Type of Document Dissertation Author Boozer, Wm S Author's Email Address wmsboozer@gmail.com URN etd-06252007-124056 Title Governmentality and U.S. Congressional Discourse Regarding Abstinence-Only Sexuality Education Degree Ph.D. Department Educational Policy Studies Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Deron Boyles Committee Chair Eric Freeman Committee Member Jodi Kaufmann Committee Member Philo A. Hutcheson Committee Member Keywords
- abstinence-only
- governmentality
- sexuality education
- adolescence
- U.S. Congress
Date of Defense 2007-04-25 Availability unrestricted 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.Files
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