Dissertations / Theses: 'PUBLIC CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS'

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Frot, Emmanuel. "Cultural transmission, public goods, and institutions." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2007. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1975/.

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This thesis discusses the consequences of different institutional forms in various settings, with a particular focus on the interactions between institutions, cultural transmission, and public goods. Chapter 1 introduces the main ideas, motivation, and results of the subsequent chapters. It provides a detailed summary of the thesis. Chapter 2 considers how institutions that modify behaviors affect the transmission of cultural traits. It argues that they create an environment that crowds out the behavior they were trying to promote. When applied to a model of public good provisions it illustrates how institutions that reduce free riding may decrease the level of public good in the long run. Chapter 3 extends this framework to make institutions endogenous. Individuals vote for their preferred institutional arrangement and the outcome is determined by majority voting. The crowding out of behaviors imply that agents have an incentive to affect strategically the transmission of preferences through collective socialization. Institutions can induce the formation of additional institutions such as schools in order to guarantee their sustainability. Chapter 4 considers that children acquire preferences through the choice of friends in the population, and that parents try to influence this choice. It shows how this creates a game between parents where their efforts to socialize their children to a particular cultural trait constitutes a public good. It studies the consequences for cultural groups of being intolerant and how they can survive cultural transmission. Chapter 5 uses the important example of commons as an institutional failure. It examines the case for privatization in an environment with different resources that may not be all privatized. It shows that labor reallocation reduces the gains of privatization, potentially to the point of reducing welfare. First best institutions may fail in a second best environment.

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Wessels, Bridgette. "The cultural dynamics of innovation." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310240.

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Abbey, Jennifer Ann, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Death and late-stage dementia in institutions: a cultural analysis." Deakin University. School of Nursing, 1995. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050825.153139.

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The first purpose of this study was to describe the deaths of fifteen nursing home residents with late-stage dementia. The devastating effect of dementia on a person has been called a living death (Woods, 1989). The caring which occurs when someone is going through this process in a nursing home was recorded and analysed. In analysing this act of caring, the second purpose was to look for the origins of the structures and the sources of pressure that shaped the context and therefore helped determine the behaviour of the various groups under observation. These groups were residents and their relatives, the staff of the nursing home and the treating doctors. Before commencing observations and carrying out this study, an understanding needed to be developed of: the condition of dementia as it is perceived by health professionals and presented in the media; the institutions in which the majority of people with dementia end their days; the background and conditions of the staff who nurse in them; the models of care that guide and determine policies; and the conceptions of life and death which underpin relevant laws and moral standpoints. Accordingly, in part 1. chapter 1 the history, causes, pathology and effects of dementing conditions are examined. Relevant medical and lay literature including media influences are examined which pertain to the subject of death and dementia and nursing home care. The history of this institutional care is briefly examined together with the growth of the discipline of gerontological nursing. Chapter 2 discusses some of the effects of this history on present day care and the concept of emotional work being carried out within the present day aged care public policy regulations. The moral arguments surrounding illness and dying in Australian society today are briefly discussed. Chapter 3 describes the conceptual framework for the study, the ethnographic method that has been employed and an outline of critical theory as the basis for analysis. The chapter concludes by recounting the practical steps taken to arrange the field work, secure the consent of participants, record data and gather documents, and outlines the ethical considerations given to the undertaking of the study. Chapter 4 describes the context in which the study took place and the first tentative exploration of the culture from an etic perspective. Part 2 describes the death trajectories observed and raises some questions about alternative strategies that may have been considered within a different paradigm of caring. In chapter 5 the death trajectories of each of the fifteen residents in the study are described, each written with a particular emphasis to illustrate aspects of the culture of care that emerged through thematic analysis. Observations, comments and feelings from staff and family are wound in and around these case studies. Chapter 6 looks more closely at the impact of policy and institutional pressure on the milieu in which these deaths took place. Part 3 draws conclusions from the observations and makes suggestions for emancipatory change as viewed from the author's standpoint of critical ethnographic analysis. In the final chapter an argument is presented for policy change that leads a movement towards palliative care practices for people with late-stage dementia. Approaches to implementation of palliative care will need to take account of any expression by the resident such as an advanced directive, indicating a preferred approach to treatment in the period prior to death; a need for a better understanding of such issues as the significance of body breakdown, the manifestations of pain and electrolyte imbalances; the surrounding ethical complexities and shift in public opinion, and perhaps, most of ail, the culture of the institutions in which this dying will take place. A definition of late-stage dementia which might be used in determining patterns of care is set out. A discussion about changes in practice which relate lo communication with treating doctors, the administering of antibiotics, the relief of pain, the mobilisation of residents and the provision of food and water takes place in light of the evidence found. The discussion of these issues is raised in the form of debate. Each aspect needs more rigorous analysis and information so that evidence-based practice, rather than care which is value-laden and emotional, can be used when treatment decisions are made for people with late-stage dementia.

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Lee, Toby Kim. "Public Culture and Cultural Citizenship at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival." Thesis, Harvard University, 2013. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11165.

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This dissertation explores the relationship between state, citizen and public culture through an ethnographic and historical examination of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in northern Greece. In the two-year period leading up to and following its fiftieth anniversary in 2009, the festival was caught up in the larger economic, political and social crises that have overtaken Greece in the last five years - a painful period of rapid transformation and neoliberalization for one of Europe's staunchest social-welfare states. As the Greek state faces bankruptcy - both economic and political - it is being forced to revisit the terms of its social contract with its citizens. In a country where "culture" was once touted as a national "heavy industry," the relationship between the state and cultural production is also being restructured. Public culture is one of the areas of social life in which people are now struggling with these changes and attempting to redefine what it means to be a citizen of the Greek state - utilizing and revising local, national and transnational identities in the process. Anthropology

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Marrone, Jenna. "INSPIRING PUBLIC TRUST IN OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: ARCHIVES, PUBLIC HISTORY, AND THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2012. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/162224.

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History M.A. The so-called culture wars of recent years have created an ethos of caution in our cultural institutions. Museums often avoid exhibits and programming that might prove controversial for fear of public backlash. This paper examines how public historians and archivists might work together to devise strategies for positive public engagement in controversial history projects. Archives have the power to ensure the public's trust in their cultural institutions, while primary source material can be utilized to promote constructive conversation among audiences. Public conflict will be directed into more productive channels if museums create a safe space for dialogue. Temple University--Theses

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Hoffmann, Amy M. "Alternative interpretive strategies for multi-generational learning in public horticulture institutions." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 134 p, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1605142581&sid=6&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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O'Connor, N. "Finding effectiveness : balancing core museum mission with the demands of governance and public management requirements at the National Museum of Ireland." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.680233.

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Junanto, Deny. "The use of performance information in the Indonesian public sector : the role of rational/technocratic and political/cultural frameworks." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8305/.

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Public administrative reform in Indonesia accelerated after the country experienced economic and political turbulence in 1999. As part of the reform policy, the central government introduced performance management systems in order to improve the capacity of public institutions, particularly local governments. The thesis uses semi-structured interviews to answer, how effective is the performance management system in Indonesian local government? How do rational/technocratic and political frameworks affect the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of performance management system? The evidence suggests the performance management system in the Indonesian public sector is ineffective. This is indicated by gaps between performance indicators and actual performance, by the non-use of performance information and by the behaviour of those who are supposed to be influenced. The ineffectiveness may be explained by both rational/technocratic factors, and political/cultural factors. Based on our findings, those elements affect effectiveness of the performance management system. However, respondents emphasised that political/cultural elements were more fundamental to successful use of performance information, but present more difficult and challenging issues to reform. Indonesian government agencies compete with each other to maintain a role in the context of decentralisation, each seeking to prevent too much accumulation of power by any other agency. Therefore, although the government agencies may favour a technocratic approach, they will resist any comprehensive technocratic scheme of system integration, particularly in the performance management system. The Indonesian public sector may thus represent a case of ‘political technocracy’ in which rationality is limited by political interests.

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Couret, Magali. "La production de l'œuvre publique d'art contemporain." Thesis, Paris 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA010256/document.

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L'art contemporain se veut transgressif, c'est un art fugitif dont on garde trace dans ses souvenirs, grâce à des photographies et des protocoles conservés dans les archives des institutions et prêts à être «réactivés». Située à la frontière de plusieurs domaines de création et confrontée à une forte dématérialisation, l'œuvre d'art contemporain déroute le juriste. Aujourd'hui, elle ne résulte plus du travail d'un artiste agissant seul dans son atelier, mais d'équipes réunissant les talents de multiples professions qui fragmentent sa réalisation en plusieurs phases. De fait, la scénographie ou le procédé artistique l'emportent souvent sur l'œuvre elle-même. Ce procédé prend le nom de «production» d'art. C'est pourquoi l'art contemporain constitue un objet d'étude complexe en droit, lequel s'attache encore trop à la forme de l'œuvre plutôt qu'à ses modes de création. La production artistique contemporaine est un domaine où les usages et les coutumes naissent au gré de pratiques efficientes, et prennent petit à petit le pas sur le droit. Dès lors, un fossé se creuse entre les professionnels de l 'art contemporain et le droit, ce qui a tendance à induire la coexistence de pratiques divergentes et d'interprétations diverses des coutumes établies, ainsi que le chevauchement de la coutume et de la législation, sans que des directives d'application de l'une ou l'autre ne soient adoptées. La question à laquelle nous tentons donc de répondre dans cette thèse est celle de savoir comment réduire cet écart entre la pratique des professionnels de la création contemporaine et le droit afin d'apporter sécurité juridique à la production artistique, et plus particulièrement au sein de la commande publique Contemporary art transgress, it is a fugitive art, which we remember thanks to our memories, to photographs and protocols owned by institutions, ready to be revived. The contemporary work of art is dematerialized and located in-between many fields of creation. That is why legal experts have troubles understanding it. Nowadays, a sole artist does not make the work of art anymore. Although, it is the result of the work of a team, gathering multiples professionals, who divide the creation of the work of art up in many phases. That phenomenon is called « production of art». Thus, contemporary art is a complex subject for the law, which is still focused on the form and materials constituting the work of art, instead of being focused on the ways it is produced. The artistic production is regulated by customs, which tend progressively to take advantage on the law. In fact, this creates divergent practices and interpretations of the rules. Plus, the law and the customs sometimes tend to overlap, and no one knows which one should be applied. The question we try to answer in this thesis is how is it possible to reduce the gap between the professional practices and the law, in pursuing the goal to bring legal security in the artistic production, and most specifically, in the field of public call for artists

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McKrell, Lindsay. "Public libraries adapting to change : from cultural institutions to agents of change in learning & community development." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/26756.

