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Glavanis, Pandelis Michalis. "Aspects of the economic and social history of the Greek community in Alexandria during the nineteenth century." Thesis, University of Hull, 1989. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3580.
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This study is intended to be a contribution to nineteenth century Egyptian historiography with particular reference to a discussion of aspects of the economic and social role and activities of the Greek community in Alexandria. Given, however, the almost total absence of studies on the role and activities of the modern history of the Greeks in Egypt, this study constitutes both a pioneering and preliminary contribution.
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Mogashoa, M. W. "The interface between politics and administration in the Limpopo Department of Education." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1051.
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Thesis (MPA) --University of Limpopo, 2006The study conducted was based on the political and administrative interface in the Department of Education in Limpopo. This provincial Department has experienced challenges that originated from the offices of both the Executive Authority and the Accounting officer. This grey area in the Department had almost paralysed the whole system and it became imperative that it be studied in an attempt to find possible solutions. An extensive scientific body of knowledge from different scholars and their findings contributed to a new direction recommended for consideration. The findings presented have the capacity to hamstring any organisation. The findings reveal, among others, that: the complementary bureaucratic model is threatened by time, and its challenges are enormous; there is little knowledge among politicians and administrators regarding interface matters; administrators do not have a global picture regarding the result of unethical conduct; more research on interface matters needs to be done and results published for the public to be educated while politicians and administrators should be continuously trained; the fluidity of the interface needs continuous focus to avoid plunging the department into an untenable situation.
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Long, Robert Arni. "Mayors and Chief Administrative Officers Relationships: Aspects of Functional Relationships." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1569323833668306.
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Fung, Man-chee, and 馮敏芝. "Evaluation of the implementation of social media of Hong Kong Government." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46780361.
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E-engagement in public policies can be defined as citizens’ connection with and
participation in making public policies. The primary goal of connecting citizens during
making public policies is to improve efficiency of the governance of government and the
acceptance of public policies. To enhance public engagement in making public policies,
the Hong Kong Government is trying out to take soundings from the community and to
gauge public views on the government and public policies through social media platform,
such as Facebook, twitters, blogs and so on.
To evaluate the implementation of social media of the Hong Kong Government,
including how the social media encourages public engagement in public policies, how
and why the government employs the views collected from social media platforms in
making public policies, framework of Public Involvement Spectrum in Local Governance
put forward by the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2), its adapted
form developed by Lukensmeyer and Torres and case studies methodology will be
applied in this dissertation.
This dissertation sought to understand more on the implementation of social media by
the Hong Kong Government and what strategy should be applied by the government in
e-engagement.
This study suggested that the Hong Kong Government tend to use social media to
inform, involve and collect views from the public rather than empowering the public in
making public policies. And the Hong Kong Government has successfully increased
public awareness of certain public policies or issues through social media platform but
the acceptance on certain policies or the support rating for the Government may not be
benefited from the use of social media. Based on the analysis and observations from
this study, it provides a useful and practical roadmap for future study and development
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Fu, Yuk-kam Connie, and 傅玉琴. "The use of web 2.0 social media tools by the HKSAR Government." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46780324.
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Lai, Wai-leung Dicky, and 賴偉良. "Macao's social welfare model: a prototype of a regulatory regime." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42181926.
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Acharya, Manju Prava, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Constructing cultural diversity: a study of framing clients and culture in a community health centre." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 1996, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/29.
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Introduction
The clinical community in Western society has long practised medicine as organized by "two dominant principles: 1) the principle of essentialism which states that there is a fixed "natural" border between disease and health, and 2) the principle of specific treatment which states that having revealed a disease, the doctor can, at least in principle, find the one, correct treatment. These principles have served as the
legitimization of the traditional, hierarchical organization of health-care" (Jensen, 1987:19). A main feature of medical practices based on these principles has been to address specific kinds of problems impeding or decaying health. This research is centrally concerned with essentialism and the institutional fixation of problems as two important nodal points of Canada's biomedical value and belief system. More specifically, I hope to show in an organized way how these principles shape staff knowledge of client and culture in a community health centre (CHC) in Lethbridge, Alberta. My analysis is based on four guiding points: 1) that in our polyethnic society health care institutions are massively challenged with actual and perceived
cultural diversity and cross cultural barriers to which their staff feel increasingly obliged to respond with their services; 2) while the client cultural diversity is "real", institutional responses depend primarily on how that diversity is imagined by staff -often as a threat to a health institution's sociocultural world; 3) that problem-specific, medicalized thinking is central in this community health centre, even though its mandate is health promotion and this problem orientation often combines with medical essentialism to reduce
"culturally different" to a set of client labels, some of which are problematic; and 4) while a "lifestyle model" and other models for health promotion are at present widely advocated and are to be found centrally in this institution's (CHC) charter, they have led to little institutional accomodation to cultural diversity.
In this thesis my aim is to present an ethnographic portrait of a community health centre, where emphasis is given to the distinctive formal and informal "formative processess" (Good 1994) of social construction of certain perceived common core challenges facing the Canadian biomedical community today - challenges concerning cultural difference and its incorporation into health care perception and practice. I am particularly interested in institutions subscribing to a "health promotion model" of health care, a term I have borrowed from Ewles and Simnett (1992). Ewles and Simnett descrive the meaning of "health promotion" as earlier defined by WHO (World Health Organization): this perspective is derived from a conception of "health" as the extent to which an individual or group is able, on the on hand, to realise aspirations and satisfy needs; and, on the other hand, to change or cope with the environment. Health is, therefore seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive concept emphasising social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities (Ewles & Simnett, 1992:20) Health is therefore concerned with "a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity" (Ewles and Simnett, 1992:6), I am interested in determing how threats to this defintion prevail in a community health centre's ideology of preventive care, and how that ideology encodes dimensions of diversity. I, however, want to go much further than this by exploring everyday staff discourse and practice, to understand how client cultural diversity is formed and informed by what staff do and say. How, in short,
do individuals based in a health promotion organization socially construct their clients as objects of institutional concern? We need, as Young (1982) suggest, "to examine the social condition of knowledge production" in an institutionalized health care service provision subculture. There are, I believe, also practical reasons for conducting this research. Over the past ten years the Canadian health care system increasingly has had to focus on two potentially contradictory goals: reducing costs, and lessening persistent inequalities in health status among key groups and categories of persons in the Canadian population. Many now argue that one of the most central dimensions of the latter - of perisistent health inequalities in Canada - is ethnocultural. Few would seriously argue, for example, that Canadian First Nation health statistics are anything but appalling. Moreover, radical changes in immigration patterns over the past three decades have greatly increased urban Canadian cultural diversity. Caring "at home" now assumes international dimensions (McAdoo, 1993; Butrin, 1992; Buchignani, 1991; Indra, 1991, 1987; Galanti, 1991; Dobson, 1991; Waxler-Morrison, 1990; Quereshi, 1989). A growing voiced desire to provide more pluralistic health care and health care promotion has become persistently heard throughout the clinical community in Canada (Krepps and Kunimoto, 1994; Masi, 1993). Even so, for many health professionals cultural difference evidently remians either irrelevant or a threat to the established order of things. Applied research on health care institutions undertaken to investigate how better to meet these challenges nevrtheless remains very incomplete and highly concentrated in two broad areas. One of these is structural factors within the institution that limit cross-cultural access (Herzfeld, 1992; Hanson, 1980). Some of these studies have shown the prevalence of a strictly conservative institutional culture that frequently makes frontline agency workers gate-keeprs, who actively (if unconsciously) maintain client-institution stratification (Ervin, 1993; Demain, 1989; Ng, 1987; Murphy, 1987; Foster-Carter, 1987; de Voe 1981). In addition, extensive research has been conducted on disempowered minority groups. This research has examined the frequency, effectiveness and manner with which ethnic and Native groups make use of medical services. Some institutional research on cross-cultral issues shows that under appropriate conditions health professional like nurses have responded effectively to client needs by establishing culturally sensitive hiring and training policies and by restructuring their health care organizations (Terman, 1993; Henderson, 1992; Davis, 1992; Henkle, 1990; Burner, 1990). Though promising, this research remains radically insufficient for learning purposes. In particular, little work has been done on how such institutions come to "think" (Douglas, 1986) about cultural difference, form mandates in response to pressure to better address culturally different populations and work them into the institution's extant sub-cultral ideas and practice (Habarad, 1987; Leininger, 1978), or on how helping instiutions categorize key populations such as "Indians" or "Vietnamese" as being culturally different, or assign to each a suite of institutionally meaningful cultural attributes (as what becomes the institution's working sense of what is, say, "Vietnamese culture"). This is so despite the existence of a long and fruitful ethnographic institutional research tradition, grounded initially in theories of status and role (Frankel, 1988; Taylor, 1970; Parson, 1951), symbolic ineractionism (Goffman, 1967, 1963, 1961), ethnomethodology (Garfinkle, 1975), and organizational subcultures (Douglas, 1992, 1986, 1982; Abegglen & Stalk, 1985; Ohnuki-Tierney, 1984; Teski, 1981; Blumers, 1969). More recent work on anthropological social exchange theory (Barth, 1981), on institutional and societal discipline (Herzfeld, 1992; Foucault, 1984, 1977), on the institution-client interface (Shield, 1988; Schwartzman, 1987, Ashworth, 1977, 1976, 1975), and on framing the client (Hazan, 1994; Denzin, 1992; Howard, 1991; Goffman, 1974). I also hope that this study makes a contribution to the study of health care and diversity in southern Alberta. Small city ethnic relations in Canada have been almost systematically ignored by researchers, and similar research has not been conducted in this part of Alberta. Local diversity is significant: three very large Indian reserves are nearby, and the city itself has a diverse ethnic, linguistic and ethno-religious population. Also, significant province wide restructuring of health care delivery was and is ongoing, offering both the pitfalls and potentials of quick institutional change. Perhaps some of the findings can contribute to making the future system more responsive to diversity than the present one.202 p. ; 29 cm.
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Gustafsson, Mariana S. "Reassembling Local E-Government : A study of actors’ translations of digitalisation in public administration." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Statsvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-138859.
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The digitalisation of society decidedly affects public administration. Swedish public administration has long worked with information technologies for an effective and improved management of public services. But new and increased use of information technologies in society poses new challenges. New demands on information security are increasing, while accessibility and transparency are important priorities in policies on digitalisation in public services. However, the central government’s ambitions and expectations with regard to digitalisation face a slow and hesitant implementation in local governments. There are important differences between municipalities in priorities, local needs, and implementation mechanisms in connection with e-government. In this thesis, I argue there is a need to reconsider the role of governance mechanisms in e-government. There is a need to understand local translations of national policies and technological developments in relation to the goals of more effective and legitimate public administration. The main purpose of this thesis is to analyse tensions that emerge in the implementation of egovernment in local public administration. On the basis of a constructivist and interpretivist approach, I have undertaken two empirical studies. One focuses on municipal administration of education in Linköping. The other focuses on a governance network on digitalisation policy in Östergötland. The studies are presented in four papers. The issues addressed in the papers are further analysed with a focus on four fields of tension, using network governance theory and translation theory. This shows that the implementation of e-government in local public administration is a tension-laden process. The four fields of tension relate to: different logics and dilemmas for adoption and implementation; concerns and ambiguities in a context of unclear organisational and institutional arrangements; concerns and resistance from professional users; and a reassessment of the meaning of security as a reference for the interpretation of information security. I contend that established managerial and evolutionary models of e-government leave important process-related aspects out of the analysis of change in public administration. The contribution of this thesis lies in its description and analysis of the four identified fields of tension. One significant implication of my analysis is that reassembling current governance mechanisms in local public administration is crucial.Samhällets digitalisering påverkar tydligt den offentliga förvaltningen. Svensk förvaltning har länge arbetat med datorer för effektivisering och förbättrad administration. Men idag ställs nya krav då digitala verktyg för informationshantering och kommunikation används allt mer i samhället och på nya sätt. Kraven på säker informationshantering ökar, samtidigt som tillgänglighet och transparens är viktiga ledord i policyer kring digitaliserad förvaltning. I Sverige är det tydligt att regeringens ambitioner med digitaliseringen av förvaltning inte går i linje med vad som sker och implementeras i kommunerna. Skillnaderna ligger i hur e-förvaltning prioriteras, förankras i lokala behov och implementeras. Därför krävs både förbättrad styrning och tydligare möjligheter att lokalt översätta nationella policyer och internationell teknikutveckling för en effektivare och mer legitim digital förvaltning. Syftet med avhandlingen är att analysera implementering av digitalisering i kommunala förvaltningar utifrån nätverksstyrning (governance) och översätts av olika aktörsgrupper.Studiens konstruktivistiska och tolkande ansats baseras på två empiriska studier. Den första handlar om kommunal utbildningsadministration och den andra om den regionala digitala agendan i Östergötland. Studierna presenteras i fyra artiklar. De övergripande slutsatserna pekar på spänningar som uppstår när digitaliseringen blir en del av den kommunala förvaltningspraktiken. Spänningarna har identifierats i relation till medarbetarnas varierande kompetenser, informationssäkerhet samt kommunernas olika resurser och kompetenser vilka betingas av dess storlek och förutsättnignar. Bidraget visar att etablerade managementmodell och evolutionära perspektiv är otillräckliga för att tolka och förklara hur digitaliseringen förändrar kommunal förvaltning. Istället framhålls betydelsen av att skapa förståelsen för hur digtalisering översätts i olika sammanhang. Analyserna pekar på behovet av att öppna för nya sätt att styra och organisera digital offentlig förvaltning.
