research was done in low income classes, is a qualitative and ethnographic study. For two years the three couples were listened and they answered interview. They also were observed. Stories and comments from two previous studies whith the same people were used. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analyzed for to observe the tensions existing in the married of the transvestites and their husbands. From the analysis of the interviews, by supporting bibliography, it is concluded that the model of hegemonic masculinity and married is tangent to these couples. This form of married presents with that model similarities and ruptures.