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This thesis is an examination of public libraries in Britain today. It sets forward the hypothesis that a new type of librarianship is emerging to meet the needs of change in the socioeconomic environment, and that this is based on a community development approach. The thesis examines the role of public libraries within their communities through a historical, contemporary and international review of literature and a national questionnaire survey of community development strategies in public library authorities. The survey forms part of a research programme funded by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre on the social impact of libraries. It was designed collaboratively, by myself, Andrew Green of the Community Services Group of the Library Association and Kevin Harris of the Community Development Foundation, although all subsequent work has been my own. In-depth analysis is followed by telephone interviews with four library authorities chosen as case studies, to establish the relationship between policy and practice. The thesis as a whole considers the history and development of libraries. After suffering years of policy drift, a poor research base and a low public profile, public libraries are considering how best to quantify their social impact. Rapid socioeconomic change has had a marked effect on the labour market and social cohesion in the UK, resulting in greater demand for training, education and information. Government has responded with community-oriented policies aimed at improving public access to the information society, making local government more accountable, empowering communities and supporting citizenship in an increasingly active democracy. Rapid advances in Information Technology have increased the potential of public libraries to contribute to this process and act as lifelong learning facilitators and providers. This thesis presents evidence of public libraries' changing role as an educative medium. A majority of public libraries responding to the survey are engaged in interagency work to support the independent learner and empower communities. Many are doing so as part of a community development strategy, or are working on such a strategy. Respondents to the survey of public library authorities expressed the desire to involve their public in a meaningful way. Those library services with a written community development strategy have taken practical steps to achieve this and have set up systems to monitor their progress. A new model for management of community-oriented services is proposed, highlighting issues of policy and practice such as staff training and service accessibility. Conclusions are drawn on an effective role for public libraries in Britain and the need for further research on how this can be achieved.

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Dennis, Evan Marks. "Adaptation to Social Ecological System Shocks| Transformation in San Diego's Water Institutions and Culture between 1990 and 2010." Thesis, Indiana University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10830114.

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Between 1990 and 2010 changing perceptions of water-scarcity and evolving adaptation strategies to water stress transformed water management in San Diego, California. This project examines how perceptions of water scarcity affect the programmatic variety, geographic scale, and types of adaptations that are undertaken. It also investigates whether a cultural consensus developed within San Diego County as a whole about what causes particular water problems. Lastly, the research shows how adaptation responses to the collective action problem of water provisioning contributed to resolving the other collective action problems of wastewater production and water conservation. The project presents San Diego as an example of polycentric governance arrangements that were adaptive to the challenges of a changing social-ecological system.

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Yeung, Lisa Wing-tsui. "Public discourses, social identities and political realities : the production of discursive space in decolonising Hong Kong." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.390823.

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Erguc, Ozdemir Gizem. "The Role Of Institutions In Promoting Public Interest Within The Context Of Cultural And Natural Heritage Conservation: The Case Of Gokova." Thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12611217/index.pdf.

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This thesis discusses the role of institutions in promoting public interest within the context of cultural and natural heritage conservation. Due to the fact that the concept of public interest is controversial and may differ from one context to another, and that there are numerous institutions, the role of institutions in public interest promoting process limited to the context of conservation. A large number of public institutions develop policies that have significant implications for the conservation of cultural and natural resources in Turkey. The aim of these policies is to promote public interest by safeguarding natural and cultural assets. Moreover conservation institutions adopt different public interest approaches based on their establishment laws, therefore they carry out different activities to attain the objectives of their institutions. Consequently, promotion public interest by such institutions becomes even more ambiguous under these circumstances. Within this context, the G&ouml kova case provides a good basis for the investigation of the ways in which public institutions conduct their activities in the quest to promote public interest.

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Nathan, Smitha. "'Esprit public' in the Haute Garonne, 1804-1830 : propaganda, influence and dissent in the cultural institutions of the Empire and Restoration." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.422480.

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Muñoz, Del Campo Norma. "L'état et la culture au Chili, 1989-2008 : les enjeux et défis d'un processus de construction d'une catégorie d'intervention publique." Thesis, Paris 3, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PA030051/document.

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Cette recherche porte sur le processus de constitution de la culture au Chili comme catégorie d’intervention publique entre 1989 et 2008.Ce processus s’amorce dans un contexte historique et socio-politique particulier caractérisé par la fin de la dictature annoncée par le plébiscite de 1988 et confirmée lors des élections démocratiques de 1989. La culture acquiert alors un rôle fondamental dans le développement social et politique du Chili. Son institutionnalisation cherchait en effet à ordonner un domaine d’intervention fragmenté et institutionnellement fragile et qui n’avait jusqu’alors jamais été doté d’une institution supérieure.Cette étude propose ainsi d’envisager le processus d’émergence de la culture comme un problème public pour ensuite analyser son institutionnalisation qui déboucha sur la création,en 2003, du Conseil National de la Culture et des Arts. La compréhension de ce processus et l’étude de la mise en œuvre du CNCA conduisent à mieux identifier les enjeux qui caractérisent et déterminent l’action publique culturelle dans le Chili d’après dictature. Cette recherche s’inscrit ainsi dans les débats posés par l’analyse des politiques publiques et en reprendra les principaux outils théoriques afin de mieux aborder le processus de constitution d’une catégorie d’intervention publique à travers trois axes centraux, les idées, les acteurs et les institutions, qui permettront d’articuler les approches cognitives de politiques publiques aux approches néo-institutionnalistes et d’instrumentation de l’action publique.L’analyse se développe alors autour de deux plans, l’un centré sur l’articulation entre les concepts et les valeurs et le repositionnement et le rôle des acteurs au sein d’un cadre institutionnel particulier. L’autre plan considère plus spécifiquement les enjeux de la mise en œuvre de l’institution culturelle et les tensions propres à ce processus relatives à la construction d’un idéal culturel national, à la récupération et à la recomposition d’espaces de pouvoir et à un cadre institutionnel flou et profondément marqué par les enclaves autoritaires héritées du passé This research deals with making culture a Public Intervention Category in Chile, from1989 to 2008.The process began in a particular historical and socio-political context characterized bythe democratic transition heralded by the 1988 plebiscite and consolidated by the 1989elections. At this time culture began to gain a fundamental role in the social and politicaldevelopment in Chile. Previously denied a formal organizational structure, the newinstitution’s cultural interventions were fragmented and fragile.This dissertation analyzes the National Council on Culture and Arts (NCCA) created in2003 and its work in the context of culture emerging as a public matter. In doing this we areable to identify the different issues in cultural policymaking that arose since the end ofauthoritarian rule. This investigation is a contribution to the debates on the analysis of publicpolicy, utilizing its main theoretical tools to dissect the process of establishing a category ofpublic intervention through three central themes: ideas, actors and institutions. Hence, thiswould connect the cognitive approaches of public policy marked by neo-institutionalism andinstrumentalist policymaking focuses.The analysis approaches the issue on two levels. The first one centers on the articulationbetween concepts and values with the realignment of policy actors within a specificinstitutional framework. Secondly, we will focus on the issues that arose in theinstitutionalization of culture, and the tensions involved in this process. We will especiallystress the deadlocks generated by the construction of a national cultural ideal under aninstitutional order characterized by “authoritarian enclaves” inherited from the former rule

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Selander, Anders. "Förtroendet till samhällets institutioner : En komparativ studie mellan Sverige och Portugal." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-14370.

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This study is about trust for public institutions and what the foundation is that builds this confidence. For this study I have used three dependent variables to define different aspects of public institutions. These are trust in the legal system, trust in political parties and state of health services nowadays. The method that is used in the study is based on a comparative study between two countries, Sweden and Portugal. The actual result is made up by comparing means and regressions by using 13 independent variables. Many of the independent variables that has been used is deriving from institutional theories of Putnam and Rothstein These theories points out the importance of strong traditions of civic engagement and that the success of the trust of the institutions depends in large part on the horizontal bonds that make up social capital. Other theories describe the malicious venom that is the outcome of corruption and the importance of happiness. The cultural dimensions by Hofstede are also included in the list of theories, especially those dealing with the freedom and free from collectivism and caring for others well-being. With help from these theories thirteen independent variables were emerged. The result that comes from the study is that the trust is first of all the obvious Sweden has a higher level of trust in all the different aspects than Portugal. Although the regressions shows that only 4,8 -11,2% can be explained, there is still possible to make clear conclusions. The clearest conclusion we can draw is that state of happiness makes a difference regarding trust for the institutions. Other things that influence the trust are civic engagement by working in another organization and believing in equality seems to correlate with higher trust. Caring for others seems to have a slightly negative effect on the trust. With this we can conclude that altruists do not have a higher trust on public institutions than others. A clearer tendency is that the sense of feeling free is negative on the trust for the public institutions.

