Political Science
Dr. Alexandra Dobrowolsky 
Professor, Political Science Department
BA (U. of Toronto/Queen's), MA (Dalhousie), PhD (Carleton)
Office: McNally North 405
Email: adobrowolsky@smu.ca
Phone: (902) 420-5895
Alexandra Dobrowolsky holds the rank of Professor of Political Science. She completed her PhD at Carleton University in 1996, and then a Postdoctoral fellowship at Dalhousie University in 1997. She worked as an Assistant Professor in Political Science at York University from 1997-2000. She joined the Saint Mary's University Political Science Department in 2000. Her research, writing and teaching deal with the theories and practices of representation, mobilization, citizenship, and democratic governance. Her most recent work explores changing citizenship regimes in relation to social policy, as well as to security and immigration in Canada and Britain.
Teaching Focus
Canadian Politics and policy; Comparative Politics and policy; Women and Politics and policy; constitutionalism and constitutional mobilization; political parties, social movements and democratic change
Significant Career Contributions
Published The Politics of Pragmatism: Women, Representation and Constitutionalism in Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2000. 320 pp.
Organized panels and workshops at national and international conferences (Canadian Political Science Association; American Political Science Association; Metropolis).
Served on the Samuel Beer Prize Committee of the British Politics Group, American Political Science Association. Acted as Chair of the Jill Vickers Prize Committee for the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA).
Recent Publications
Books
Editor. Women and Public Policy in Canada. Neoliberalism and After? Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Security and Immigration, Changes and Challenges: Immigrant and Ethnic Communities in Atlantic Canada Presumed Guilty. Ottawa: Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Status of Women Canada, Canadian Heritage, 2007. Co-written with D. Crocker, E. Keeble, and E. Tastsoglou.
Editor. Women, Migration and Citizenship: Making Local, National and Transnational Connections. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006. Co-edited by E. Tastsoglou. 258 pp.
Editor. Women Making Constitutions: New Politics and Comparative Perspectives. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Co-edited by V. Hart. 277 pp.
Articles
"The Intended and Unintended Effects of a New Immigration Strategy: Insights from Nova Scotia's Provincial Nominee Program." Studies in Political Economy 87 (Spring 2011). 109-142.
"Ruth Lister: Citizenship in Theory and in Practice.” Women's Studies Quarterly 38: 1& 2 (Spring/Summer 2010). 295-301.
"Int errogating 'invisibilization' and 'Instrumentalization': Women and Current Citizenship Trends in Canada". Citizenships Studies 12:4 (November 2008). 465-475.
"(In)Security and Citizenship: Security, Im/migration and Shrinking Citizenship Regimes." Theoretical Inquiries in Law 8:2 (July 2007). 628-661.
"Agency, Actors and Change in a Child-Focused Future: 'Path Dependency Problematised'." Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 43:1 (2004). Co-written with D. Saint-Martin. 1-23.
"The Chrétien Legacy and Women: Changing Policy Priorities with Little Cause for Celebration." Review of Constitutional Studies 9:1&2 (2004). 71-198.
"Shifting Representations of Citizenship: Canadian Politics of 'Women' and 'Children' ." Social Politics 11:2 (2004). Co-written with J. Jenson.154-180.
"Rhetoric versus Reality: The Discourse of the Child and New Labour's Social Investment State." Studies in Political Economy 69 (2002). 43-73.
"Crossing Boundaries: Exploring and Mapping Women's Constitutional Interventions in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland." Social Politics 9 (Summer/Autumn 2002). 293-340.
"Social Investment: The Discourse and the Dimensions of Change." Modernizing the Welfare State: The Blair Legacy. Ed. Martin Powell. Bristol: Policy Press 2008. 125-142.
Book Sections
"Continuity and Change in Immigration Policy: Canada, Atlantic Canada and the Future of Citizenship." Shaping an Agenda for Atlantic Canada. John G. Reid & Donald J. Savoie eds. Black Point: Fernwood, 2011. Co-authored with Evangelia Tastsoglou.
"Women and Politics in Canada: More Image Than Substance,” in Women and Politics Around the World: A Comparative History and Survey.” Joyce Gelb and Marian Lief Palley eds. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2009.
“Neo-liberalism and After?” in Women and Public Policy in Canada: Neoliberalism and After? Alexandra Dobrowolsky ed. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2009.
“Charter Champions: Equality Backsliding, the Charter and the Courts,” in Women and Public Policy in Canada: Neoliberalism and After? Alexandra Dobrowolsky ed. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2009.
“Security, Insecurity and Human Rights: Contextualizing Post 9/11.” In Anti-Terrorism: Security and Insecurity after 9/11. Sandra Rollings Magnussen ed. Halifax: Fernwood, 2009. Co-authored with Marc Doucet and Sandra Rollings Magnussen.
“Émergence d'un référential global sous tension: l'investissement social au Canada,” Politiques publiques et démocratie . Olivier Giraud and Philippe Warin eds., (Paris: Editions la decouverte, 2008. Co-authored with Pascal Dufour, Jane Jenson, Denis Saint-Martin, Deena White.
“Social Investment: the Discourse and the Dimensions of Change,” in Modernising the Welfare State: The Blair legacy. Martin Powell ed. (Bristol: The Policy Press , 2008 . Co-authored with Ruth Lister.
"The Women's Movement in Flux: Feminism and Framing, Passion and Politics." Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada." Ed. Miriam Smith. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2008. 159-180.