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Williams, Brian Don. "An Investigation of the Impact of Social Vulnerability Research on the Practice of Emergency Management." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1011783/.
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This dissertation examines the extent to which social vulnerability, as studied by researchers across multiple disciplines, has influenced the practice of emergency management at the local level. This study addresses two major research questions to accomplish this goal. First, how do local emergency managers perceive and define social vulnerability? Second, what strategies do local emergency managers employ to reach and meet the needs of socially vulnerable populations? Semi-structured interviews were conducted in person or by phone with a sample of local emergency managers, city managers, and American Red Cross personnel from the Houston - Galveston and the South East Texas regions as defined by the respective Councils of Government. A modified grounded theory approach was used with a constant comparative method to identify themes for each research question. Triangulation was accomplished through secondary census data and supplemental interviews. The interview data reveal that social vulnerability research has had an indirect influence on the practice of emergency management at the local level. This influence is facilitated through state and federal policy, training, and plans development. Based on the interview data, four themes were identified that capture the various ways in which local emergency management officials perceive and define social vulnerability. These include vulnerability as poverty and culture, vulnerability as a lack of security, vulnerability as a moral imperative, and vulnerability as a lack of awareness and knowledge. In terms of strategies employed to address social vulnerability, the data suggest four themes: leaving it to the professionals, bringing in volunteers, leveraging protocols to build buy-in, and fostering flexibility. The findings reveal the importance in closing the knowledge gap between research and practice, because increased damage, harm, and death can occur when the social inequalities of everyday life are not addressed in the planning process by emergency managers. The findings also reveal that state and federal policy, training, and plans development are the most trusted sources by emergency managers to transfer knowledge to practice. Additionally, with the proliferation of emergency management degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, higher education can potentially play a more active and visible role in bridging the gap between research and practice, particularly as it relates to social vulnerability.
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Rood, Jason Alexander. "Public Participation in Emergency Management." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/333.
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With disasters increasing in frequency and costs each year, this study seeks to explore ways greater public participation can assist emergency managers in their mission to keep communities safe. Specifically this study examines the policy process and administrative functions of emergency management to illuminated the benefits and hindrances involved in greater participation. This study conducted a qualitative analysis of governmental documents, disaster case studies, international research, as well as political science and administrative doctrines, to arrive at its conclusions. The results of this study reveal that the public is a largely untapped resource in the emergency management field. Engaging the public dialogically in early policy stages and emergency management phases is essential to successful inclusion for both administrators and communities. Specifically, public inclusion creates expanded knowledge, shared learning, personal responsibility, and increased social capital. Faced with the growing threat from disasters, emergency management can create communities that are both more resilient and sustainable by increasing public participation.
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Santos, Flávio Rosendo dos. "A influência política na gestão das empresas estatais à luz do direito fundamental à boa administração e da governança corporativa e pública." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2015. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/1592.
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Este estudo dedica-se a explicar em que medida a influência política na gestão das empresas estatais pode ser considerada legítima à luz do direito fundamental à boa administração pública e da governança corporativa e pública, motivo pelo qual se empreendeu pesquisa bibliográfica e documental pautada no método dedutivo de trabalho, na qual foram investigados e apresentados conceitos e questões relativas ao Estado, governo, política, Administração Pública direita e indireta, princípios constitucionais da Administração Pública, direito fundamental à boa administração pública, governança corporativa e pública e empresas estatais. Com base nas premissas encontradas nas obras e legislações consultadas, foi possível concluir que a influência política na gestão das empresas estatais pode ser considerada legítima à luz do direito fundamental à boa administração pública quando promova o interesse público e o atingimento de finalidades públicas, com eficácia, eficiência e observância dos direitos dos cidadãos e dos princípios e regras que compõem o regime jurídico da Administração Pública; e pode ser considerada legítima à luz da governança corporativa e pública se, de forma transparente e conforme as normas pertinentes, busca propiciar não o benefício privado dos agentes políticos, mas a promoção do interesse público ou, em outras palavras, o incremento do valor público produzido por elas, sem deixar de proteger e garantir os direitos de seus stakeholders e shareholders.This study is dedicated to explain the extent to which political influence in the management of state-owned enterprises can be considered legitimate in the light of the fundamental right to good governance and corporate and public governance, for which was undertaken bibliographical and documentary research guided by the deductive method of work, in which were investigated and presented concepts and issues relating to the State, Government, politics, Public Administration, constitutional principles of Public Administration, the fundamental right to good administration, corporate and public governance and state enterprises. Based on the assumptions found in the works and consulted laws it was possible to conclude that the political influence in state-owned enterprises management can be considered legitimate in the light of the fundamental right to good governance if it promotes the public interest and the public purposes achievement, effectively, efficiently and if it preserves the citizens' rights and the principles and rules that make up the legal framework for public administration; and can be considered legitimate in the light of corporate and public governance to the extent that, in a transparent manner and according to the relevant rules, it seeks not the private benefit of politicians, but to promote the public interest or, in other words, the increase of public value produced by them, while protecting and guaranteeing the rights of its stakeholders and shareholders.
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Noordijk, Peter Andrew. "Building Bridges with Social Capital in the European Union." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1091.
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A culture of accommodation and tolerance is a necessary part of establishing and preserving a functional multi-national and multi-ethnic European Union. Civil society organizations and their associated social capital have been shown to foster civic capacity and achievement of public policy goals. However, social capital that is based on group identity can also contribute to a sense of intolerance towards out-groups, undermining the stated tolerance objectives of the social pillar of the European Union. States with a strong presence alongside civil society are expected to be curb the development of the exclusionary bonding form of social capital in favor of bridging social capital which will improve progress toward policy goals.
This study tests the link between government capacity, social capital and tolerance using data from the 1990-2009 waves of the World Values Survey and European Values Study. Using path analysis and multi-level models of the relationships between political capacity, social capital and intolerance, the model establishes that government capacity enhances bridging social capital and which increases social tolerance. The study fills a gap in understanding how government capacity and policy can result in improved social capital even with greater diversity. A proposed relationship between political capacity and bonding forms of social capital was not supported.
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Swartz, Alvera Antonette. "n Ondersoek na die opheffing van sosio-ekonomiese omstandighede van tuberkulose pasiënte in Bishop Lavis as nie-mediese intervensie." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51851.
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Thesis (MPA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2000.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The primary purpose of this study is to determine developmental opportunities for the upliftment of the socio-economic conditions of Tuberculosis patients as a non-medical intervention. The aim of the study rests with patients' opinions and life experiences regarding the control of the illness. Owing to the social and economic connotation attached to TB, it is imperative that the conditions be addressed that have a direct influence on the susceptibility of TB in order to minimize the risk of infection and reinfection. These conditions are, amongst other, housing, feeding status, level of education and substance abuse. Since these conditions depend on sufficient income, the issue of unemployment and its consequences are being discussed. For decades already the relation between TB and socioeconomic circumstances is described, but it are still this very circumstances that stifles the advancement in medical treatment. The opinions and experiences of TB patients are obtained from informal in-depth interviews. It is obvious that TB patients never started to consider solutions for the epidemic themselves. This can be ascribed to the fact that, historically the cure of TB was exclusively the responsibility of the health profession. A great deal of apathy is noticed with regards to problem identification. For this reason the community is not yet ready for the massive developmental task that is still to come. Through a process of social learning and empowerment, a sense of responsibility must be cultivated within the communities. Confidence must be established with regards to their ability to improve the situation with the aid of other role players for example government, the private sector and health services. Recommendations for development are based on the level, the imagination and current abilities of the patients. The distribution of information about the disease, the creation of job opportunities, the encouragement of parents to participate in the education of their children and health education by trained members of the community are some of the most important recommendations of this study.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die primêre doel van die studie is die ondersoek na ontwikkelingsgeleenthede vir die opheffing van die sosio-ekonomiese omstandighede van Tuberkulose pasiënte as 'n nie-mediese tussentrede. Die fokus van die studie berus op die pasiënt se menings en lewenservaring aangaande die bekamping van die siekte. Vanweë die sosiale en ekonomiese konnotasie aan TB is dit van belang dat die toestande wat direk 'n invloed het op die vatbaarheid vir TB, aangespreek word om sodoende die risiko van infeksie en herinfeksie te verminder. Hierdie toestande is onder andere behuising, voedingsstatus, opvoedingspeil en substansmisbruik. Omdat genoemde toestande afhang van gereelde en genoegsame inkomste word werkloosheid en die gevolge daarvan behandel. Reeds vir dekades is die verband tussen TB en sosioekonomiese omstandighede beskryf, maar steeds is dit juis dié omstandighede wat die vooruitgang in die mediese behandeling in die wiele ry. Die menings en ervarings van TB pasiënte is verkry uit informele indiepte onderhoude. Dit is duidelik dat TB pasiënte nog nie self aan oplossings vir die epidemie begin dink het nie. Dit kan toegeskryf word aan die feit dat die genesing van TB histories die uitsluitlike verantwoordelikheid van gesondheidspersoneel was. Daar word ook 'n groot mate van apatie gemerk ten opsigte van probleemidentifiseringen is die gemeenskappe dus nog nie gereed vir die massiewe ontwikkelingstaak wat voorlê nie. Deur 'n proses van sosiale leer en bemagtiging moet 'n verantwoordelikheidsin by gemeenskappe gekweek word. Selfvertroue moet gebou word ten opsigte van hulle vermoë om die situasie te verbeter met die hulp van ander rolspelers soos die regering, die privaatsektor en gesondheidsdienste. Aanbevelings vir ontwikkeling is gebaseer op die vlak, denke en huidige vermoëns van die pasiënte.Van die belangrikste aanbevelings sal wees die uitbreiding van kennis aangaande die siekte, die skepping van werksgeleenthede, die aanmoediging van ouerbetrokkenheid by hulle kinders se opvoeding en voedingsvoorligting deur opgeleide gemeenskapslede.
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Adams, Terry Rachael. "Overcoming Barriers to Teaching Action-Based Environmental Education: A Multiple Case Study of Teachers in the Public School Classroom." TopSCHOLAR®, 2013. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1230.
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As the human population increases, it becomes increasingly more important for society to understand the impact of humans on the environment. Preserving fixed resources by engaging in sustainable practices is necessary to ensure those resources are available for future generations. Since the early 1960s, policy makers and educators alike have sought to ensure that students graduate environmentally literate. Previous research has identified a multitude of barriers that limit classroom teacher’s ability to integrate environmental education into their curriculum. The purpose of this study was to investigate how teachers overcome those barriers that restrict the integration of action based environmental education into the public school classroom. This was a three case study of public high school teachers. Data were gathered for this qualitative study through observations, interviews, and the collection of documents. Constant comparative method was utilized to analyze data. The researcher conducted a within-case analysis for each case and a cross-case analysis as well. Through the use of coding, the researcher identified patterns and themes across cases. Barriers identified by participants included resources, time, and risk. The primary factors uncovered by this study, which potentially affect teacher efficacy, are personal and educational background, the availability of mentors, and support of outside agencies. The implications for policy makers and institutions of higher education that can be drawn from this study are that, through the course of teacher undergraduate and graduate education, teachers should be provided with field experiences in the area of environmental education. In addition to providing field experiences, finding ways to link teachers to outside environmentally focused agencies and mentors increases teacher efficacy by providing support and resources.