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Monção, Carolina Ferrucci. "Escolha de instituições de educação superior e carreiras: um estudo sobre o que pretendem estudantes de grupos sociais privilegiados." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2009. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/10726.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:33:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carolina Ferrucci Moncao.pdf: 1313501 bytes, checksum: 5946f39b16367aadbc98fce3228980f0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-19 This work points out the ways and results of an investigation about the choices intended by students from privileged social groups of Mogi das Cruzes (SP) towards superior education: institutions and careers. The main objective of the research, over all based on Pierre Bourdieu s notions of social position, economical and cultural capital, has related the cultural practices of students who are finishing high school at expensive schools to their intentions of choice of institutions and careers at college. In order to reach this objective, three schools that charged the highest high school fees at the referred municipal district were selected. After contacting the schools, two of them accepted that their students answered the instrument of data collect, a questionnaire elaborated for this specific purpose. The questionnaire had 74 objective and subjective questions and it was answered by 77 students from the two schools in 2008. The analysis of the results quantified the students cultural practices museums visits, physical activities developed by them, foreign language fluency, informatics knowledge, arts courses, musical instruments abilities, international trips and related them to these students intentions of going to college. 75 out of 77 subjects involved on this investigation stated their intentions to go to college. The results about parental formation and occupation, family income, types of investments on the cultural practices cited above mark the possibility of these students being part of privileged social groups not only through an economical point of view. The results also point out the fact that the various practices accomplished by the students are related to a vast series of options towards the intended institutions Este trabalho apresenta os caminhos e os resultados de uma investigação sobre as escolhas pretendidas por estudantes oriundos de grupos sociais privilegiados do município de Mogi das Cruzes (SP) em relação à educação superior: instituições e carreiras. O objetivo central da pesquisa, baseado, sobretudo nas noções de posição social, capital econômico e capital cultural de Pierre Bourdieu, constituiu-se em relacionar as práticas culturais de concluintes do nível médio de educação de escolas de altas mensalidades às suas intenções a respeito da escolha de instituições e de carreiras na educação superior. Para atingir tal objetivo foram selecionadas as três escolas que cobravam as mais altas mensalidades no nível médio da educação básica no referido município. Após contato com as escolas, duas delas aceitaram que seus estudantes respondessem ao instrumento de coleta de informações: um questionário elaborado para este fim específico. O questionário continha 74 questões entre objetivas e discursivas e foi respondido por 77 estudantes das duas escolas no ano de 2008. A análise dos resultados consistiu em quantificar as práticas culturais dos estudantes - conhecimento de museus, realização de atividades físicas, fluência em língua estrangeira, domínio de informática, cursos de arte, habilidades com instrumento musical, viagem internacional - e relacioná-las às intenções dos mesmos sobre a educação superior. Entre os 77 sujeitos envolvidos nesta investigação, 75 afirmaram ter intenção de cursar o nível superior. Os resultados encontrados sobre nível de formação e ocupação dos pais, renda familiar, tipos de investimentos nas práticas culturais citadas anteriormente sinalizam para a possibilidade de tais estudantes pertencerem a grupos sociais privilegiados não apenas economicamente. Os resultados apontam também o fato de que a diversidade de práticas culturais realizadas pelos estudantes se relaciona a uma maior amplitude de opções quanto às instituições pretendidas

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Sempé, Mathilde. "L’invention d’une identité régionale : la Bretagne et le livre (1945-2014)." Thesis, Paris 10, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA100161.

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À partir d’une approche socio-historique, la thèse propose une analyse des mécanismes de fabrication d’une politique du livre en Bretagne. En restituant les logiques sociales à l’œuvre dans le processus de naturalisation d’une politique publique de la culture, de la période de la Libération à la période actuelle, l’étude entend retracer les configurations successives de négociations et de luttes – entre les agents de l’Etat et les agents sociaux qui composent l’espace régional (notamment au sein des champs éditorial et politique) – pour le monopole de la définition d’une « identité régionale ». Dans cette perspective, « le livre » constitue un instrument légitime de production et de promotion de perceptions antagonistes de « la culture ». De sorte que le retour sur les conditions sociales et historiques d’émergence d’une catégorie d’intervention publique révèle les usages différenciés du « livre » et les enjeux politiques de « la culture », en les rapportant aux trajectoires individuelles et collectives des agents investis dans l’espace des mouvements sociaux bretons, en fonction d’une conjoncture nationale de prise de conscience régionale et de remise en cause de l’ordre symbolique établi. Il conduit par ailleurs à repérer le travail de représentation politique des institutions régionales consistant à homogénéiser une politique culturelle et le sens public qui en découle. De l’incorporation d’une indignité culturelle au renversement de l’ordonnancement légitime du monde social, l’histoire de la politique du livre en Bretagne met ainsi au jour les rapports de force engagés, avec et contre l’Etat, pour l’institutionnalisation de la région From a sociohistorical perspective, this thesis analyses the different developments that lead to the creation of a political identity through the use of the book in Brittany (France). By restoring the social logistics at work in the process of institutionalisation of a cultural policy, from the Liberation (1945) up to the present day, this study aims to retrace the path of the successive struggles – between State bodies and local bodies (particularly editors and politics) – in monopolizing the definition of a “regional identity”. In this regard, “the book” constitutes a legitimate instrument in the production and promotion of opposing views of “the culture”. Consequently, looking back on the social and historical conditions of the emergence of a public intervention highlights the different ways the book is used and also the political stakes of “the culture”. That must be put in parallel with both individual and collective paths of the bodies invested in the Breton social movements, which are taking place in a nationwide growth of a regional awareness and challenge of the established symbolic order. It is also necessary also to notice the work of the regional institutions in their political representation in order to homogenize a cultural policy and the public meaning that follows. From the acceptance of a cultural unworthiness to the overhauling of the legitimate order of the social field, the history of the book policy in Brittany highlights the power struggles engaged with and against the State for the institutionalisation of the region

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HARRISON, LYN MARGARET, and edu au jillj@deakin edu au mikewood@deakin edu au wildol@deakin edu au kimg@deakin. "(RE)PRODUCING POWER-KNOWLEDGE-DESIRE: YOUNG WOMEN AND DISCOURSES OF IDENTITY." Deakin University. School of Education, 1995. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20041214.103936.

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This study focuses on three young women in their final year of school using data gathered during a year-long process of individual conversational interviews, the contents of which were largely determined by their interests. Three themes arise from critical incidents during this year - the debutante ball, teenage pregnancy and dieting. These themes are used to focus wide ranging explorations of what it is to be a young woman at this particular time. The broader cultural production of discursive positions available to, and developed by, these young women as part of their identity formation is discussed. Methodological issues concerning power relationships between research participants are also the focus of critical attention. It is considered that young women's bodies and bodily practices are central to understanding the processes involved in their identity formation. It is in this context that the focus turns to bodies that matter. In contemporary Western cultures 'adolescent bodies' could be said to matter 'too much' in the sense that they are increasingly the focus for disciplinary practices in institutions such as schooling, the church, the family, health care, health promotion and the media. This disciplining is legitimised because adolescence is socially constructed as a 'becoming'. In this case it is a matter of 'becoming woman'; a sort of apprenticeship which allows for knowledgeable others to provide not only guidance and nurturance, but discipline. Using insights gained from feminist poststructuralist theory and cultural feminism this thesis argues that the discourses and practices generated within and across institutions, which are normalised by their institutional base, are gender differentiated. The focus is on young women's embodied subjectivity and how the discourses and practices they engage with and in work to construct an ideal feminine body-subject. The discursive production of a gendered identity has a considerable impact on young women's health and their health-related behaviours. This is explored specifically in the thesis in relation to sexuality and the cultural production of the 'ideal' female body. It is argued that health education and health promotion strategies which are designed to influence young women's health related behaviours, need to consider the forms of power, knowledge and desire produced through young women's active engagement with institutionalised discourses of identity if they are to have an ongoing impact

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Debade, Nicolas. "Les musiques expérimentales à l'épreuve de l'innovation : l'exemple du GRIM à Marseille." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017AIXM0444/document.

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Depuis les premières expériences de John Cage et de Pierre Schaeffer jusqu’aux hybridations bruitistes de la noise, les musiques expérimentales ont suivi une reconfiguration de leurs pratiques au contact d’une évolution technologique constante. Cette thèse propose de présenter ces musiques dans leur constitution en tant que scène artistique à l’ère du régime numérique à travers une démarche historique, esthétique et sociologique.Cette recherche sera mise en perspective par une monographie du GRIM (Groupe de Recherche et d’Improvisation Musicales), un lieu marseillais dédié aux musiques expérimentales et improvisées.Par l’étude de cette scène territoriale emblématique de la multitude des pratiques chez les artistes et les publics, nous présenterons les différentes interactions qui alimentent ce contexte créatif émergent. C’est en cela qu’il convient également d’étudier à la fois l’incertitude des carrières chez les musiciens professionnels et l’expertise des amateurs de ces musiques. De plus, cette scène artistique se retrouve dans une économie en mutation face aux innovations technologiques d’un côté et aux enjeux institutionnels de l’autre.Dans ce contexte pluriel, nous proposons de définir les codes et conventions régissant les musiques expérimentales pour caractériser cette scène spécifique au sein des mondes de l’art Since the first experiments by John Cage and Pierre Schaeffer up to the loud hybridations of noise music, experimental music has followed a reconfiguration of its practices in contact with a constant technological evolution.This thesis aims to present experimental music as a singular and radical scene in the digital era through a historic, aesthetic and sociological procedure.This research is seen through the context of the GRIM, a venue located in Marseilles dedicated to experimental and impovised music.Through the study of this local scene, emblematic of practices by artists and audiences, we will present the different interactions that feed this emancipatory and emergent creative context. This will lead us to assess incertitudes in professional musicians’ careers and the expertise of amateurs of this music scene.Furthermore, faced with technological innovations on one hand and institutional issues on the other, this artistic scene finds itself in a changing economy.In this pluralistic context, we shall define the codes and conventions that rule experimental music to model the characteristics of this specific scene inside the art worlds

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Källberg, Christoffer. "Catch up if you can : A comparative study of institutional and economic development." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Social Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-2402.