"Constitutions and Charters of Rights." Canadian Politics: Democracy and Dissent. Eds. Joan Grace and Byron Sheldrick. Toronto: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2006.
"Crossing Boundaries and Making Connections." Women, Migration and Citizenship: Making Local, National and Transnational Connections. Co-written with E. Tastsoglou.
"Social Exclusion and Changes to Citizenship: Women and Children, Minorities and Migrants in Britain." Women, Migration and Citizenship: Making Local, National and Transnational Connections.
"Social Learning, Third Way Politics, and Welfare State Redesign." New Institutionalism: Theory and Analysis. Ed. André Lecours. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005. Co-written with D. Saint-Martin. 245-275.
"Social Investment Perspectives and Practices: A Decade in British Politics." Social Policy Review 17. Eds. Martin Powell et al. Bristol: The Policy Press, 2005. Co-authored with J. Jenson. 203-230.
"Of Cairns and Cages: Identity, Democracy and Alan Cairns." Insiders and Outsiders : Alan Cairns and the Reshaping of Canadian Citizenship. Eds. Gerald Kernerman and Philip Resnick. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005. Co-authored with R. Devlin. 297-315.
"Political Parties: Teletubby Politics, the Third Way and Democratic Challenges/ers." Canadian Politics in the 21st Century. Eds. Michael S. Whittington and Glen Williams. Scarborough: Nelson, 2004.
"Shifting 'States'. States, Strategies and Identities: Women's Constitutional Organizing Across Time and Space." Women's Movements Facing the Reconfigured State. Eds. Karen Beckwith, Lee Ann Banaszak and Dieter Rucht. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 114-140.
Reports
"Workshop Report." Women and Migration: Pre-Conference Workshop, 11th International Metropolis Conference, Lisbon, Portugal. Canada: Status of Women Canada, 2007. 1-18.
Recent Conference Papers
"New Choices for Migrants, Old Constraints?: Assessing a Provincial Nominee Program from Multiple Perspectives.” Paper prepared for Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference , Concordia University, Montreal, PQ, June 1-3, 2010.
“Continuity and Change in Immigration Policy: Canada, Atlantic Canada and the Future of Citizenship.” Paper prepared for Royal Society Conference, Shaping an Agenda for Atlantic Canada , Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, March 26-27, 2010. Co-authored with E. Tastsoglou.
“Taking Care into Consideration: Local and Transnational Connections and Reversals.” For the 12th National Metropolis Conference , Montréal, Québec, March 18-21, 2010. Co-authored with C. Bryan.
“Keynote address.” Canadian Political Science Student's Association National Conference , organized by students from Saint Mary's and Mount Saint Vincent Universities, Delta Halifax Hotel, Halifax, NS, January 27-31, 2010.
“Assessing the Pitfalls of a Nova Scotia Immigration Strategy and Addressing Potential Alternatives.” Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Conference: Visioning Nova Scotia in 2020: Advancing research and policy for sustainability conference. Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 6-7, 2009.
"Crisis Challenge & Change in Immigration at Multiple State Levels" Paper prepared for the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Annual Conference , Acadia University, Wolfville, NS. October 2-4, 2009.
“Making Choices in a Context of Structural Constraint:
Contested Assessments of a New Canadian Immigration Strategy.” International Metropolis Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark September 13-16, 2009
“The Intended and Unintended Effects of a New Immigration Strategy: Insights from Nova Scotia's Provincial Nominee Program,” Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Carleton University, May 26-28, 2009, Ottawa, ON.
“Immigration and the Mandate of Marketization,” Immigration, Citizenship and Borders: Issues Facing the EU and Canada Conference, Dalhousie University, April 3, Halifax, NS (invited)
“Attracting Immigrants to Atlantic Canada: Where's the Welcome Mat for Women?” New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women Luncheon Series, December 9, Fredericton, NB (invited)
“Federalism, Devolution and women: Democratic Debates and Dilemmas,” Engendering Policy and Devolution Conference, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (invited)
“The Cost(s) of Marketization: The Gnedered Repercussions of a New Immigration Strategy,” 13th International Metropolis Conference, October 26-31, Bonn, Germany.
“Beyond Winners and Losers: What has happened to women's equality?.” Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meetings. University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC.
“Charter Champions?” Women and Equality After 25 Years of Charter Challenges.” Université de Montréal/McGill University, Institute of European Studies, Workshop. Montreal, PQ. (invited paper).
A bibtex copy of this list can be found here
Awards & Distinctions
Co-Investigator Atlantic Metropolis Project Grant (2008).
Co-Applicant Atlantic Metropolis Pilot Project (2008).
SSHRC Grant Co-Applicant: "Immigration and the Metropolis" (2007).
Jill Vicker's Prize, Canadian Political Science Association (2006).
Small Grant, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Saint Mary's University (2005-2006).
Travel Grant, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Saint Mary's University (2005).
Best Policy Paper Award, awarded by the Centre for the Study of Public Policy (Memorial University) at the Atlantic Provinces Political Studies Association Meetings (2003).
Canadian Heritage Grant: Gender, Security, Immigration, Citizenship (2003–2005).
Status of Women Canada: Gender, Security, Immigration, Citizenship (2003–2005).
SSHRC Strategic Grant: Social Cohesion (2000–2003).
Saint Mary's New Faculty Start-Up Grant (2001).
Nomination for the Dean's Award for Research Excellence, at York University (2000).
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