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Boyles, Julie. "Women's Actions and Reactions to Male Migration: A Case Study of Women in San Juan Guelavía, Oaxaca, Mexico." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/659.
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Using a mixed methods, interdisciplinary case study approach, this research project explores the benefits, risks, and challenges of male migration for women who reside in San Juan Guelavía, Oaxaca, Mexico. In a unique approach in the field of migration studies, this project considers not only women whose husbands have migrated--absent husbands--but also the impact of male migration on women whose husbands have returned as well as women whose husbands have never left--anchored husbands. Women with returned husbands and even women with anchored husbands feel the threat, worry, and fear that male migration could, at an unknown point in the future, fragment their family. This case study approach looks at how women's work responses are differentiated by husbands' migration status, by age, and by husband's control over women's activities. Women with absent husbands tend be income-producing women as well as women ages 35 to 50 far more than women 35 and under and 50 and over. With motherhood as a cultured priority of rural Mexican women, women's income-producing opportunities are primarily limited to options within the home or in venues that can accommodate their children until the children enter school. Although this case study showed little or no connection between male migration and educational attainment, substantial policy-worthy findings suggest that the lack of value that residents of San Juan Guelavía place on the local public high school curriculum negatively impacts educational attainment of children beyond middle school. Women's traditional and cultural emphasis of marriage for their daughters as well as their reluctance to expose daughters to the negative influences of the city sway the decisions that women make for their daughters.
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Guerlet, Grégory. "La gestion des ports par une entite publique : aspects européens et environnementaux." Phd thesis, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00983306.
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Autrefois abris pour les navires en perdition, les ports sont devenus de véritables places portuaires comprenant des zones industrialo-portuaires. Portes ouvertes sur le monde, les ports sont au centre des échanges commerciaux des Etats et constituent un atout non négligeable dans le commerce extérieur de ceux-ci. Les différentes lois et réformes portuaires ont amené le législateur français et les acteurs portuaires à recentrer les missions de chacun au sein de la place portuaire afin que nos ports réussissent le défi de la concurrence imposée par nos voisins du Bénélux notamment, et répondent également aux contraintes environnementales que l'Europe imposent aux ports. En france, les ports ont toujours étaient considérés comme des services publics avec une dualité qui se traduisait par un service administratif pour les missions régaliennes et un service industriel et commercial pour les missions plus commerciales telles que l'outillage. La vision française du service public portuaire apparaît dès lors dépassée et la France doit s'adapter à une harmonisation de la gestion de ses ports aux normes européennes. La réforme de 2008 a transféré l'outillage à des entreprises privées, permettant aux ports de se réorganiser autour de l'aménagement et la gestion. Il convient de considérer le port comme au centre de la chaîne des transports commerciaux et une gestion intégrée de ces derniers apparaît nécessaire, impliquant un développement de nos ports côté terre, avec des dessertes terrestres, fluviales et ferroviaires qui seront une réponse à la concurrence. La multimodalité des ports est un axe de travail que la France doit mettre en place et est en cours de construction, avec une prise en compte de l'environnement au coeur de chaque projet. La France dispose d'une grande façade littorale jusqu'ici peu ou mal exploitée. La politique portuaire commence à devenir une des priorités des dirigeants nationaux et permettra à la France de (re)trouver sa vocation maritime jusqu'ici trop longtemps ignorée.
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Pereira, Felipe Dudienas Domingues. "O conflito de interesses como ato de improbidade administrativa." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2018. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21038.
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The present thesis aims at analyzing the regulatory treatment of the conflict of interests as an act of administrative improbity, for the specific purpose of Article 37, Paragraph 4, of the 1988’s Brazilian Constitution. The requirement for a systematic discipline on conflict of interests within the sphere of corruption prevention and enforcement actions emerges with the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption (Decree No. 4,410 of 7 October 2002), which emphasizes the duty of each State to create, maintain and strengthen codes of conduct for the correct, honorable, and proper performance of public functions to prevent conflicts of interests, so as to maintain confidence in the integrity of employees in both direct and indirect Public Administration as well as in the public management. The International Convention Against Corruption (Decree No. 5,687 of 31 January 2016), in its turn, also highlights the legal discipline of the conflicts of interests, which sets forth that each State Party, according to the principles of its internal legislation, shall adopt systems capable of promoting transparency, as well as preventing conflicts of interests, or capable of maintaining and strengthening such systems. The Brazilian Federal Union’s legislative and institutional response to these international commitments was formalized under the Conflict of Interests Law (Federal Law No. 12,813 of 16 May 2013). This thesis, therefore, provides an analysis of the aforementioned legal order underneath the aegis of the constitutional systematization of the liability of public officers under Brazilian Law, with the main purpose of contributing to the interpretation and application of legal arrangements as relevant supervisory instruments of the administrative probity
Este trabalho tem por escopo analisar a Lei no 12.813/2013 (Lei de Conflito de Interesses – LCI), instrumento de relevante utilidade à Administração Pública no combate e prevenção à corrupção. Para tanto, enfoca especialmente os conceitos de moralidade e de improbidade, bem como apresenta o cenário em que se desenvolveu o arcabouço jurídico nacional, pautado pelas ideias concebidas em Tratados Internacionais dos quais o Brasil é signatário. A LCI é um exemplo. Adveio de compromissos firmados pelo Brasil em tratados internacionais à colaboração e combate à corrupção e ampliou o rol de atos tipificados como ilícitos funcionais na Lei no 8.429/1992, a Lei de Improbidade Administrativa (LIA), inserindo condutas caracterizadoras como conflitantes entre os interesses privados do agente público e aqueles da Administração Pública, em específico, o órgão a que ele integra, como atos de improbidade administrativa. O estudo demonstra que a prevenção e a repressão ao conflito de interesses são formas de o direito objetivar as exigências de moralidade modeladas na Constituição Federal, na vertente fundamental de impor lealdade no exercício da função pública, valor que somente se viabiliza quando essa função é movimentada exclusivamente pelo exercício da atividade de agentes públicos norteados e comprometidos com a realização exclusiva dos interesses públicos, cuja guarda e tutela o Direito lhes assinala
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Jean-Jacques, Gérard. "Power relations and good governance : a social network analysis of the evolution of the integrity in public office act in the Commonwealth of Dominica." Doctoral thesis, Université Laval, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/26874.
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La Banque mondiale propose la bonne gouvernance comme la stratégie visant à corriger les maux de la mauvaise gouvernance et de faciliter le développement dans les pays en développement (Carayannis, Pirzadeh, Popescu & 2012; & Hilyard Wilks 1998; Leftwich 1993; Banque mondiale, 1989). Dans cette perspective, la réforme institutionnelle et une arène de la politique publique plus inclusive sont deux stratégies critiques qui visent à établir la bonne gouvernance, selon la Banque et d'autres institutions de Bretton Woods. Le problème, c’est que beaucoup de ces pays en voie de développement ne possèdent pas l'architecture institutionnelle préalable à ces nouvelles mesures. Cette thèse étudie et explique comment un état en voie de développement, le Commonwealth de la Dominique, s’est lancé dans un projet de loi visant l'intégrité dans la fonction publique. Cette loi, la Loi sur l'intégrité dans la fonction publique (IPO) a été adoptée en 2003 et mis en œuvre en 2008. Cette thèse analyse les relations de pouvoir entre les acteurs dominants autour de évolution de la loi et donc, elle emploie une combinaison de technique de l'analyse des réseaux sociaux et de la recherche qualitative pour répondre à la question principale: Pourquoi l'État a-t-il développé et mis en œuvre la conception actuelle de la IPO (2003)? Cette question est d'autant plus significative quand nous considérons que contrairement à la recherche existante sur le sujet, l'IPO dominiquaise diverge considérablement dans la structure du l'IPO type idéal. Nous affirmons que les acteurs "rationnels, " conscients de leur position structurelle dans un réseau d'acteurs, ont utilisé leurs ressources de pouvoir pour façonner l'institution afin qu'elle serve leurs intérêts et ceux et leurs alliés. De plus, nous émettons l'hypothèse que: d'abord, le choix d'une agence spécialisée contre la corruption et la conception ultérieure de cette institution reflètent les préférences des acteurs dominants qui ont participé à la création de ladite institution et la seconde, notre hypothèse rivale, les caractéristiques des modèles alternatifs d'institutions de l'intégrité publique sont celles des acteurs non dominants. Nos résultats sont mitigés. Le jeu de pouvoir a été limité à un petit groupe d’acteurs dominants qui ont cherché à utiliser la création de la loi pour assurer leur légitimité et la survie politique. Sans surprise, aucun acteur n’a avancé un modèle alternatif. Nous avons conclu donc que la loi est la conséquence d’un jeu de pouvoir partisan. Cette recherche répond à la pénurie de recherche sur la conception des institutions de l'intégrité publique, qui semblent privilégier en grande partie un biais organisationnel et structurel. De plus, en étudiant le sujet du point de vue des relations de pouvoir (le pouvoir, lui-même, vu sous l’angle actanciel et structurel), la thèse apporte de la rigueur conceptuelle, méthodologique, et analytique au discours sur la création de ces institutions par l’étude de leur genèse des perspectives tant actancielles que structurelles. En outre, les résultats renforcent notre capacité de prédire quand et avec quelle intensité un acteur déploierait ses ressources de pouvoir.The World Bank proposes good governance as the strategy to correcting the evils of bad governance and to facilitate development in developing states (Carayannis, Pirzadeh, & Popescu 2012; Hilyard & Wilks 1998; Leftwich 1993; World Bank 1989). From this perspective, institutional reform and a more inclusive public policy arena are two critical strategies that will likely lead to good governance, according to the Bank and other Bretton Woods institutions. The problem is that many of these states do not have the pre-requisite institutional architecture to accommodate such measures. This thesis studies and discusses how one developing state, the Commonwealth of Dominica, approached the development of an institution to oversee integrity in public office. This Act, the Integrity in Public Office Act (IPO) was passed in 2003 and implemented in 2008. The focus in the thesis is on power relations among dominant actors surrounding the IPO consequently, it employs a combination of social network analysis and qualitative research techniques to answer the principal question: Why did the state develop and implement the current design of the IPO (2003)? This question is all the more significant when we consider that contrary to existing research on the subject, the Dominican IPO diverges considerably in structure from the ideal-type IPO. We argue that “rational” actors, cognizant of their structural position in a network of actors, have used their power resources to shape the institution so that it serves them and their allies. We hypothesized that: First, the choice of a specialised anti-corruption agency and the subsequent design of that agency reflect the preferences of the dominant actors who were involved in the creation of the IPO and second, our rival hypothesis, the characteristics of alternative options and models of public integrity institutions are those of the non-dominant actors. Our results are mixed. Power play was limited among a small group of dominant actors who sought to use the creation of the Act as an opportunity for political legitimacy and survival. Not surprisingly, there was no alternative model advanced. We concluded therefore that the Act resulted from a purely partisan agenda. This research responds to the paucity of studies on the design of institutions of public integrity, which largely seem to have an organisational and structural bias. In addition, by embracing the topic from the perspective of power relations, the thesis adds conceptual, methodological, and analytical rigour to discourses on the creation of such institutions by studying their evolution from both agential and structural perspectives. Finally, the results offer us an opportunity to predict when and in what intensity actors will deploy their power resources.
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Franco, Marielle. "UPP – a redução da favela a três letras : uma análise da política de segurança pública do estado do Rio de Janeiro." Niterói, 2016. https://app.uff.br/riuff/handle/1/2166.