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This thesis examines the correlation between economic growth and the prevalence of a number of institutions that according to a theory elaborated by economists Christer Gunnarsson and Mauricio Rojas are growth promoting. The economic development and the institutional quality of four African countries, namely Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau, is examined by comparing index scores for relevant institutional factors. The results show that some correlation between economic growth and the prevalence of the institutions examined can be confirmed, why the theory only gains moderate support. A minor attempt is also made to trace potential correlations between the level of economic equality and the institutions in question, but no correlation is found in this respect.

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Frost, Sophie Louise. "Art at work : creativity and participation in the public cultural institution." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2016. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=230630.

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This thesis reflects upon the nature of creativity and participation in the UK public cultural institution. It asks: to what extent is creative agency enabled or disabled within this context? In order to answer this question a qualitative study of Southbank Centre, one of the UK's leading public cultural institutions, has been constructed. The thesis considers the institution in its totality, analysing and interpreting both internal, subjective dimensions and external, public-focused dimensions. An interdisciplinary approach characterises a theoretical and methodological framework that draws upon concepts and methods from sociology, visual culture, museum studies and institutional ethnography. The case study is contextualised through analysis of three key historical examples that provide the preconditions for current perspectives on the relationship between art and work in the public cultural institution: the 1951 Festival of Britain, Artist Placement Group (APG) and the Arts and Crafts Movement. The Southbank case study involves employee interviews, fieldwork observations and the interpretation of cultural objects. These provide the empirical evidence that enables reflection on how creative work and the public are constituted, and how the institution might be seen to exist as a site of struggle. These methods facilitate an assessment of the critical potential of creative work within and around the public cultural institution's self-defined boundaries and the specific historical, discursive and symbolic conditions through which it is enabled or disabled. Although the influence of neoliberal cultural policy cannot be underestimated in this context, the thesis concludes with an alternative suggestion for what the public cultural institution could be. It claims that the discursive tension between artistic and managerial agendas can act as a productive terrain for creative work in its broadest sense.

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Jung, Chang Sung. "Agencification and quangocratisation of cultural organisations in the U.K. and South Korea : theory and policy." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/15930.

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This research focuses on agencification and quangocratisation (AQ) through a comparison of the experiences of South Korea and the UK. Although a number of studies of AQ have been produced recently, these reforms remain inadequately understood. Since AQ involves the structural disaggregation of administrative units from existing departments, executive agencies and quangos have distinct characteristics which are quite different from ordinary core departments. There are a number of factors which influence these changes; and this thesis explores nine existing theories which are available to explain these phenomena. Case studies are presented of Tate Modern in the UK and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), which are carefully analysed to examine the validity of those nine arguments. Although cultural agencies, which show some unique features, have become increasingly an essential part of the national economy, they have scarcely been researched from the viewpoint of public policy. This thesis endeavours to explore distinctive characteristics of this policy area; and moreover, it examines the diverse variables which have an impact on policy formation and its results through the process of comparison of arguments. The major tasks of this thesis are to investigate the applicability of the nine arguments and to weigh their merits. As a corollary of this comprehensiveness, it examines the whole public sectors of both countries, in order to show the broader picture and to understand the processes of changes and their backgrounds. More profoundly, similarities and differences between both countries are compared from both macro and micro perspectives. At the same time, the results of AQ are analysed through the comparison of outputs or outcomes before and after these changes, with a view to exploring whether their rationales are appropriate. Furthermore, it also examines the institutional constraints which influence not only the change of agencies but also their performances. Besides which, it seeks to find strategies for overcoming these constraints. This thesis adopts systematic and comprehensive approaches regarding basic concepts and data. It draws on theories of comparative research, the scope of the public sector, the classification and analysis of agencies and quangos, and theories underlying the detailed components of each argument and epistemological assumptions. Therefore, it suggests various aspects which enable us to broaden our understanding of the changes within the public sector; and to generate practical understanding to inform real world reform.

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Murdzová, Alexandra. "Marketingový význam prezentácie umenia vo verejnom priestore štatutárneho mesta Brna." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-76660.

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The aim of this diploma thesis is to draw attention to possibilities of presentation of arts in the public space and its benefit for Arts and cultural organisations marketing. The thesis concentrates on the area of Statutory city of Brno and provides both evaluation of benefits of selected implemented events and results of my own marketing research. In the introductory part of the thesis, there are some important theoretical expresions and contexts explained. Furtheremore, there are described possibilities of elimination of barriers of both the access and approach of the public to arts through their presentation in the public space. An important part of the thesis deals with presentation of arts in the space of shopping centre Galerie Vaňkovka Brno and provides particular examples which demonstrate benefits of cooperation of a shopping centre with individual artists or cultural institutions. The most significant point of the thesis is the marketing research conducted among visitors to Galerie Vaňkovka. On the sample of 200 respondents I examined how the visitors to Galerie Vaňkovka perceive presentation of arts in the space of shopping centre. The conclusion which I reached is that presentation of arts in such spaces can support significantly the marketing of arts and cultural institutions.

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Cekic, Osman. "Responsibility center management and cultural change at a public higher education institution." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3330774.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 2008. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 20, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-10, Section: A, page: 3875. Adviser: Douglas M. Priest.

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Karakostaki, Charitini. "Les fêtes nouvelles. Enquête sur les idéaux de la société ouverte et leur mise en scène : Paris 1981-2014." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PSLEH030.

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La présente thèse porte sur la mise en place des nouvelles manifestations festives en France, et plus particulièrement à Paris, depuis les années 80. Ces fêtes marquent un déplacement par rapport aux fêtes « traditionnelles » qui étaient en grande partie organisées autour des concepts de sacré et de nation. Nourri par une observation ethnographique de plusieurs années, ce travail met en évidence une multiplicité de facettes des fêtes nouvelles: les processus de conceptualisation et de création par les autorités publiques ; leur gestion et mise en œuvre par des managers culturels ou par des associations et des collectifs ; l’invention de nouvelles formes rituelles ou l’adaptation de plus anciennes ; les mises en scène urbaines et l’emploi des codes distinctifs ; l’appropriation de ces fêtes par la société et les différents débats qu’elles ont soulevés. Chacune des trois parties de la thèse est consacrée à une fête. Une place majeure est réservée à la Fête de la musique, la Marche des fiertés et la Nuit blanche, sans pour autant passer sous silence d’autres fêtes résolument nouvelles et d’envergure, telles que la Capitale européenne de la culture et les Allumées de Nantes, permettant de mieux saisir les mutations qui s’opèrent au niveau européen. Enfin, s’appuyant sur la thèse classique de Durkheim, ce travail propose d’envisager ces fêtes comme points d’entrée pour appréhender les idéaux de la société ouverte. L’intention affirmée des organisateurs de mettre en place une nouvelle conception du vivre ensemble et du lien social, est à bien des égards l’occasion de célébrer une société française et européenne, pacifique, réconciliée et tolérante The present thesis examines the installation of new festive events in France, and more particularly in Paris, since the 80s. These celebrations mark a shift in regard to "traditional" celebrations which mostly revolve around the concepts of the sacred and the nation. Nourished by an ethnographic observation of several years, this work highlights a variety of aspects: the process of their invention and their creation and by the public authorities; the supervision of the events by cultural managers or associations and collectives; the invention of new ritual forms and the adaptation of older ones; the design of the urban scenery and the use of distinctive codes; the appropriation of these events fro, the society and the various debates to which they gave rise. Each part of the thesis deals with a celebration in an independent way. The Fête de la musique, the Gay Pride and the Nuit blanche are analyzed here in priority. However, next to them parade also other events, entirely new and ambitious, such as the European Capital of Culture and the Allumées of Nantes which offer a better insight into changes that took place on a European level. Finally, based on Durkheim's classic thesis, this work proposes to consider these festive events as an entry point into a greater inquiry about the ideals of the open society. The asserted intention of the organizers to put in place a new conception of living together and the social bond is in many ways the occasion to celebrate a French and European society, that is peaceful, reconciled and tolerant

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Shin, Hwayeon Helene, and helene shin@abs gov au. "Institutional safe space and shame management in workplace bullying." The Australian National University. Research School of Social Sciences, 2006. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20061114.142503.

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This study addresses the question of how an individuals perception of the safety of his or her institutional space impacts on shame management skills. Shame has been widely recognised as a core emotion that can readily take the form of anger and violence in interpersonal relationships if it is unresolved. When shame is not acknowledged properly, feelings of shame build up and lead to shame-rage spirals that break down social bonds between people. Some might consider the total avoidance of shame experiences as a way to cut the link between shame and violence. However, there is a reason why we cannot just discard the experience of shame. Shame is a self-regulatory emotion (Braithwaite, 1989, 2002; Ahmed et al., 2001). If one feels shame over wrongdoing, one is less likely to re-offend in the future. That is to say, shame is a destructive emotion on the one hand in the way it can destroy our social bonds, but on the other hand, it is a moral emotion that reflects capacity to regulate each other and ourselves. This paradoxical nature of shame gives rise to the necessity of managing shame in a socially adaptive way. A group of scholars in the field of shame has argued that institutions can be designed in such a way that they create safe space that allows people to feel shame and manage shame without its adverse consequences (Ahmed et al., 2001). This means that people would feel safe to acknowledge shame and accept the consequences of their actions without fear of stigmatisation or the disruption of social bonds. Without fear, there would be less likelihood of displacing shame, that is, blaming others and expressing shame as anger towards others. The context adopted for empirically examining shame management in this study is workplace bullying. Bullying has become a dangerous phenomenon in our workplace that imposes significant costs on employers, employees, their families and industries as a whole (Einarsen et al., 2003a). Teachers belong to a professional group that is reputed to be seriously affected by bullying at work. Teachers from Australia and Korea completed self-report questionnaires anonymously. Three shame management styles were identified: shame acknowledgement, shame displacement and (shame) withdrawal. The likely strengths of these shame management styles were investigated in terms of three factors postulated as contributions to institutional safe space: that is, 1) cultural value orientations, 2) the salience of workgroup identity, and 3) problem resolution practices at work. The present thesis suggests that further consideration should be given to institutional interventions that support and maintain institutional safe space and that encourage shame acknowledgement, while dampening the adverse effect of defensive shame management. The evidence presented in this thesis is a first step in demonstrating that institutional safe space and shame management skills are empirically measurable, are relevant in other cultural contexts and address issues that are at the heart of the human condition everywhere........ [For the full Abstract, see the PDF files below]

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Long, Lingqian, and Lingqian Long. "Han Opera as a Public Institution in Modern Wuhan." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625348.

