Date of Award
7-3-2007
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Educational Policy Studies
First Advisor
Deron Boyles - Chair
Second Advisor
Jodi Kaufmann
Third Advisor
Philo A. Hutcheson
Fourth Advisor
Eric Freeman
Abstract
To investigate how federal discourse constructs adolescence, the author analyzed discussions of abstinence-only sexuality education from the U.S. Congressional Record from 2001 to 2007. He used grounded theory methodology to identify theoretical codes and construct a model from the data. The grounded theory developed focused on Congress’s maintenance of its role in mediating concern over the sexual behavior of adolescents as opposed to finding a solution to the problem it had identified. The author relates this theory to Foucault’s (1974/1991) concept of governmentality. He discusses Congress’s discourse about adolescence using Lesko’s (2001) confident characteristics of adolescence as a framework.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1060055
Recommended Citation
Boozer, Wm S., "Governmentality and U.S. Congressional Discourse Regarding Abstinence-Only Sexuality Education." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2007.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1060055