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Gabinte do Deputado Estadual Marcelo Freixo
O objetivo desta dissertação é demonstrar que as Unidades de Polícia Pacificadora (UPPs), enquanto política de segurança pública adotada no estado do Rio de Janeiro, reforçam o modelo de Estado Penal. Para tal é necessário apresentar um estudo sobre o significado das Unidades de Polícia Pacificadora (UPPs) pela perspectiva da Segurança Pública e fundamentado nos elementos da Administração Pública. Trata-se de averiguar quais as relações contidas nestas Unidades, intrínsecas ao processo de elaboração e consolidação de políticas na área de segurança pública. Nesse sentido, haverá um esforço de identificar se as Unidades de Polícia Pacificadoras representam uma alteração nas políticas de segurança ou se estas se confirmam como maquiagem dessas políticas. Busca-se analisar, em perspectiva teórica ampla, se o modelo neoliberal no Brasil incorpora os elementos de um Estado Penal, considerando o processo de formulação e de implementação das UPPs nas favelas do Rio de Janeiro, no período de 2008 a 2013, peça chave para a compreensão deste fenômeno. Considerando a Favela da Maré como um dos elementos que corroboram para esta análise, uma vez que estes são caracterizados por elementos que sintetizam o modelo teórico proposto por Loïc Wacquant (2002), a saber, o processo de penalização ampliado, que colabora sobremaneira para a consolidação do Estado Penal, parte-se do pressuposto de que o modelo de análise proposto por esse autor, se aplicado ao caso proposto e guardadas as peculiaridades de cada contexto histórico-político, permite identificar um Estado Penal que, pelo discurso da "insegurança social", aplica uma política voltada para repressão e controle dos pobres. A marca mais emblemática deste quadro é o cerco militarista nas favelas e o processo crescente de encarceramento, no seu sentido mais amplo. As UPPs tornam-se uma política que fortalece o Estado Penal com o objetivo de conter os insatisfeitos ou "excluídos" do processo, formados por uma quantidade significativa de pobres, cada vez mais colocados nos guetos das cidades e nas prisões.
The purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate that the Pacifying Police Units (UPPs), while public safety policy adopted in the state of Rio de Janeiro, reinforce the penal state model. This requires present a study on the meaning to present a study about the significance of the Police Pacification Units (UPP) from the perspective of Public Safety and based on the elements elements of the Public Administration. This is to ascertain the intrinsic relationships in these units, from the development to the consolidation in the area of public safety process of policies. In this sense, there will be an effort to identify whether the Police Pacification Units represent a change in the security policy or it is just a make up of these policies per se. Also, it seeks to examine, in a broad theoretical perspective, if the neoliberal model in Brazil incorporates the elements of a Penal State, considering the formulation process and implementation of UPPs in the Rio de Janeiro favelas, in the period of 2008-2013, which is the key to understand this phenomenon. It is also important to say that I have considered Maré favela as one of the elements that supported this analysis. Once these are characterized by proposed elements that synthesize theoretical model, by Loïc Wacquant (2002), the process of expanded sanctions, which contributes greatly to the consolidation of the penal state, start from the assumption that the analysis model proposed by this author, if applied to the proposed case and saved the peculiarities of each historical and political context, allow you to identify a Criminal State that, by the speech of "social insecurity", that applies a policy focus on controlling and rebuke the poor. The most predominant factor of this framework is the militaristic encircle in the favelas and the growing process of incarceration in its broadest sense. The UPPs become a policy that strengthens the penal state in order to contain the dissatisfied or "excluded" process, formed by a significant number of poor, who have been placed in the ghettos
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Nascimento, Talita Almeida de Campos. "Os sentidos do trabalho no serviço público: uma perspectiva geracional." Niterói, 2016. https://app.uff.br/riuff/handle/1/1914.
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Ao longo da história, o trabalho passou por transformações significativas. Foram incorporadas diversas tecnologias ao seu processo, novas formas de gestão foram implementadas e as relações de trabalho se transformaram, sendo flexibilizadas, e algumas vezes, precarizadas. Com isso, os processos de subjetivação dos trabalhadores também foram impactados e, a partir do contexto em que é desempenhado, podem-se identificar diversos sentidos atribuídos ao trabalho. O setor público, afetado pelas transições do mundo do trabalho e dos modelos de sociedade, também passou por transformações e particularmente, no caso brasileiro, observase uma série de tentativas de reforma para modernizar a administração pública, sendo a última a reforma gerencial iniciada na década de 1990. Isso faz com que a relação dos servidores com o trabalho se altere no decorrer do tempo, e essa relação é fundamental para a prestação de serviços públicos de qualidade. Nesse sentido, o presente estudo tem por objetivo analisar os sentidos do trabalho para servidores públicos de diferentes gerações de técnicoadministrativos da UNIRIO. Para isso, foram analisados alguns documentos institucionais importantes, como o Plano de Desenvolvimento Institucional, e realizadas 25 entrevistas com servidores técnico-administrativos das duas gerações identificadas na pesquisa, que foram analisadas através da técnica de análise de conteúdo. A pesquisa pôde então concluir que os sentidos atribuídos ao trabalho pelos servidores das diferentes gerações apresentam similaridades e diferenças. Para ambas o trabalho é definido como execução de tarefas com finalidade e recompensa e como instrumento que desempenha importantes funções para o bem-estar dos indivíduos. No entanto, os servidores da Geração 1 atribuem uma centralidade maior ao trabalho, dotando-o de uma forte dimensão subjetiva e de um conteúdo vital para sua construção identitária, enquanto que a Geração 2 atribui uma centralidade baixa ao trabalho, com preponderância das dimensões objetiva e material e reduzido engajamento subjetivo. A tensão entre as duas gerações de pesquisa prejudica o processo de sucessão geracional e ressalta a importância da análise dos sentidos do trabalho em uma perspectiva geracional. Bem como, identifica-se a necessidade de políticas públicas voltadas para a valorização dos servidores de diferentes gerações a fim de viabilizar as reformas administrativas e a transformação da cultura pública, necessárias a melhoria da qualidade e efetividade dos serviços públicos.
Throughout history, the work underwent significant transformations. Were incorporated several technologies to its process, new forms of management were implemented and labor relations were transformed, being eased, and sometimes precarized. Thus, the processes of subjectivation of workers also were impacted, and from the context in which it is played, can be identified many meanings attributed to work. The public sector, affected by the transitions from the workplace and societal models also have changed and particularly in the case of Brazil, there is a series of reform efforts to modernize public administration, the last management reform started in the 1990s. This makes the ratio of servers with work to change over the time, and this relationship is fundamental to the provision of quality public services. Accordingly, this study aims to analyze the meanings of work for civil servants from different generations of the technical administrators of UNIRIO. To this end, we analyzed some important institutional documents, such as the Institutional Development Plan, and conducted 25 interviews with technical administrators of two generations identified in the survey, which were analyzed by the technique of content analysis. The research could then conclude that the meanings attributed to work by the servers of different generations have similarities and differences. For both the job is defined as performing tasks with purpose and reward and as an instrument that plays important roles for the welfare of individuals. However, the servers from Generation-1 allocate a greater centrality to the work, giving it a strong subjective dimension and a content vital to their identity, while Generation 2 assigns a low centrality to work, with a preponderance of objective dimensions and reduced material and subjective engagement. The tension between the two generations of research undermines the process of generational succession and underscores the importance of analyzing the meanings of work in a generational perspective. As well, it identifies the need for public policies for the valuation of different generations of servers to allow for administrative reforms and transformation of public culture, necessary to improve the quality and effectiveness of public services.
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Kou, Yongxia. "The Impacts of Urban Renewal: The Residents' Experiences in Qianmen, Beijing, China." PDXScholar, 2013. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1497.
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The study examines the influences of the Qianmen urban renewal project on its original residents, which is one of a few demonstration projects under the new policy orientation of urban renewal practices in Beijing, China, entering the new century. It employs "residential satisfaction" as an evaluative indicator to understand the residents' experiences before and after urban renewal. Seventy-two residents were interviewed. Among them, 25 remained in Qianmen; 20 relocated to Hongshan, a neighborhood in the central city area; 21 moved to Longyue, a neighborhood in one of the suburban areas; and 6 residents relocated to other locations.
The study found that the participants' level of residential satisfaction was skewed toward dissatisfaction before the urban renewal, whereas participants showed a much higher satisfaction level after the urban renewal, which means that overall the Qianmen urban renewal project had positive impacts on the residents' residential environment. However, among the three neighborhoods, there are no statistically significant differences. The policy arrangements of the Qianmen urban renewal project contribute to the results. Under the new policy orientation, the policy arrangements of the Qianmen urban renewal project featured a government-led approach with a large amount of public investment, which formed a good basis to provide better compensation to the residents, in particular to provide extra aid to low income residents. Therefore, the residents got their housing conditions improved to a large extent contributing to their higher level of residential satisfaction after the project was implemented. Because of the extra aid, the low income residents were even more satisfied than the middle-high income residents. On the other hand, the policy arrangements took into account the opinions of the original residents, in other words, most residents made their own decision about where to live after the urban renewal. In this circumstance, they actually saw the urban renewal as an opportunity to improve their residential environment, in spite of the fact that the urban renewal project was initiated by the municipal government. Therefore residents stayed or relocated voluntarily, which significantly predicts the resulting higher level of residential satisfaction. The findings in the Qianmen case remind us that we do need a more open, balanced perspective for analysis of urban renewal processes and outcomes, rather than a predominantly negative displacement view embedded in a gentrification discourse; and that policy arrangements toward more redistribution and social equity are more likely to achieve positive outcomes for disadvantaged people.
However, the improvements in unit size and housing quality are the main achievements of the urban renewal. Many residents still face the shortage of community facilities in the short run, and in the long run they might continue to suffer from poorer accessibility to public facilities and other resources. Furthermore, the urban renewal inevitably caused social disturbances for many residents, in particular for disadvantaged people (low income residents, and the elderly, etc), although the negative impacts of relocation on social networks were mitigated by the benefits of escaping the social conflicts and annoyance in the original neighborhood, and were compensated by the improved housing conditions. Generally, the key argument of this study is that policy makers need to pay more attention to the disadvantaged class; in other words, the government needs to assume its role more actively in redistribution and social equity.
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Ghattas, Micheline Germanos. "The Consolidation of the Consociational Democracy in Lebanon: The Challenges to Democracy in Lebanon." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1415.
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This dissertation looks at democracy in Lebanon, a country that has a pluralistic society with many societal cleavages. The subject of this study is the consolidation of democracy in Lebanon, described by Arend Lijphart as a "consociational democracy". The research question and sub-question posed are:
1- How consolidated is democracy in Lebanon?
2- What are the challenges facing the consolidation of democracy in Lebanon?
The preamble of the 1926 Lebanese Constitution declares the country to be a parliamentary democratic republic. The political regime is a democracy, but one that is not built on the rule of the majority in numbers, since the numbers do not reflect the history of the country and its distinguishing characteristics. The division of power is built on religion, which defies the concept prevailing in western democracies of the separation between church and state. As the internal and the external conditions change, sometimes in a violent manner, the democracy in the country still survives. Today, after the war that ravaged Lebanon from 1975 to 1990, the Syrian occupation that lasted until 2005, the Israeli war in the summer of 2006, and the roadblocks in the face of the overdue presidential election in 2008, democracy is still struggling to stay alive in the country. There is no denying or ignoring the challenges and the attempts against democracy in Lebanon from 1975 to the present. Even with these challenges, there are some strong elements that let democracy survive all these predicaments. The reasons and events of the 1975-1995 war are still being sorted out and only history will clear that up. Can we say today that the Consociational democracy in Lebanon is consolidated? To answer this question Linz & Stepan's three elements of a consolidated democracy are used as the criteria: the constitution of the land, people's attitude towards democracy and their behavior. The analysis examines the Lebanese Constitution, surveys about people's attitude towards democracy, and reported events about their behavior, such as political demonstrations and political violence narrated in the media. The findings of this study show that although the Lebanese find democracy as being the only game in town, the consolidation of democracy in the country still faces some challenges, both internal and external. The study also shows that the criteria used for western democracies need to be adjusted to apply to a society such as the one in Lebanon: plural, religious and traditional.