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Wuhan Han Opera Theater (WHOT, formerly Han Opera) is a 400-year old regional opera based in Wuhan, in Hubei Province, in China. WHOT’s recent designation as a public institution under China's neoliberal creative economy initiative to enter the global market has necessitated its transformation from a cultural institution (wenhua jigou) into a creative industry (wehua chanye). As such, WHOT must now create adaptive strategies, alter traditional conventions of performance, infrastructure, education and community presence, reconstitute traditional social functions at the national level, and most importantly, manage a relationship with the government that is entirely novel for both. In the summer of 2016, WHOT participated in two government-led projects: Opera into Campuses and the Chinese National Arts Fund. These programs were the focus of my ethnographic fieldwork, to identify possible effects of the creative economy initiative on a traditional musical institution. Specifically, inquiry was made as to whether and how creative musical and organizational adaptations were being decided, implemented and executed, and as to how the outcomes of these adaptations were being evaluated. Despite using an ethnographic approach, findings from the preliminary study were found to be much more broadly generalizable and applicable across disciplines than expected. As a result, this thesis makes the following arguments: for modernization of an institution of traditional music to be effective, a relationship must exist whereby the transitioning institution is given creative license to generate continued socio-cultural productivity through its creative class ("talent") in joint cooperation with, rather than dependence on, government agencies. The goal must be to revitalize rather than simply preserve such an institution, and to avoid cultural attrition of unique musical qualities of the institution.

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Hinson, Sandy, and n/a. "An ethnography of teacher perceptions of cultural and institutional practices relating to sexual harassment in ACT high schools." University of Canberra. Education, 1993. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060724.141946.

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This two year, topic-oriented ethnography documents teacher perceptions of cultural and institutional practices relating to sexual harassment in 12 co-educational, government ACT high schools. Participants include over one hundred and forty teachers, seventy eight of whom have contributed formal interviews. Through analysis and triangulation of ethnographic interviews, participant observation data and school and Departmental documents, the study identifies cultural and institutional practices which, according to teacher perceptions, contribute to: � encouraging sexual harassment; � discouraging reports of sexual harassment; and � discouraging implementation of sexual harassment policy. Emerging cultural and institutional practices include blame attribution, silencing and gender construction which contribute to the marginalisation of some female teachers (in terms of their career); some female students (in terms of their education) and some male students who are perceived to be "gay" (in terms of their friendship groups). The usefulness, limitations and capacity to explain sexual harassment of a range of theoretical approaches are discussed. These approaches include Attribution, Role, Reproduction and Feminist theories. It is argued that, although accounting for the majority of sexual harassment, these theories are limited in their ability to fully account for: a) all kinds of sexual harassment practised in ACT high schools; b) the relationship between sexual harassment and other kinds of harassment in ACT high schools; and c) the extent to which some women teachers appear to support the practice of sexual harassment. Emerging Poststructuralist Feminism is proposed as a potentially useful theoretical framework for explaining and responding to sexual harassment in ACT high schools. It is hoped that this study will contribute to informing the decision making of those responsible for developing and/or implementing sexual harassment policy in ACT high schools, including teachers, school counsellors, principals, and administrators.

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Clements, Helen Gail, and n/a. "Science and Colonial Culture: Scientific Interests and Institutions in Brisbane, 1859-1900." Griffith University. School of Humanities, 1999. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20050914.155807.

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Historians have investigated for some time the nature and practice of colonial science. Some have seen it in terms of the spread of European influence and knowledge in an age of imperialism, others have studied it in particular local contexts. These studies identi& an emphasis on practical science and natural history, and a degree of dependence on experts resident at the European centre. More recent work thaws attention to the exchange of information that occurred between various sites on the periphery. In this thesis I investigate the nature and practice of science in Brisbane in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Brisbane was a small, isolated town, an administrative centre in a colony dominated by its pastoral industry. The govermnent, partly because of regular budgetary crises and partly because it could not perceive any public benefit, was not interested in funding science. The two scientific institutions - the Philosophical Society, which became the Royal Society in 1883, and the Acclimatisation Society - are studied in order to demonstrate the ways in which men with scientific interests organised themselves and attempted to influence the scientific agenda. I go on to trace the relationships and communication networks of the two men who are arguably the pre-eminent figures in nineteenth-century Queensland science, F. M. Bailey and Joseph Bancroft, in an attempt to determine what effect geographic and intellectual isolation, and lack of funding, had on their activities. Several themes emerge. First, although there was an emphasis as elsewhere on practical science and natural history, for some middle class men science was a social and cultural pursuit. These men, in seeking to re-create the institutions that they had left behind them in Britain, established social and political networks that helped to establish them in a new society. The continual inflow of new immigrants guaranteed an inflow of scientific culture and new technology. Second, acclimatisation and economic botany provided a focus for practical scientific activities. Through the leadership of Lewis Bernays, a public servant with no scientific background or training, acclimatisation became a respectable activity in which people from all over the colony participated. Acclimatisation represented the interface between science, technology and economic progress. Third, other men such as F. M. Bailey, the colonial botanist, and Dr Joseph Bancroft, who had many scientific interests, were intent on both expanding the body of knowledge and making use of what they considered useful knowledge for the benefit of the colony. A simple diffusion model does not explain adequately the complex conditions under which western science was pursued and established in a remote settler society such as Queensland.

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Sunaryo, Lenny, and n/a. "Chinese social institutions imitating nature? : an investigation of Chinese-Indonesian entrepreneurs' business strategies - insights from complexity theory." University of Otago. Department of Management, 2009. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20090922.141645.

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This thesis provides a theoretical foundation explaining the long-standing paradox of Chinese-Indonesian entrepreneurs' highly successful economic behaviour. Combining Western and Eastern philosophies, this study examines the role of culture in prescribing beliefs and practices that affect human efforts to self-actualise, notably the motivations underlying these entrepreneurs' business practices. It applies Aristotle's notion of phronesis (practical knowledge or wisdom) to organisation studies (as suggested by Tsoukas and Cummings, 1997, and Flyvbjerg, 2006). The enquiry employs the concept of self-organising systems (drawn from complexity theory) to ground the Confucian organismic conception of the cosmos (Needham 1956). The underlying empirical study investigated Chinese entrepreneurs' strategic actions in a particular field (Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia), an environment characterised by complexity, uncertainty and social instability. Primary data was collected through extensive field interviews, developed into narrative case studies and analysed using the explanation building technique (Yin 2003) based on Confucian modelling of social interactions to explain informants' trajectories in their life course. The findings support the Confucian organismic conception of the cosmos, which emphasises the notions of complexity, continuity, irreversibility and unpredictability. When the future is highly unpredictable, people learn and progress by recourse to learned strategies that were effective in their own adaptive success in the past. Especially when facing tension or instability, the studied entrepreneurs' decision making and strategic actions were spontaneous, without explicit predetermined goals, but based on their pragmatic value judgment, phronesis (practical knowledge) of a situation and the capability of the individual actors within their social networks to control it. When faced with a higher level of instability (especially under extreme constraints), their actions were instinctively revolutionary, often requiring a jump to a new level of network with higher complexity (Holland 1998), returning them to a normal condition. The entrepreneurs' wulun-based social roles and guanxi-based social institutions legitimised all such decisions. Their strategies were therefore contextual and pragmatic, driven by the actors' instinct to enhance the survivability of the individual, family and society. Chinese culture embraced the natural state of complexity, dynamism and unpredictability of the cosmos by establishing Confucian social institutions, specifically wulun and guanxi, that are learned and practiced from an early age and subsequently internalised as habitual and dispositional practices, including in business. Wulun functions as a social control mechanism for constraining people's behaviour and at the same time allowing people to increase their ability to adapt in order to self-organise in different contexts, whereas guanxi is practiced as a strategy to create a pool of interlocking resources that provides a feedback loop promoting continuous self-actualisation and self-transformation. Identity is associated with progression and transformation; when the self is developed, the family and the larger society are also transformed. The contribution of this thesis is its integration of Western and Eastern, natural and social, complexity theory and organisation studies concepts to illuminate the relationship between the self-actualising behaviour of entrepreneurs and the cultural context within which they operate. Keywords: phronesis, complexity, Confucianism, self-organisation, self-actualisation, wulun, guanxi, pragmatism

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Thomas, Wisner. "Motivation au travail dans les institutions publiques et l'effet des facteurs culturels : une illustration dans le contexte haïtien." Thesis, Antilles, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016ANTI0032/document.

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Les études des déterminants de la motivation au travail ont jusque-là privilégié le rôle de facteurs intrinsèques et facteurs extrinsèques. Prolongeant ces travaux, cette thèse teste l’impact des traits culturels sur la motivation au travail dans les institutions publiques dans le contexte haïtien. Quatre construits ont été identifiés :(i) la croyance en l’omnipotence des divinités, (ii) la foi en l’aide des autres, (iii) la philosophie de passage et du détachement, (iv) la tension vers l’égalitarisme. Une démarche méthodologique basée sur le cadre conceptuel de Churchill (1979) a été adoptée. Une exploration du terrain a été effectuée à partir de l’analyse de cas multiples en vue de mieux comprendre la relation qui existe entre les valeurs culturelles et la motivation au travail des agents public haïtien. Cette approche qualitative a été succédée d’une approche quantitative. Ainsi, 617 questionnaires valides ont été codifiés et saisis sur SPSS. L’analyse en composantes principales a été adoptée. La méthode de régression linéaire multiple des MCO a été utilisée. Les résultats obtenus ont montré que les variables socio-culturelles (la croyance en la puissance divine, la solidarité et la Vie Instant présent) ont chacune une incidence positive et significative sur la motivation au travail. En revanche, la croyance en la limitation humaine, la médiation d’autrui, le niveau d’aspiration, l’Auto-Retrait, le conformisme, le déni de succès et l’absence de culture d’émulation ont tous une influence négative sur la motivation au travail. Par ailleurs, six facteurs intrinsèques et extrinsèques ainsi que des tactiques de mise en œuvre dans la fonction publique ont été identifiés The studies of work motivation’s determinants have so far favored the role of intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Extending these studies, this thesis tests the impact of cultural traits on Work motivation in public institutions in the Haitian context. Four constructs were identified: (i) Belief in the omnipotence of gods, (ii) Belief in the help of others, (iii) Philosophy of passage and unconcern, (iv) Tension towards egalitarianism. A methodological approach based on conceptual framework of Churchill (1979) has been adopted. An exploration study has been done from multiple case analysis to better understand the relationship between cultural values and Civil servants’ work motivation in Haiti. After this qualitative approach, a quantitative approach was used. 617 valid questionnaires were coded and entered using SPSS 16.0. Principal component analysis (PCA) was adopted. Multiple linear regression method was used. The results showed that the sociocultural characteristics: Belief in the omnipotence of gods, belief in the help of others, philosophy of passage and the tension towards egalitarianism significantly influence work motivation of Haitian civil servants. Indeed, we found that three of the socio-cultural variables (belief in god’s power, solidarity and Living in the moment) have a positive and significant impact on work motivation. However, the belief in human limitation, the mediation of others, the aspiration level, Self- Withdrawal, conformity, denial of success and lack of emulation culture have all negatively influence on work motivation. In addition, six intrinsic and extrinsic factors and tactics of implementation in the civil service have been identified

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Bäckström, Vilma. "Vems är kulturen? : Därför är resurssvaga unga underrepresenterade i den offentliga kulturens rum." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96677.

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The purpose of this study is to understand the lack of inclusion of young adults from resource-poor areas when it comes to public cultural institutions, e.g., visits to art exhibitions, theaters and libraries. Previous research has shown that the Swedish culture is socioeconomically divided when it comes to the cultural participation (Lundquist 2017; Myndigheten för kulturanalys 2019; Magnusson & Wärnlöf Bové 2019). There are still inequalities – not all residents have the same opportunity to participate in cultural contexts. With the help from six young adults from resource-poor areas in the city of Gothenburg, semi-structured interviews are held to evaluate the reasons of why the cultural participation is low. By applying key concepts from Pierre Bourdieu's (Bourdieu 1962 see Broady 1988) theory such as cultural capital and habitus, the findings suggests that there is a place-bound identity creation of the informants that not only creates their identity, but also limits them as individuals. Another key finding is that the multiethnic environment in these areas are also sociocultural conditions for participations in new contexts. Additionally, the informants cultural capital turned out to be low, yet different for every informant of why their cultural participation is low.

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Pinto, Elaine Ramires. "Cultura organizacional e gestão de conhecimento, uma relação na gestão pública. /." Guaratinguetá, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/181411.

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Orientador: Bruno Chaves Franco Resumo: Propôs-se investigar a relação entre Cultura Organizacional (CO) e Gestão do Conhecimento (GC) em uma instituição pública. Para tanto, utilizou-se o modelo de CO para a exploração dos traços de envolvimento, consistência, adaptabilidade e missão, bem como os modelos Seci, com os processos de conversão de conhecimento (socialização, externalização, combinação, internalização) e Escala de Gestão do Conhecimento (EGC) para compreender processos e aplicação da GC. Análises qualitativa e quantitativa foram realizadas para explorar e compreender resultados. A análise quantitativa teve como instrumento de avaliação questionários likert de cinco pontos para a CO e a GC. Foram utilizados ainda os métodos estatísticos de Alfa de Cronbach para validação do padrão de resposta dos questionários de CO e GC, que apontaram índices acima de 0,9, indicando ótimo nível de aceitação e confiabilidade destes. Utilizou-se também o Coeficiente de Correlação de Pearson (r) para verificar as relações existentes entre os indicadores: traços da CO e fatores da GC. Além disso, na análise qualitativa, verificou-se a conversão do conhecimento na percepção dos gestores da unidade. Como resultado, identificaram-se processos que precisavam de melhorias, como trabalho em equipe e fluxo da informação. Na análise dos traços da CO, os dois índices de maior variabilidade foram registrados na orientação externa: adaptabilidade (50%) e missão (43,07%). Na integração interna, apresentaram-se índices aproximados: envo... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) Mestre

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Furphy, Nicole. "Institutions in America and How They Contribute to Sexual Violence." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2018/schedule/25.

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This research looks into the ways society, the media, and the criminal justice system influence the sexual values of individuals in the United States. These separate, yet interdependent, institutions have profound impacts on the attitudes individuals have towards sexual violence. The research explores the ways we are consciously and subconsciously consumers of messages that influence how we view a myriad of issues related to sexual expression. Additionally, this research highlights how various factors contribute to the rape culture prevalent in contemporary American society. Specifically, the research explores theories rooted in the psychopathology model and argues that while some perpetrators of sexual violence are mentally ill, this model and the treatment model which are often applied by society may inadvertently provide perpetrators of sexual violence a scapegoat. Additionally, the nature of the biological theory, often referred to as the “impulse” model, is another way American society permits perpetrators of sexual violence to blame their behavior on evolution and genetic predispositions (Levay & Baldwin, 2012). Also discussed is the advancements in technology and the media’s methods of portraying sexual violence in the news and how it profoundly impacts the sexual values of Americans (Waechter & Ma, 2015). In summation, this review of the literature, will investigate how the values of sexual violence also impacts the criminal justice system, the results of sexual violence trials, and how victims are treated in the system (Moylan, 2017). The impact of sexual violence does not just affect the survivors themselves. However, there are few studies on the impact of sexual violence on secondary victims, such as family members. The majority of the literature focuses on how to help the survivor through abuse, without attention to how family members work through their own trauma. There is literature that states, following the sexual assault of a family or loved one, family and friends often experience considerable emotional distress and physical and psychological symptoms that can disrupt their lifestyles and family structures (Cwik, 1996). Responses of family members to the assault, including shock, helplessness, rage and so on, which can "parallel the affective responses of the victim" in the acute post-traumatic period (Silverman, 1978, p. 169). Undoubtedly, the impact of sexual violence is significant for the entire family, and the experience of each survivor will vary.

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Berrio, Angel Antonio. "Organizational culture and organizational learning in public, non-profit institutions : a profile of Ohio State University Extension /." The Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488192447429672.

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Favell, Margaret Elizabeth, and n/a. "Power, control and accountability in a voluntary organisation : the implications for professional staff and service delivery." University of Otago. Department of Social Work and Community Development, 2007. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20071003.101609.

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Over the last decade government policy has transformed many aspects of the welfare state and contracted out to private or voluntary non-government organisations many of the services previously provided by the state. Currently there is very little research on the benefits or disadvantages regarding standards of professional practice and delivery of these services when controlled by voluntary organisations and this research is a case study investigating these concerns. By using the case study method it is possible to understand issues by incorporating concrete examples of practice within the context that it takes place, as it is only when seen in its proper setting that the general and conceptual significance of practice is understood. This case study explores the relationships of power, control and accountability in one such non-governmental organisation, the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society and the implications these have for professional staff in the delivery of the service. The study uses the archaeology and genealogy methods suggested by Foucault. Archival material was gained from the Minutes of the meetings of the Plunket executive (1917-1984), constitution and rules. These serve to demonstrate the historical power relationships in the organisation, Plunket nurses� working conditions and how some nurses were treated. The dominant discourse in the archaeology contains two major themes, one being volunteers� autonomous 'ownership' of the organisation, and the other, the subordination of professionalism through the discipline and management of the nursing workforce. Those same themes are also dominant in the contemporary data studied in the genealogy, which highlights the constraints imposed by volunteer 'ownership' in the contemporary period. It is a feature of the "path dependency" of the organisation that the belief that volunteers had a right to discipline and control the nursing workforce has remained largely unchanged in the contemporary period. The practice and the context are personalised through interviews with some nurses so that their real-life experiences may give an in-depth understanding of the processes going on for them as professionals. This is one of multiple sources of evidence, including reports, reviews and research, used to triangulate the findings. Through the totality of these methods, insight into Plunket�s decision-making is made possible. These serve to underline the continuing lack of accountability for service delivery of nonprofessional 'owners' of the voluntary organisation and the negative impact it can have on the delivery of professional services although the greater depth in the contemporary data also highlights two new subsidiary themes; the dominance of lay knowledge over both professional and managerial knowledge, and volunteers� motives for volunteering. The contemporary interview data demonstrated how the historical culture of the organisation enabled this process to continue through poor workplace conditions, high staff attrition and, in some cases, severe personal pressure akin to workplace bullying. This study exposes the significance of the culture of organisations, and reveals that the substance of apparent altruistic voluntary organisations may be much more complex and problematic than the ideology would lead us to believe. In a field such as this, where an NGO has sole national responsibility for such an important area and where the outcomes are so poor, change must be considered. While a path dependency explanation is pessimistic about change, it is argued that the only option for professional standards of service for this, and other NGOs, lies in much more accountability and democracy in stakeholder relationships. Recommendations are made in that direction.