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Keyes, Laura Marie. "Age Friendly Cities: The Bureaucratic Responsiveness Effects on Age Friendly Policy Adoption." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc984140/.
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Challenging a long-held attachment to the medical model, this research develops a cultural model placing local governments at the center of policy making and refocusing policy attention on mobility, housing, the built environment and services. To examine the phenomenon of age friendly policy adoption by cities and the magnitude of adoption, a 21-question web-based survey was administered to a sample of 1,050 cities from the U.S. Census having a population over 10,000 and having at least 14% of their population aged 65 years and over. The goal of the questionnaire was to help identify what kind of policy objectives cities establish to facilitate the opportunity for older adults to live healthy and independent lives in their communities as they age. Multiple linear and ordinal regression models examined the likelihood of policy action by cities and provide evidence as to why some cities support more age friendly policy actions than others. Evidence illustrates theoretical advancement providing support for a cultural model of aging. The cultural model includes multiple factors including bureaucratic responsiveness reflected in the management values of the administration. Findings show variation in the integration of a cultural awareness of aging in the municipality's needs assessment, strategic goals, citizen engagement strategies, and budgetary principles. Cities with a cultural awareness of aging are more likely to adopt age friendly policies. Findings also provide support for the argument that the public administrator is not the driving sole factor in decision making. A shared spaced with mobilized citizen need of individuals 65 and over is identified.
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Gigounoux, Alain. "Le sanglier - Chasses, maîtrise des populations et politiques publiques - Approche comparative depuis les confins du Périgord-Noir, du Quercy et du Haut-Agenais." Thesis, Paris, EHESS, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017EHES0067.
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Durant la seconde moitié du xxe siècle, la chasse a changé. D'une libre cueillette aléatoire du gibier, elle a été peu à peu dirigée vers des concepts de récolte modérément intrusive et vers la gestion de la faune sauvage. Caractérisant la chasse française, particulièrement lorsqu'elle est pratiquée traditionnellement, aux chiens courants, le jeu-duel avec le gibier a persisté, parfois avec difficulté. Longtemps peu abondant, le sanglier, comme tout le grand gibier de plaine, a observé une forte croissance démographique au cours des trente dernières années. Il engendre désormais de plus en plus de nuisances aux activités humaines. Alors que seuls les chasseurs régulent les sangliers, tout en assurant le financement de l'Administration de la chasse et l'indemnisation des dégâts à l'agriculture, leurs effectifs connaissent un déclin prononcé et continu. Les pouvoirs publics sont confrontés à un impératif de maîtrise des populations de sangliers. Afin d'optimiser l'efficacité des actions de chasse, les doctrines longuement enseignées et imposées au chasseur sont progressivement remises en cause au profit du rétablissement de techniques si longtemps bannies. Mus par une passion extraordinaire, les chasseurs, grâce à leur loisir, contribuent à l'intérêt public. Néanmoins, ils acceptent avec difficulté les objectifs qui leur sont fixés mais aussi et au-delà, la seconde révolution conceptuelle qui leur est imposée. Cultures cynégétiques, représentations symboliques, rapport au gibier, au sauvage et à la nature sous-tendent comme ils président à l'acte de chasse. Au risque d'hypothéquer les chances de réussite des nouvelles politiques publiques, il apparaît que ces dimensions fondatrices et essentielles doivent être prises en compte dans la promotion des mesures comme dans l'action normative conduites par cette Administration tripartite "sui generis" qui caractérise la chasse française, impliquant l'État, un établissement public dédié et les fédérations des chasseursIn the second half of the 20th century, hunting has changed. From a free random sampling of game, it has been orientated towards concepts of mildly intrusive wildlife harvest and management. Characterizing French hunting, in particular when practiced traditionally, with hounds, is that the dueling-play with the wild game has persisted, though with some difficulty. Having been scarce for a long period, wild boar, just as other lowland ungulates, experienced a strong demographic increase over the last three decades. The species nowadays causes harm to human activities which can be rather serious. And while only the hunters regulate wild boar population, contributing at the same time to the financing of the Hunting Administration and of the compensation of agricultural damages, their own numbers are in a clear and ongoing decline. Public authorities are confronted with the necessity to control wild boar populations. In order to optimize the efficacy of hunting activities, the rules submitted and imposed to the hunter are progressively put into question to the benefit of the return of techniques which had been barred much earlier. Moved by an extraordinary passion, hunters, through the practice of their leisure activity, make a contribution to the public interest. However, they do not eagerly accept the objectives which are set for them, nor the second conceptual revolution which is imposed on them. Representations, symbolism, the relationship with game, wildlife and nature are equally underlying in the hunters’ culture and way of thinking, and at the same time they do guide his actions and choices. With the risk to jeopardize the chances of success of the new public policies, it appears that these founding and essential dimensions of the hunting act need to be taken into consideration when promoting measures such as in the normative actions undertaken by the three-party Administration “sui generis” characterizing hunting in France, involving the State, a specific public establishment and the hunters’ federations
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Gardner, Kasey Christopher. "Ideology in California : the role of oppositional interaction as a strategy in the campaign for Proposition 8." Scholarly Commons, 2009. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/718.
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This thesis analyzes the ideologies present the campaign rhetoric surrounding the 2008 California legislative initiative Proposition·8. Using Foss' method of ideological criticism the campaign is read prior after the opposition response to determine if an ideological shift occurs. The study is framed to identify this shift as a potential product of oppositional interaction, a characteristic of rhetoric defined by Smith and Windes.
The study concludes that the shift in ideology during the campaign by the supporters of Proposition 8 was a significant development. The response from the Proposition 8 campaign reframed the debate, making the electorate vulnerable to a different ideology. This new ideology places the state education apparatus, not the courts, in the spotlight as the state mechanism that is in dispute in the marriage controversy. When placed in .this context, theories of political economy are employed to explain how the electorate may have interpreted these arguments.
One. explanation offered is that the response ideology of the Proposition 8 campaign allowed voters to vote to outlaw gay marriages as a proactive response to a mistrust of education. The discussion section indicates that this could be an adjustment to existing ideologies, or development of an issues specific ideology that is only relevant for one issue in the mind of the individual. Ultimately, this study demonstrated the utility of ideology as a method to analyze political rhetoric and examines the role that oppositional interaction plays in the long-term development of public dialectic.
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Todd, Alexa North. "Mapping Sociocultural Values of Visitors on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1637.
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Contested land-management plans make spatial data about values that people attach to the landscape necessary for federal land management. The study area for this project is the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, an area that is divided by a complex mosaic of land jurisdictions, including public lands administered by the National Park Service, National Forest Service, and Washington State, as well as interspersed tribal and private landholdings surrounding the perimeter. During the summer of 2012, I collected map and survey data from visitors at fourteen popular destinations around the Olympic Peninsula, including visitor centers, campgrounds, trail access points, and a ferry. Three research objectives were evaluated in my thesis: 1) determine a general typology of visitors, 2) understand what values and activities visitors associate with places in the peninsula, and 3) compare visitor data with resident data from the Human Ecology Mapping Project (HEM), a collaboration between the US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute of Culture and Ecology, and Portland State University.
Analysis using ArcGIS included density and density hot spot calculations for a composite of the data as well as subsets based on types of visitors and individual values and activities. A majority of the participants were older males with higher education. Results indicate that visitors with different levels of familiarity spend time in different parts of the Peninsula. Aesthetic, recreation, and wilderness are the values most often included in the survey; hiking, non-cardio recreation, and sociocultural are the activity groups most often included in the survey. Visitors primarily mark places in Olympic National Park. Visitors, including those who live locally, responded in strikingly different ways than residents who participated in HEM. This research produced expected results that not only substantiate knowledge about specific places in the Olympic Peninsula, but also support theories about environmental cognition.
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Abbud, Wassila Caleiro. "O princípio da moralidade administrativa: aspectos de controle na atividade contratual da Administração Pública." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2016. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/18855.
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The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the principle of administrative morality according to Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988. Throughout the research, an evolutionary line of the concept has been outlined, beginning at its origins in legal French doctrine until its reception among Brazilian legal system. The high occurrence of corruption incidents observed in the country, mainly in State contractual activities – when frequently private interests are privileged at the expense of public welfare – justifies the choice of study object. Contrastingly, significant improvements were made by Brazilian institutions, meaning that Brazil is nowadays certainly equipped by both a solid democratic structure and a legal system to support and deal with the problem. From the perspective of the 1988’s Constitution, the separation between morality and law was used as a basic assumption in this study, ensuring the subjection of administrative activity to legal standards - comprised of legal rules and principles. Thus, the legal strand adopted in this work is the one that interprets administrative morality as a non-autonomous content, which is closely bound to legal morality. As a result, this study pursued to address the relationship between contractual activity carried out by Brazilian Public Administration and Control, taking into account the principle of administrative morality, considering different degrees of offence against the law: legal rules, administrative morality and administrative probity. As to the methodological aspect, qualitative research has been carried out, based on historical documents, consultation of norms and analysis of theoretical strands that deal specifically with issues of administrative morality, specially to what refers to the legal regime adopted by the Federal Constitution. At the end of this research study, it has been drawn the conclusion that the administrative morality principle is one of great relevance for Administrative Law, playing a major role in contractual activity in Public Administration
O objetivo do presente trabalho é fazer uma investigação sobre o princípio constitucional da moralidade administrativa. O estudo traçou a linha evolutiva da noção, desde suas origens na doutrina francesa até a sua recepção pela ordem jurídica brasileira. A justificativa para a escolha do tema se dá pela constante observação da ocorrência da corrupção no País, sobretudo na atividade contratual do Estado, onde, por vezes, constata-se o seu exercício a favor de interesses particulares em detrimento do interesse público, confundindo-se a coisa pública como se privada fosse. Observa-se que houve significativo avanço no desenvolvimento das instituições brasileiras, sendo certo que hoje o Brasil está aparelhado por uma estrutura democrática e um arcabouço jurídico capazes de enfrentar o problema. À luz da Constituição Federal de 1988, partiu-se da premissa de que há separação entre ordem moral e jurídica, a fim de garantir a sujeição da atividade administrativa às normas jurídicas – compreendidas de regras e princípios jurídicos. Adotou-se a tese jurídica segundo a qual o princípio da moralidade administrativa não possui conteúdo autônomo, vinculando-se à moral jurídica. Diante disso, o trabalho buscou enfrentar a relação entre atividade contratual da Administração Pública e o controle sob a ótica do princípio da moralidade administrativa, levando-se em conta os graus de ofensividade ao Direito: regras jurídicas, moralidade administrativa e probidade administrativa. Quanto ao aspecto metodológico, utilizou-se a pesquisa qualitativa, com base em documentos históricos, consultas a normas e análise de teóricos que tratam especificamente das questões ligadas à moralidade administrativa, mormente no que tange ao regime jurídico administrativo determinado pela Constituição. Ao final do presente estudo, conclui-se que a moralidade administrativa é um princípio constitucional de grande relevância para o Direito Administrativo e que exerce importante papel no controle da atividade contratual da Administração Pública
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Abrão, Filho Gabriel. "Aspectos materiais, processuais e procedimentais da ação civil por improbidade administrativa." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2007. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/7798.