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Hobkirk, Angela. "Defining diversity : an exploration of the perceptions of first semester students at a mid-sized midwestern institution /." View online, 2009. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211131566329.pdf.

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Buckley, Patricia Louise, and pbuckley@swin edu au. "'A sense of place' : the role of the building in the organisation culture of nursing homes." Swinburne University of Technology, 2000. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20060317.114711.

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This study attempted to identifj and explore the role the building plays in the organisation culture of nursing homes. To do this a research plan was formulated in which the central plank was a case-study of a seventy-five bed high care nursing home. As part of the case-study, interviews were conducted at the nursing home with ten members of staff, two residents and a daughter of a resident. The study was also informed by interviews with two architects, who specialise in the design of nursing homes and aged care facilities. A theoretical model entitled the 'Conceptual Framework' was developed prior to the case-study. It was tested by applying it to findings related to the physical context and the organisation culture of the case-study venue. The hypothesis that the building does influence the culture of the nursing home environment was explored by studying the manner in which the building influenced the lives of those who work in the nursing home and those who live there. This challenge was met with the use of theoretical contributions from organisation theory and psychodynamics, which together provided a vehicle for analysis of the culture and the building's role in it.

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Badarch, Kherlen. "Integrating new values into Mongolian public management." Phd thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2013. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2014/6689/.

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This dissertation explores the socio-cultural and institutional environment of the public sector organizations of Mongolia that have strong influence on current public administration reform results. This study applies the Cultural theory and Value theory. The strong hierarchy favoring rule-bounded behavior and collectivism, fatalism accepting an authority as inevitable and uncontrollable, and individualism wishing to have control over own actions are the types of culture common in Mongolian public sector organizations. Accordingly, Mongolian public sector employees transcending their selfish interests, emphasize the well-being of others, protection of order, harmony in relations, life safety and stability. Then self-direction values with emphases on independent thought and action, and creativity are important for them. This socio-cultural context has great implication for work behavior of public employees, for their action to implement the reform policies in government organizations. Thus, the institutional leadership, which produces and protects values, becomes essential for introducing changes in the existing intuitional environment. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht das sozio-kulturelle und institutionelle Umfeld der Organisationen des öffentlichen Sektors in der Mongolei, das signifikante Einflüsse auf die aktuellen Reformbemühungen in der öffentlichen Verwaltung hat. Die Studie stützt sich auf die Kultur- und Werttheorie. Die regelkonforme Verhaltensweise, Gemeinschaftsfavorisierende strenge Hierarchie, die fatalistische Annahme einer Autorität als unvermeidlich und unkontrollierbar sowie ein auf möglichst eigenständige Entscheidung und Meinungsbildung angestrebter Individualismus sind die weitverbreiteten kulturellen Verhaltensformen bei den Organisationen des öffentlichen Sektors der Mongolei. Dementsprechend streben die Beschäftigten des öffentlichen Dienstes uneigennützig das Wohlergehen der Bevölkerung, die Einhaltung der öffentlichen Regeln, die einvernehmlichen Beziehungen der Menschen zueinander sowie die Sicherheit und Nachhaltigkeit des Lebens an. Bestimmte Wertvorstellungen zur Selbstbestimmung, wie persönliche Geisteshaltung, eigenständiges Handeln sowie Kreativität sind für sie sehr wichtig. Dieser sozio- kulturelle Kontext hat große Auswirkungen auf das Arbeitsverhalten und auf die Aktivitäten der Beschäftigten des öffentlichen Dienstes zur Umsetzung von Reformen in der öffentlichen Verwaltung. Daher ist eine institutionelle Führung als Förderer und Beschützer von Wertesystemen bei der Umsetzung von Reformen in den hiesigen Institutionen unerlässlich.

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Yosinta, Ourathai. "Organizational culture and good governance in the public sector : the case of provincial administration in Thailand." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2016. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6976/.

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This research investigated the relationship between organizational culture and public sector performance management. The research was based on a study of the promotion of good governance in the Thai public sector through the implementation of the performance agreement (PA) scheme, using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The scheme had faced numerous challenges, perceived to be influenced by organizational culture. It had been assumed that a transformational shift in the organizational culture of the civil service, in the direction of market-based or new public management (NPM) values, was required in order to secure improved performance. The research aimed to explore how organizational culture influences civil service performance and identify other organizational factors that may also influence civil service performance in the provincial administration of Thailand. The research used a mixed methods approach of questionnaire surveys and semi-structured interviews, based on the Competing Values Framework (CVF). Questionnaire surveys were carried out with 480 civil servants within 16 provinces. Semi-structured interviews – in-depth and focus group – were conducted within four provinces. A distinction was made between the low and high KPI scoring provinces. The findings of the research suggest that there was no dominant type of culture in the low and high KPI scoring provinces. Instead, a strong culture was found to be important in gaining high KPI scores, supported by participative leadership and appropriate management. Leadership style appeared to influence whether the public services performed to a high level, which seemed to be achieved through a balance between task focussed and people focussed. Therefore, a transformational cultural shift may not be required, but instead more effective leadership and management.

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Treby, Emma Jane. "Frames of influence : embracing culture-centric perspectives on public and institutional participation in coastal zone management." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313198.

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Welshans, James Samuel. "Nothing can stop the U.S. Air Force exploring cultural reproduction among members of a dominant elite in an American public institution /." [Pensacola, Fla.] : University of West Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/WFE0000128.

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Silva, Juliana Hojas da. "O programa Lugares de Aprender: a escola sai da escola análise, dimensões e limites." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2011. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/10317.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:32:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Juliana Hojas da Silva.pdf: 714513 bytes, checksum: 2cc9d4cef8881af942292a260cb369a7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-17 This research has selected as its main issues the relationship between the school and the cultural institution, and also the role that the school plays in forming the cultural habits of the individuals. Based on the programme known as Culture is Curriculum (Cultura é Currículo) of the Secretary of Education of the State of São Paulo, which proposes to articulate the curricular contents of primary and secondary education with cultural productions. There was the analysis of the segment of the Cultura é Currículo known as Places to Learn: The School Leaves the School (Lugares de Aprender: a escola sai da escola). The Lugares de Aprender programme promotes the access of students and teachers of Brazilian state schools to museums, centres, art institutes, culture in general and parks. The main problem of the research is established thus: are the fundamental principles and educational actions, as proposed by the Lugares de Aprender programme, guaranteed in the documents of the Ministry of Education (MEC) and the Secretariat for Education of the State of São Paulo (SEEP), and do they meet the needs for expansion of culture? The main aim of this research study is to check how the Lugares de aprender programme expresses (if this is indeed stated) the concept of culture as found in curriculum documents. The specific aims are those of identifying what pedagogical proposals are incorporated into the text of the programme, and what issues are valued, and then analyse and compare the documentation produced by the Lugares de aprender: a escola sai da escola programme with the parameters, proposals and curricular guidance for secondary education. The analysis was carried out based on the core concepts of cultural capital, culture and curriculum, through the works of Bourdieu, Eagleton and Sacristán. The comparison between the curricular documents selected and the proposal made by the Lugares de Aprender programme show differences in the role that the teacher should perform and also the principle of autonomy as present in the Brazilian General Education Law (LDB). The proposal made by the Lugares de Aprender programme presents a structure that does not allow the schools or the teachers to have an active participation in the Lugares de Aprender programme, restricting their own functions and also those of the executors of this proposal Esta pesquisa elege como tema a relação escola , instituição cultural e o papel que a escola exerce na formação de hábitos culturais dos indivíduos. A partir do programa Cultura é Currículo da Secretaria de Educação do Estado de São Paulo nos propomos verificar a relação entre a proposta e os conteúdos curriculares do Ensino Médio. Analisou-se o segmento do Cultura é Currículo denominado Lugares de Aprender: a escola sai da escola. O programa Lugares de Aprender promove o acesso de alunos e professores da rede estadual de ensino a museus, centros, institutos de arte, cultura e parques. Estabelece-se como problema de pesquisa: os fundamentos e ações educativas propostos pelo programa Lugares de Aprender estão garantidos pelos documentos do Ministério da Educação (MEC) e da Secretaria de Educação do Estado de São Paulo (SEESP) atendendo as necessidades de ampliação da cultura? O objetivo geral da pesquisa é verificar de que forma o programa Lugares de aprender expressa (se estiver expresso) a concepção de cultura encontrada nos documentos curriculares. Os objetivos específicos são: identificar quais propostas pedagógicas estão incorporadas no texto do programa e quais os temas valorizados; analisar e confrontar a documentação produzida pelo programa Lugares de aprender: a escola sai da escola com os Parâmetros, Propostas e Orientações Curriculares do Ensino Médio. A análise foi realizada com base nos conceitos de capital cultural, cultura e currículo através das obras de Bourdieu, Eagleton e Sacristán. A pesquisa é de natureza empírica construída a partir da análise qualitativa dos documentos. A comparação entre os documentos curriculares selecionados e a proposta do programa Lugares de Aprender indicaram diferenças com relação ao papel que o professor deve desempenhar e ao princípio de autonomia presente na LDB. A proposta do programa Lugares de Aprender apresenta uma estrutura que não permite as escolas e aos professores participarem ativamente do programa Lugares de Aprender restringindo sua função a de executores desta proposta

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Kennedy, Janis Louise. "Does the prevalence of poverty, religion or social capital influence the prevalence of HIV? : testing structural, cultural and institutional explanations of HIV diffusion in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3723.

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Wei, Yang. "Popular Opinion and Public Reasoning: Intellectual Changes and Institutional Innovations in Late Ming China (1580s-1640s)." Thesis, Harvard University, 2014. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11321.