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Previous issue date: 2007-11-26That study had like objective the analysis of the some aspects of material, procedural and procedural right brought by Law 8.429/92. The relevance of the choice of the subject is unquestionable, sufficiency be attacked for the relative events to the acts of the Public Administration in the last decade and, more precisely, in the two last years of the national political setting. The society has the right to the installment of you count of the acts of the public agents, supported that is for the international and national legislation, by the idea of that the necessary, public force for the guarantee of the rights of the man and of the citizen is instituted for fruition by everybody and not for private utility of those to who is trusted. The Brazilian society looks that awoke for the reality of that what is public is of everybody and those in who trusted and, however, betrayed that confidence, should be made responsible and take responsibility for that. The present study it is divided in four parts, where they had been identified and distinguished the acts that characterize the administrative improbity, as well as the principles mortally wounded by this civil behavior, sanctions and the criminal guardianship of the improbity, the analysis of the administrative procedures and the civil inquiry and the study of aspects of the action at law and the special procedure brought by the Law of Administrative Improbity
Esse trabalho teve como objeto o estudo de alguns aspectos de direito material, processual e procedimental trazidos pela Lei 8.429/92. O tema é relevante e objeto de constantes debates no cenário nacional, basta se atentar para os acontecimentos relativos aos atos da Administração Pública na última década e, mais precisamente, nos dois últimos anos do cenário político nacional. A sociedade tem o direito à prestação de contas dos atos dos agentes públicos, amparada que está pela legislação nacional e internacional, pela idéia de que a força pública, necessária para a garantia dos direitos do homem e do cidadão é instituída para fruição por todos e não para utilidade particular daqueles a quem é confiada. A sociedade brasileira parece que despertou para a realidade de que o que é público é de todos, impondo-se a responsabilização daqueles agentes que agiram contrariamente ao interesse público. O presente estudo está dividido em quatro partes, onde foram identificados e distinguidos os atos que caracterizam a improbidade administrativa, bem como os princípios malferidos pela conduta ímproba, as sanções civis e a tutela penal da improbidade, a análise dos procedimentos administrativos e do inquérito civil e o estudo de aspectos do processo judicial e do procedimento especial trazido pela Lei de Improbidade Administrativa
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殷玉涵. "中國網絡公眾輿論看美國及政策含義." Thesis, University of Macau, 2012. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2597680.
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Guimarães, Paulo Cesar Vaz. "A construção de sentidos diante de um acidente ambiental: administração pública e sociedade contando estórias." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/4657.
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Previous issue date: 2010-03-05T00:00:00ZAs relações entre empresas e comunidade representam antigo objeto de estudo, sendo que, nas últimas três décadas, tem sido propugnado que existiria a responsabilidade social para com os interessados pela ação corporativa. Esta tese avaliou como ocorre a relação entre a organização econômica e as demais organizações intervenientes no espaço local em uma situação de crise, com o objetivo de desnudar as motivações mais estruturantes dos atores sociais. Para tanto, optou-se pela análise de um acidente ambiental ocorrido na cidade de São Paulo, no qual representantes da administração pública e da sociedade interagiram. A metodologia da pesquisa consistiu no olhar sobre as estratégias comunicativas, recorrendo-se à perspectiva da construção de sentidos (sensemaking) empreendida pelos envolvidos, tomando como apoio central o aporte conceitual de Karl Weick. Em primeiro lugar, realizou-se a revisão das abordagens da teoria organizacional que têm sido utilizadas, privilegiando o construto da Man Made Disaster, idealizado por Brian Turner em 1976, em razão de proporcionar visão abrangente dos fenômenos associados aos desastres. Na sequência, o evolver do acidente foi detalhado, com a intenção de situar o cenário em que o enredo se deu. Com esse anteparo, os discursos registrados nas comissões parlamentares de inquérito, criadas para investigar o problema, foram classificados segundo código documental elaborado a partir da revisão bibliográfica e da natureza do estudo de caso em foco. Concluiu-se que a estratégia de responsabilização (blaming), que impera nesse tipo de situação, não foi superada, o que seria requerido para a transformação no status quo dos atores sociais.
Relations between companies and community represent an old object of study and in the last three decades it has been said that there would be a corporate social responsibility. This thesis evaluates the relationship between a firm and other local organizations occurred in a crisis situation, with the goal to highlight the interests of the most fundamental social actors. It was selected an environmental disaster that occurred in the city of São Paulo, in which representatives of public administration interacted with society. The methodology of the research consisted in looking the communicative strategies by the lens of sensemaking, taking as the central support Karl Weick´s conceptual enhancement. Firstly, a review of the organizational theory approaches that have been used in disasters events was made, mainly the Man Made Disaster theory, idealized by Brian Turner in 1976, because it provides a comprehensive vision. Following, the accident was detailed with the intention of establishing the scenario where the play has taken place. With this framework, the speeches registered in the committees of inquiry, created to investigate the problem, were classified following a documental code built according to the nature of the case in focus. It was concluded that the strategy of blaming, that occurs in this type of situation, has not been overcome, which would be required for the transformation of the actors status quo.
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Cavalcanti, Rosangela Wojdela. "Avaliação da eficácia do Programa de Auxílio Estudantil na Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná – Câmpus Curitiba." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2016. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/2388.
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A Constituição Federal prevê a igualdade de condições para o acesso e permanência na escola. A história da educação superior brasileira é marcada pela desigualdade social. A cultura de avaliação de programas vem se institucionalizando no Brasil. A presente pesquisa apresenta uma avaliação da eficácia do Programa de Auxílio Estudantil da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná – Câmpus Curitiba, por meio de estudos comparativos do coeficiente acadêmico e da permanência entre os estudantes beneficiados pelo Programa e os não-beneficiados. Expõe um breve histórico do Ensino Superior e da Assistência Estudantil no Brasil. A questão social apresentada é a permanência dos estudantes em situação de vulnerabilidade socioeconômica no ensino superior. E para o seu enfrentamento, normas foram editadas e ações desenvolvidas, inclusive o Programa de Auxílio Estudantil da UTFPR. Discute conceitos da avaliação de Programas Sociais e da Governança Pública. Trata-se de um estudo de caso, no qual foram coletados dados do sistema acadêmico da instituição e do Programa de Auxílio, complementados por um questionário aplicado aos ex-alunos bolsistas graduados e desistentes. Construiu-se um sistema de indicadores, concluindo-se pela eficácia do Programa de Auxílio Estudantil. Traz como resultado, a superioridade dos coeficientes acadêmicos dos estudantes bolsistas em relação aos não bolsistas, bem como uma taxa de evasão inferior dos bolsistas em relação aos demais estudantes do Câmpus.The Federal Constitution predicates equal conditions to the access and permanency in the school. The Higher Education History in Brazil is spotted for social inequality. The programs evaluation growth has becoming systematized in Brazil. This study presents an evaluation of the efficiency of the Student Scholarship Program of the Federal Technological University of Paraná—Curitiba, through comparative studies between Scholarship Program students and the rest of the student body focusing on grades and student retention. The study offers a brief overview of Brazilian Higher Education and Student Scholarship Programs. The social issue examined is the retention of students in positions of socioeconomic vulnerability in higher education. In order to confront these issues, standards were edited and actions were developed, including the Student Scholarship Program of UTFPR (Federal Technological University of Paraná). The study discusses evaluation procedures of Social Programs and Public Governance. This is a case study in which the university’s academic and the Scholarship Program databases are used as a corpus, and in which a questionnaire for former students, both graduated and withdrawn from the program, serves as compliment. A system of indicators was constructed, and its conclusion is presented through the efficiency of the Student Scholarship Program. The case study results demonstrate higher academic grades from scholarship students in relation to non-scholarship students, as well as higher retention rates for scholarship students in relation to the rest of the student body on campus
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Santos, Sérgio Augusto dos. "O Incra na implantação de políticas públicas no contexto do desenvolvimento territorial rural brasileiro." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2016. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/2497.
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O Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (Incra) é uma autarquia federal e tem entre suas principais atribuições implantar a reforma agrária, manter o cadastro de imóveis rurais e administrar as terras públicas da União. Através de políticas específicas, objetiva também realizar o acompanhamento e o desenvolvimento socioeconômico-ambiental das famílias camponesas e o acesso destas populações às políticas públicas implantadas pelo Governo Federal, além de ser o responsável pelo gerenciamento da malha fundiária nacional. O objetivo discute sobre qual é o papel do Incra na implementação destas políticas para o real atendimento das demandas desta população. O objetivo geral deste estudo é o realizar uma análise identificativa da conjuntura social, cultural, política e econômica, condicionando-a a geração de entraves para a real contribuição do Incra na efetivação das políticas públicas que contemplem uma distribuição mais justa de terras e renda, descrevendo a estrutura de governança do órgão e a sua evolução na linha do tempo para atendimento e adequação a estas. Para tanto foi levantada através da fundamentação, bibliografia pertinente à Administração Pública, direta e indireta, organização administrativa, políticas públicas e ferramentas de gestão que podem vir a ser utilizadas na gestão do órgão: planejamento e accountability. Utilizou-se neste estudo a metodologia de Pesquisa-ação pela interação entre o pesquisador e o objeto pesquisado. Como resultados foi levantada toda a estrutura de governança do órgão estudado e sua história e evolução administrativa para a realização de sua missão, além de realizado um diagnóstico dos entraves que impedem um maior desenvolvimento das estratégias de governança fundiária e de planejamento territorial rural. Propondo-se através das reflexões geradas pela pesquisa um roteiro para aprimoramento na gestão do órgão através de planejamento e accountability e a consequente apresentação de resultados através dos principais achados da pesquisa, onde a análise abrange desde a criação do Incra até 2015.The National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra) is a federal agency and has among its main tasks to implement land reform, maintain the register of rural properties and manage the public lands of the Union. Through specific policy objective also follow up and socioeconomic and environmental development of rural households and their access to populations public policies implemented by the Federal Government, and is responsible for managing the national land network. The purpose discusses what is the role of Incra in implementing these policies for real meet the demands of this population. The aim of this study is to perform a distinctive analysis of the social environment, cultural, political and economic, conditioning the generation of obstacles to the actual contribution of Incra in the execution of public policies that address a more equitable distribution of land and income, describing the agency's governance structure and its progress on the timeline for compliance and adaptation to these. For that was raised through the foundation, bibliography relevant to the Public Administration, direct and indirect, administrative organization, public policy and management tools that may be used in the body of management: planning and accountability. It was used in this study the methodology of action research by the interaction between the researcher and the researched object. As a result was raised all the organ governance structure and studied its history and career development for the realization of its mission, and carried a diagnosis of barriers hindering the further development of land governance strategies and rural territorial planning. It is proposing through the reflections generated by search a script for improvement in organ management through planning and accountability and the subsequent presentation of results through the main findings of the survey, which covers the analysis since the creation of Incra 2015.
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Queiroz, Dayane Cristina de. "Produção de ciência e tecnologia dos inventores de uma universidade tecnológica: insights sobre a presença da ecoinovação na tecnologia." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2017. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/2579.
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O desenvolvimento tecnológico e a inovação são entendidos como elementos chaves para transformar o conhecimento em riqueza e melhorar a qualidade de vida das sociedades. Nos últimos anos, a preservação ambiental ganhou destaque e organizações governamentais e não governamentais passaram a buscar soluções para os problemas ambientais da atualidade. Desta maneira, estudos sobre as inovações ambientais têm tentado entender e fomentar inovações que visam reduzir o impacto ambiental. Sendo assim, esta dissertação tem como objetivo investigar a produção de ciência e tecnologia dos inventores da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná – UTFPR e verificar a presença da ecoinovação, para compreender sua contribuição no sistema de inovação. Tal estudo se mostra relevante uma vez que, reflete sobre a produção de ciência e tecnologia dos inventores de uma universidade tecnológica, sendo pertinente dado o papel importante da universidade na disseminação de conhecimento científico e no desenvolvimento tecnológico, e por outro lado, a ecoinovação é um debate recente e seu conceito ainda é indefinido. Assim, justifica-se pela importância do entendimento da ecoinovação e do papel da universidade no desenvolvimento tecnológico, seja pelo auxílio nas decisões de políticas públicas, bem como pela crescente demanda em orientar os resultados da universidade a serviço de maior competitividade da indústria nacional e do crescimento econômico. A metodologia baseia-se no método de estudo de caso, os procedimentos metodológicos foram exploratórios e descritivos, de natureza qualitativa e a coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica, pesquisa documental e pesquisa de campo, Constatou-se, que aproximadamente 53% dos professores-inventores são da área de engenharia, reflexo da identidade de uma universidade tecnológica. A participação dos alunos inventores é proporcional entre os estudantes da graduação e pós-graduação, e existem pedidos de patente de invenção em coautoria com instituições pública e privada. Verificou-se que os artigos completos publicados em periódicos dos professores-inventores possuem citações nas bases de dados Scopus e Web of Science. Em relação à presença da ecoinovação, dos 118 pedidos de patente de invenção, 40 foram declarados ecoinovação por seus inventores, contribuindo no ganho de mais valor com menor impacto ambiental.Technological development and innovation are understood as key elements for transforming knowledge into wealth and improving the quality of life of societies. In recent years, environmental preservation has gained prominence and governmental and non-governmental organizations have come to seek solutions to current environmental problems. In this way, studies on environmental innovations have tried to understand and foster innovations that aim to reduce the environmental impact. Thus, this dissertation aims to investigate the production of science and technology of the inventors of the Federal Technological University of Paraná - UTFPR and verify the presence of eco-innovation in order to understand its contribution to the innovation system. This study is relevant since it reflects on the production of science and technology of the inventors of a technological university, being pertinent given the important role of the university in the dissemination of scientific knowledge and technological development, and on the other hand, eco-innovation is a recent debate and its concept is still undefined. Thus, it is justified by the importance of understanding the eco-innovation and the role of the university in technological development, either by aiding in public policy decisions, as well as by the growing demand to orient the university's results in the service of greater competitiveness of national industry and economic growth. The methodology was based on the case study method, the methodological procedures were exploratory and descriptive, of a qualitative nature and the data collection was done through bibliographical research, documentary research and field research. It was found that approximately 53 % of teacher-inventors are from engineering, reflecting the identity of a technological university. The student inventors' participation is proportional among undergraduate and graduate students, and there are patent applications for co-authoring with public and private institutions. It has been found that the full papers published in the journals of the inventor-teachers are quoted in the Scopus and Web of Science databases. Regarding the presence of eco-innovation, of the 118 patent applications, 40 were declared eco-innovation by their inventors, contributing to the gain of more value with less environmental impact.
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Moloney, Kevin. "Commercial lobbying : a thesis on the "for hire" aspects of lobbying." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 1994. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/410/.
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Lobbyists for hire - commercial lobbyists - are a small, distinct,, accepted but minor addition to the dramatis personae of UK public policy-making. Their differentiating feature,, marking them off from other types of lobbyist., is that they are for hire and it is the feature which is the least previously researched. There is little explicit theory of commercial lobbying: it is best accounted for as an implication of neo-pluralism. Through primary fieldwork amongst them and the two groups with whom they interact - clients and decisionmakers - the nature of their hiring is analysed. They are mostly hired by large businesses and less so by public sector interests facing change. Clients show varying propensities to hire and services hired in by clients can be grouped under four headings. Commercial lobbyists are client-led and have no independent political influence. They are businesses seeking market share,, offering only what hirers want. Their work can be viewed through the prism of two ideal types: backgrounder and foregrounder. On balance, they work on the processes of policy-making rather than its contents; are less rather than more visible in the policy process; more reactive than proactive in their client relationships. They have a range of negative and positive relationships with decision-makers, who accept them in terms of supplying information otherwise difficult to access. There is no demonstrated methodology for evaluating their contribution to policy outcomes. The data suggests that this contribution is minor. But this 'minor' conclusion has to be qualified when looked at from the hirers' viewpoint: for them the hiring may help yield competitive advantage. Commercial lobbyists are corporate accessories and the source of any concern about their practices and about asymmetrical access to decision-makers lies in the nature of their relationships with other more substantial players in the UK policy process. Their role will be better understood if this process is more transparent and open.
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Ponono, Mvuzo. "Centralising a counter public: an ethnographic study of the interpretation of mainstream news media by young adults in Joza." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/65033.
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The 2014 national general elections were characterised by a cloud of scandal hanging over the ANC, and the ANC president Jacob Zuma. The biggest and darkest cloud was the Nkandla scandal. Owing to a reported R246 million spent by the state to refurbish his private home, the president stood accused of wasteful expenditure and financial irregularity. In a country reeling from the continued effects of apartheid, which include high unemployment and poverty, the scandal was a bombshell. According to a vocal and often adversarial mainstream media sphere, the ANC went into those elections with an albatross around its neck. The dominant thought was that the ruling party would suffer a heavy loss of votes. This outcome did not materialise. The ANC lost a marginal share of its previous vote. Mainstream media and civil society were confounded. What had happened? Why had poor black South Africans continued to vote for a party that was obviously in breach of the constitutional order? Against the mismatch between what was predicted or purported and the outcome, this study investigates how young people in the township of Joza, Grahamstown, interpreted one of the biggest political scandals in South Africa’s fledgling democracy. Using a combination of subaltern studies, counter public sphere and audience study, the research looks into the interpretation of a mainstream media scandal that was supposed to diminish the chances of the ANC retaining power, but, instead, barely dented its majority. Through a combination of interviews and participant observation, the study found that young people in the township of Joza demonstrated that they chose to ignore the messages about the corruption of the ANC. The data suggests that they did so, not because of overt racial solidarity, but due to the fact that in a context of high inequality, and continued limitations on economic emancipation, the party shone brightly as a vehicle for economic development. Overall, the study argues that the seemingly dubious undertaking to continue with the ANC is a calculated decision that makes sense when viewed within a given socio-economic context.
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Toccheto, Eliane Pereira Santos. "Aspectos relevantes da decisão proferida no processo administrativo tributário federal." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2007. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/7513.
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Previous issue date: 2007-05-16The aim of this dissertation is to analyze the relevant aspects related to the decision on administrative proceeding concerning federal tax credits. Taking into consideration that the Constitutional principles are applicable to the tax administrative proceeding, such principles, as well as the federal legal tax system, are studied so as to present an overview of the tax administrative proceeding and to point out its peculiarities. Therefore, the questions related to the assessment of taxes and the federal tax proceeding's postulates are examined under the rules foreseen in Decree 70,235/72 and Law 9,784/99, as well as under the Acts issued by Brazilian Internal Revenue Service, General Attorney Office and Federal Treasury Ministry. As a result, the aspects of the decision rendered in the federal tax administrative proceeding, the appeals provided by law and also other means of revision of the final administrative decision are studied. Finally, the conclusions achieved by means of all the research and investigation referred above are briefly presented
O objeto deste trabalho consiste na análise de aspectos relevantes da decisão proferida no processo administrativo tributário federal que trata da exigência dos créditos da União. Tendo em vista que ao processo administrativo aplicam-se os princípios constitucionais vigentes, percorremos o sistema constitucional, com ênfase no subsistema constitucional tributário e no subsistema processual tributário, quando apresentamos um panorama do regime jurídico e das peculiaridades do processo tributário. Partindo dessas considerações são analisadas as questões relacionadas ao lançamento tributário e os postulados fundamentais do processo administrativo tributário federal, à luz do que dispõem o Decreto 70.235/72, a Lei 9.784/99 e os principais atos normativos expedidos pelo Ministério da Fazenda, Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brasil e Procuradoria Geral da Fazenda Nacional. Analisamos os aspectos relativos à decisão proferida no processo administrativo tributário federal, assim como os recursos previstos e as hipóteses de revisão da decisão terminativa nele prolatada. Ao final, são apresentadas, de forma sumariada, as conclusões que se podem inferir das asserções apresentadas
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Ng, Siu-ling Giselle, and 吳小玲. "Accountability in public administration: the case of Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31214514.
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Carvalho, Luís Gustavo. "Proposta de indicadores para elaboração de plano de gestão de logística sustentável (PLS): pesquisa-ação no CINDACTA II." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2016. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/2646.
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Os PLS são ferramentas de planejamento que proporcionam ao órgão ou entidade o estabelecimento de práticas de sustentabilidade e de racionalização dos gastos e processos na Administração Pública, sendo regulamentados a partir do Decreto 7.746 de 5 de junho de 2012 e na Instrução Normativa n.º 10 da SLTI/MPOG de 12 de novembro de 2012,que institui os Planos no âmbito da Administração Pública Federal. Contudo, os indicadores presentes nos PLS, com base nessa Instrução, não são suficientes para elaboração, avaliação e monitoramento adequados em atendimento às dimensões do Desenvolvimento Sustentável. Dessa forma, o objetivo geral do estudo é propor a complementação de indicadores para aplicação em PLS de instituições públicas em atendimento às dimensões do Desenvolvimento Sustentável. O estudo ocorre junto ao Segundo Centro Integrado de Defesa Aérea e Controle de Tráfego Aéreo (CINDACTA II). A pesquisa é aplicada quanto à sua finalidade e exploratória quanto ao seu objetivo geral e específicos. A metodologia utiliza o processo de pesquisa-ação junto à Comissão Gestora do Plano na Organização. A fundamentação teórica baseou-se na pesquisa bibliográfica e documental na Legislação de Referência e análise de conteúdo de 66 PLS catalogados junto ao Portal de Compras Governamentais do Governo Federal. Como resultado da pesquisa, foram propostos 70 indicadores para aplicação na elaboração do PLS da Organização, distribuídos nos eixos temáticos propostos pela Agenda Ambiental na Administração Pública (A3P): Uso Racional dos Recursos Naturais e Bens Públicos (25 indicadores), Gestão Adequada dos Resíduos Gerados (13 indicadores), Qualidade de Vida no Ambiente de Trabalho (9 indicadores), Sensibilização de Capacitação dos Servidores (12 indicadores) e Licitações Sustentáveis (11 indicadores). Após a elaboração da proposta de indicadores procedeu-se a classificação dos mesmos, utilizando-se como referencial os Indicadores de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do IBGE, Brasil 2015,que contemplam as dimensões ambiental, social, econômica e institucional, seguindo o modelo proposto pela Comissão para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Organização das Nações Unidas (CSD). Dessa classificação foram obtidos os seguintes quantitativos: 49 relacionados à dimensão econômica, 40 indicadores com correspondência à dimensão ambiental, 32 correspondendo à dimensão institucional e 17 indicadores relacionados à dimensão social. Esses quantitativos resultam do múltiplo atendimento às dimensões do desenvolvimento sustentável, onde um indicador pode estar relacionado a mais de uma dimensão, simultaneamente. Embora tenha sido utilizado o documento de Indicadores de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, IBGE, Brasil 2015, houve dificuldade na classificação final dos indicadores, tendo em vista que esse modelo apresenta informações em macroescala e demanda maior capilaridade para permitir a associação com os indicadores para o PLS em âmbito Organizacional. Este estudo agrega informações para a construção de indicadores para aplicação em Planos de Gestão de Logística Sustentável, contemplando as dimensões do Desenvolvimento Sustentável.The PLS are planning tools that provide the body or entity the establishment of sustainability practices and rationalization of spending and processes in Public Administration, being regulated from Decree 7.746 of June 5, 2012 and in the Normative Instruction No. 10 of SLTI / MOG of 12 November 2012, that establish the plans under the Federal Public Administration. However, the indicators present in the PLS, based on this instruction, are not sufficient for the preparation, evaluation and monitoring appropriate in compliance with the dimensions of the sustainable development. Thus, the overall objective of the study is to propose the complementation of indicators for use in PLS of public institutions in compliance with the dimensions of the sustainable development. The study comes on the Second Integrated Center of Air Defense and Air Traffic Control (CINDACTA II. The research is applied as to its purpose and exploratory as to its general and specific objectives. The applied methodology uses the process of action research by the Management Committee of the Plan in the Organization. In this study, the concepts of Public Management and Sustainability are explored, Plans of Sustainable Logistics Management (SLP), the dimensions and indicators of sustainable development. The theoretical framework was based on bibliographical and documentary research in the Reference in Legislation and content analysis of 66 SLP cataloged by the Government Procurement Portal of the federal government. As a result of the research, 70 indicators were proposed for use in the preparation of the Organization SLP, distributed on the thematics axis proposed by the Environmental Agenda in Public Administration (A3P): Rational Use of Natural Resources and Public Goods (25 indicators), Proper management of generated waste (13 indicators), Quality of Life in the Workplace (9 indicators), Servers Training awareness (12 indicators) and Sustainable bidding (11 indicators). After the elaboration of the indicators proposal, we proceeded to the rating of them, and the Sustainable Development Indicators IBGE, Brazil 2015 were used as reference, which includes the environmental, social, economic and institutional dimensions, following the model proposed by the Commission for Sustainable Development of the United Nations (CSD). From this indicators classification, the following quantitative were obtained: 49 related to the economic dimension, 40 indicators corresponding to the environmental dimension, 32 corresponding to the institutional dimension and 17 indicators related to the social dimension. These quantitatives come from the multiple compliance with the dimensions of sustainable development, where an indicator can be related to more than one dimension, simultaneously. Although, the document of Sustainable Development Indicators, IBGE, Brazil 2015, has been used, there was difficulty in the final classification of the indicators, given that this model provides information in macroscale and it demands greater capillarity to allow association with the indicators for the SLP in organizational scope. This study adds information to the construction of indicators for use in Sustainable Logistics Management Plans, considering the dimensions of the sustainable development.