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This study examines the rise of popularist discourse in the realms of intellectual transformation, political reforms, institutional innovations, social activism, and cultural construction from the 1580s to the 1680s. Centered on notions such as "popular opinion (gonglun)" and "public reasoning (gongyi)", the popularist discourse presupposed individual perspectives as inherently isolated, incomplete, parochial, and flawed. Broader inclusion of diverse opinions was thus justified as an indispensible check of individual view for optimal outcome. Chapter 1 explores the intellectual transformation from the Neo-Confucian premises to elitist-popularism, in which the daoxue assumptions of individual access to absolute truth, and of the linear transmission of orthodox learning through an enlightened minority (daotong) were questioned. In contrast, the popularist notions emphasized the fallibility of any individuals, justified spontaneous consensus, and advocated horizontal inclusion of ideas in collective reasoning. Chapter 2 examines the political disputes concerning the "collective recommendation (huitui)" in the late Ming administration, arguing that proponents of huitui, through re-inventing this tradition, sought to moderate the imperial power in important bureaucratic appointments and to promote broader political participation and greater transparency in policy-making. Chapter 3 explores the institutional innovations relating to the fangdan questionnaires, which served as a quantitative means for substantiating the conceived popular opinion in late-Ming officialdom. Beneath these institutional reforms was the popularist orientation that saw commonly shared opinion as innately outweighing individual views. Chapter 4 stresses the centrality of the popularist discourse in the late-Ming Jiangnan literati's activism, arguing that the collective strategies facilitated the local literati's agendas of defending common status and shared interests out of the fear of downward social mobility in a society of increasing identity fluidity. Chapter 5 discusses the cultural impact of the popularist discourse by demonstrating how the collective approach posed challenges to the prevailing Neo-Confucian moral absolutism, brought about a new definition of learning as cumulative, inclusive, open-ended process of public reasoning, and spurred the florescence of encyclopedias, compendia, and anthologies as "the market of knowledge/ideas" for the audience to choose. Taken together, these case studies show a profound change in late-Ming China's political, intellectual and cultural landscape reshaped by a collective orientation. East Asian Languages and Civilizations

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Onyango, Gideon. "Administrative culture and the performance of accountability institutions in public organizations: An analysis of the implementation of anti-corruption strategies in Kenya." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6176.

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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Public Administration) The pursuit of bureaucratic accountability and regulatory controls through political-administrative reforms have become problematic in contemporary public management. Public sector corruption, in particular, is identified as one of key endemic problems associated with the administrative structures, norms and processes in many states across the world. This is despite implementation of otherwise apposite accountability or regulatory reforms in public administration. More especially, in emerging economies in the global South. Using an analytical framework derived from organization theory and neo-institutionalism, this thesis examines the implementation of anti-corruption strategies as key composite of accountability reforms in public administration in Kenya. The broad objective of the study was to assess the impact of administrative culture in the implementation of anti-corruption strategies in governmental institutions, with a particular focus on how political-administrative designs, environments and culture influence compliance systems, the reporting of organizational wrongdoing, and the normalization of corruption in both the public sector and outside it. It also sought to establish the extent to which the administrative culture in public administration can influence the work of accountability institutions and the way in which they implement of anti-corruption strategies. The investigation also looked at the effect of devolution reforms on accountability systems at the level of local government and the complexities in inter-governmental coordination and control to which this has given rise.

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Nadal, Beatriz Gomes. "Cultura escolar: um olhar sobre a vida na escola." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2008. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/10060.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:32:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Beatriz Gomes Nadal.pdf: 2067816 bytes, checksum: 20f09c90fd4361c53abaea90c9ab7f36 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-05-15 Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior This study focuses on the school culture articulating the institutional and cultural perspectives which delineate it as a multidimensional and dialect reality. It is based on Lourau (1996), Castoriadis (1982) and Foucault (1979, 1987 and 1996) on the institutional field; on Ball (1996), on the organizational field; on Williams (1979, 1982 and 2002), on the culture theory; and on Viñao Frago (1995, 1998 and 2005), on school culture field. The purposes of this doctoral dissertation lies in the knowledge and comprehension of the public elementary schools culture as well as in the proposals presented in order to contribute to the transformation of the existing culture, bringing it closer to the modern education challenges. Its theoretical underpinning was obtained by a qualitative research and by cultural studies including bibliographic study, documental analysis, observation and interviews at two public elementary and middle schools located in Ponta Grossa city, Paraná State. The research was carried out during pedagogical meetings and class councils, teacher‟s daily routine of planning activities, and the management activities of the principals. Besides the schools pedagogical projects and the minutes of class councils, technical and political documents from the office of the secretary of education of the state were analyzed. These documents orient and institutionalize the work of the school institutions. The theoretical approaches were confronted with the politics to that were related and with the practical school, in agreement to Viñao Frago (1995). The collected data were organized around the axis management of the pedagogical work . It initially showed the institute action of the schools face to the resulting politics of the State, respecting them partially, attributing them formal character, loosening them or even denying them. The schools demonstrated to create own mechanisms of management, developing private styles of being related with the educational results and the routine issues. It was observed that these mechanisms has led the schools to be maintained relatively closed regarding the social context and the changes that they recognize as necessary in their local community. They have also led the schools to utilize strategies for problems solving and mode of communication that complicate their self-knowledge, reflection about their practice and, consequently, transformation. In one way, this explains the non consolidation of micro institutional movements and the maintenance of the traditional management of the pedagogical work characterized by a bureaucratic and functional nature. This tradition assumes an active position, acting like a sort of meso-micropolitic of the school, triggered maybe in order to avoid changes and/or to protect. The analyzed data also revealed that the structural strictness of the time and its use, the conditions of teacher‟s work, the absence of solid teacher education programs capable of making to emerge the existing meanings and the epistemology of the educational practice are extremely demanding factors that can bring the school transformation to a stop O presente trabalho focaliza a cultura escolar articulando as perspectivas institucional e cultural, as quais a configuram como realidade multidimensionada, dialética e em constante movimento. Fundamentou-se na produção existente no campo institucional, com base em Foucault (1979, 1987 e 1996), Castoriadis (1982) e Lourau (1996); no campo organizacional, com apoio em Ball (1996); no campo da teoria da cultura, cujos alicerces foram buscados em Williams (1979, 1982 e 2002), e no campo da cultura escolar, embasado em Viñao Frago (1995, 1998 e 2005). Foi, portanto, nosso objetivo a construção de referenciais que sustentassem o desvelamento da cultura escolar, o conhecimento e compreensão da cultura de escolas públicas de educação básica e a formulação de propostas voltadas a contribuir com a tematização e transformação da cultura existente, tornando-a mais próxima dos atuais desafios da educação contemporânea. A investigação desenvolveu-se numa perspectiva qualitativa e de estudos culturais, compreendendo pesquisa bibliográfica, observação participante, análise documental e entrevistas em duas escolas de ensino fundamental e médio da rede pública estadual, localizadas em Ponta Grossa, Paraná. A inserção nas escolas se deu em momentos coletivos como reuniões pedagógicas e conselhos de classe, e também no encaminhamento cotidiano do trabalho pedagógico, acompanhando especialmente os professores em hora-atividade e os diretores e pedagogos no exercício da gestão escolar. Além dos projetos pedagógicos das escolas e atas de conselho de classe, foram analisados também documentos políticos da Secretaria de Estado da Educação, voltados a orientar e institucionalizar o trabalho das instituições escolares. Quanto à metodologia para aproximação à cultura da escola, os pressupostos teóricos foram confrontados com as políticas a que se relacionavam e com a prática escolar, conforme sugere Viñao Frago (1995). Os dados coletados apontaram, inicialmente, a atuação instituinte das escolas face às políticas advindas do Estado, acatando-as parcialmente, atribuindo-lhes caráter formal, flexibilizando-as ou até mesmo negando-as. Diante delas, as escolas demonstraram criar mecanismos próprios para a gestão do trabalho pedagógico, desenvolvendo estilos particulares de se relacionar com os resultados educacionais e as questões cotidianas. Observamos que esses mecanismos têm levado as escolas a se manterem relativamente fechadas em relação ao contexto social e às mudanças que elas mesmas reconhecem necessárias em sua comunidade local, bem como a utilizarem estratégias para resolução de problemas e modalidades de comunicação que dificultam seu autoconhecimento, reflexão sobre sua prática e, conseqüentemente, transformação. Explica-se, assim, a não consolidação dos movimentos instituintes micro e a manutenção da uma tradição funcionalista e burocrática na gestão do trabalho pedagógico. Essa tradição assume uma posição ativa, agindo como uma espécie de meso-micropolítica da escola, desencadeada quiçá para evitar mudanças e/ou para se proteger. Por fim, entendemos que as condições de trabalho e a cultura docente, a fixidez estrutural de elementos como o tempo e os espaços escolares, trazidas pelas políticas e naturalizadas pelas escolas, e a ausência de processos sólidos de formação continuada, capazes de fazer emergir os sentidos existentes e a epistemologia da prática escolar, são fatores fortemente impeditivos da transformação emancipatória da instituição escolar

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Chariri, Anis. "The dynamics of financial reporting practice in an Indonesian insurance company a reflection of Javanese views on an ethical social relationship /." Access electronically, 2006. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20070911.115631/index.html.

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Lankau, Matthias Verfasser], Kilian [Akademischer Betreuer] [Bizer, Diaz Marcela Akademischer Betreuer] Ibañez, and Regina [Akademischer Betreuer] [Bendix. "Institutional Designs of Public Goods in the Context of Cultural Property / Matthias Lankau. Gutachter: Kilian Bizer ; Marcela, Ibañez Diaz ; Regina Bendix. Betreuer: Kilian Bizer." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1047706881/34.

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