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Seassaud, Eric. "Le capital de l'entreprise publique : aspects juridiques." Paris 12, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995PA122009.
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Inglis, Sher Jaclyn. "Cognitive aspects of public sector accrual accounting in organizational context." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1995. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/35853/1/35853_Inglis_%201995.pdf.
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Original cross discipline applied research on cognitive aspects of accrual accounting in the public sector has been reported. Literature reviewed was relevant to accrual basis and cash basis accounting for the operations of government, accounting output and user orientation, leading to decision making as seen by accountants. Decision making and problem solving as seen by cognitive science was selectively reviewed in relation to heuristics, goal directedness, representation
and functional fixity, and expert novice differentiations.
In the work environment. fifty employees of a Government Department from managers to sub
managers were given the Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal Form A and a battery of eight in context unstructured work problems cross treated to examine accrual versus cash bases of accounting, accounting jargon versus plainer English representation, and goal directedness versus no goal directedness. The population sample also permitted study of distinctions of gender, age, and expert versus novice differences at three levels, being accountants versus non accountants,
managers versus potential managers and non managers, and successful problem solvers versus the rest. Trial design included unobtrusive process tracing by computer as to requests for additional data readily available at no extra cost.
Results revealed gender, age, and critical thinking measures were unimportant, and problem solving was not enhanced by either accrual or cash basis accounting output when either method provided full disclosure of relevant information. Plainer English representation shortened problem solving time, but did not enhance problem solving outcomes, and was in this way more efficient but not more effective across all subjects, including accountants. Solution outcomes were enhanced only by goal directedness, showing that. when accounting output was offered to internal users of accounting
to facilitate their decision making, the goal effect cognitive factor was more important than any
accounting and representation issues examined. For the introduction of accrual accounting to the public sector, attention to goal directedness was the major implication inferred from the study. Collectively neither managers nor accountants showed persistent results suggestive of expert status in the domain of contemporary accounting issues in government. When expertise was identified by
perfect score for a problem, experts called for more information that was available at no extra cost,
and spent longer time looking at it, increasing overall problem solving time.
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Nakamori, Silvana. "Programa ciclovida como política de mobilidade urbana sustentável: estudo empírico na Universidade Federal do Paraná." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2015. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/1635.
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A mobilidade urbana tem na bicicleta o seu símbolo de meio de transporte ecologicamente mais sustentável do planeta, título conferido pelas Organizações das Nações Unidas (ONU). No entanto, as cidades sofrem com congestionamentos decorrentes do crescimento da frota automobilística, que ocasiona um tempo maior de deslocamento, prejuízos para o meio ambiente, financeiros e de qualidade de vida. A fim de moldar de forma sustentável a mobilidade urbana, fazem-se necessárias políticas públicas que incentivem a sociedade a utilizar, preferencialmente, o transporte coletivo ou o não motorizado. No intuito de colaborar com o poder público e com a sociedade civil, intenta-se neste estudo, por meio de análise sobre o Programa de Extensão Universitária da UFPR – Ciclovida, propor a elaboração de uma política pública de mobilidade urbana sustentável, com ênfase no uso da bicicleta. Referencialmente, discutem-se os conceitos de Sociedade, Estado e Governo, bem como as políticas públicas, que vão das responsabilidades do Estado e Governo aos ciclos, e apresentam-se as Políticas Públicas de Mobilidade Urbana Sustentável (PPMUS) no Brasil. Aborda-se também o transporte cicloviário como opção de mobilidade sustentável. Metodologicamente, o estudo é de cunho empírico-social, com emprego do método qualitativo e observacional, caracterizando-se, ainda, quanto ao nível de pesquisa como exploratório, tendo o envolvimento da pesquisadora na forma participante, haja vista sua atuação no Programa objeto. Quanto ao delineamento da pesquisa, deu-se de forma bibliográfica, documental e estudo de caso, utilizando-se da amostragem não paramétrica por acessibilidade ou conveniência. Quanto à técnica de coleta de dados, fez-se uso de entrevistas estruturadas com questionário autoaplicado e observação participante natural. Consoante ao objetivo e à questão de pesquisa, o resultado confirmou que o Programa Ciclovida da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) pode contribuir efetivamente na formulação de uma proposta de PPMUS com ênfase no uso da bicicleta. Assim, construiu-se uma proposta de política com redação de forma livre, a fim de subsidiar políticas tanto institucionais quanto públicas de MUS por meio do uso da bicicleta e assim auxiliar na mobilidade, contribuindo, também, com a sustentabilidade e com o planejamento de desenvolvimento público.The urban mobility has in the bicycle its symbol of the most environmentally sustainable modal of transportation of the planet, title conferred by the United Nations Organization (ONU). Nevertheless, the cities suffer with the traffic jam caused by the automobile fleet growth, what implies in a larger displacement time, injuries to the environment, to financials and to the quality of life. In order to build in a sustainable way the urban mobility, public policies are necessary to encourage the preferential usage, by the society, of the mass transit or the non-motorized type of transportation. Objecting cooperate with the public power and the civil society, this study intents to, through an analysis about the UFPR Extension Program - CICLOVIDA, propose a sustainable urban mobility public policy development, with emphasis in the bicycle´s usage. eferentially, it is discussed concepts such as Society, State and Government as well as public policies, which go in cycles to the State´s and Government´s responsibilities; and are presented the Sustainable Urban Mobility Public Policies (PPMUS) in Brazil. Also, it is debated about the transport by bicycle as an option to the sustainable mobility. Methodologically, the study is of an empiric-social nature, with the application of both qualitative and observational methods, what characterizes as an exploratory level of research, with the researcher´s involvement in the participant form, due to her acting on the Program. Regarding the research lineation, it was used the bibliographic and documental form as well as case study, by means of the nonparametric sampling by accessibility or convenience. Related to the data collection technique, it was used structured interviews with self-applied questionnaires and natural participant observation. Aligned with the research´s objective and matter, the outcome confirmed that the Extension Program CICLOVIDA of the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) may effectively contribute in the development of a PPMUS proposal with emphasis in the bicycle usage. Thus, it was built a political proposal with a free form writing, objecting subsidize policies both institutional as public MUS through the bicycle usage and therefore, support the mobility, also contributing to the sustainability and to the public development planning.
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Woods, Wayne E. "Government 2.5: The Impact of Social Media on Public Sector Accessibility." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2593.
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Innovative approaches to communicating with the masses continue to evolve in the private sector, while accessibility of goods, services, and public information within federal, state, and local government organizations has been declining for decades. This situation has resulted in a lack of trust and sense of isolation from communities. At the same time, the implementation and use of social media have increased exponentially. Despite the simultaneous occurrence of these events, limited research has explored the connection between them. Specifically, the purpose of this case study was to address the central research question of whether the adoption of social media platforms results in increased accessibility of goods and services within the public sector. Rogers's diffusion of innovations theory founded the framework for this study. Data were collected within a local government organization through semistructured interviews with 15 employees and 15 clients, observations of daily operations, and analyses of postings made on selected social media platforms. Inductive coding and a comparative method of analysis generated emerging themes and patterns. Key findings of this study indicated significant increases in public accessibility of goods and services as the result of the implementation and use of social media. Relative to diffusion of innovations theory, findings illustrated the spread of new technology through certain channels among employees and clients. Recommendations focus on establishing strategies to ensure widespread diffusion of social media and to address socioeconomic disparities. Government agencies can use this research as a means to advance social change through open communication, an engaged workforce, and increased transparency.
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Tian, Xiao. "Content analysis of the Beijing Summer Olympic Games' effects in the New York Times." Scholarly Commons, 2012. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/838.
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Relying on framing theory, this study used The New York Times to explore how Chinese news was depicted before, during and after the Beijing Summer Olympics. The research regarding how the Chinese government tried to leverage the Olympics to enhance its image is often deliberated. However, there have only been a 3 few studies on the evaluation of the effects the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games had on the image of China, as depicted by The New York Times. This study generated an understanding of the impact the presentations of The New York Times had on the soft power used by China through the Beijing Summer Olympic Games. The study examined how the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics were associated with the depiction of Chinese news in The New York Times during the pre-, mid-, and post-Olympics years. Specifically, world and business sections within The New York Times were mainly influenced by the effects of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. In addition, there were no direct associations found between the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and how China was depicted photographically in The New York Times. In terms of the above factors; this study showed that China's national image did not improve in the New York Times after the 2008 Bejing Summer Olympic Games.
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Ryabova, E. O. "Social aspects of the Regulation of city public passenger transport system." Thesis, Національний авіаційний університет, 2019. http://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/39342.
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Radical changes in the economy of Ukraine, the presence of competition in the provision of transport services requires significant changes in the management organization transport system. The object transport governance system must meet the level of socio-economic development, positive impact on national security, to ensure the implementation of foreign economic relations.
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Catena, Rodolfo. "Essays on health care operations management." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3c2035a6-b5d0-43b7-9b12-4883e5db4526.
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The aim of operations management in health care is to enhance the provision of services to patients and to decrease costs. Overall worldwide health care expenditures represent around 10.5% of the global GDP and are projected to increase at an annual rate of 5.3% from 2015 to 2017 [74]. In order to investigate how to curb health care costs, I study the English NHS, a health care system that provided universal care to around 54 million people in 2014 [243]. The NHS has launched many initiatives to improve the performance of hospital operations such as the "QIPP" program, which has the objective to save £20 billion of costs by 2015 [98]. Given this framework, this research aims to contribute to the theory that is guiding these operational changes, using data on all admissions to hospitals and focussing on the inguinal hernia, one of the most common surgical procedures [86]. In the next chapters, this research describes inguinal hernia care delivery in the English NHS, examines the impact of spillovers and complementarities on costs, and investigates the effects of length of stay reduction on risk of re-admission and risk of death. The findings of this thesis indicate that one of the possible problems in the delivery of inguinal hernia care in the NHS is the decrease in the number of elective operations performed and the increase in readmission rates. They also clarify how decisions on allocation of resources can affect hospital expenditures by showing that loss in focus can increase health care costs and by pointing out that there is little evidence to support the theory of spillovers and complementarities in the surgical context. Finally, the results of this research can be used to suggest the logic of a policy to decrease length of stay that can inform hospital decisions and can decrease hospital costs.
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Pinheiro, Adilson Ivan Caropreso. "O Plano Diretor de Curitiba (Lei n° 14.771/2015) e sua relação com a função social da propriedade na perspectiva dos direitos urbanísticos e ambiental." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2016. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/2335.
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A cidade de Curitiba já foi tida como sinônimo de vanguarda em desenvolvimento urbano e equilíbrio ecológico. Porém, como na maioria das grandes cidades brasileiras, ela enfrenta problemas sociais, sobretudo, na área da propriedade urbana e da própria preservação ambiental diante das invasões urbanas. Entretanto, a Constituição Federal garantiu aos administradores municipais um elemento essencial para a gestão de suas cidades, o Plano Diretor. Este instrumento, regulamentado pelo Estatuto da Cidade, suscita um planejamento estratégico do município, do seu desenvolvimento e uma maior gestão democrática dos próprios interesses dos cidadãos habitantes da cidade. Esta dissertação de Mestrado tem como objetivo analisar a eficácia jurídica da lei do Plano Diretor de Curitiba 2015 (Lei nº 14.771/2015), no tratamento dado por seus idealizadores (Sociedade, Poder Executivo municipal e Poder Legislativo municipal) à função social da propriedade, sob a perspectiva dos direitos Urbanístico e Ambiental. Por meio de pesquisa em bases de dados acadêmicos, na literatura especializada e na jurisprudência nacional, estabeleceu-se parâmetros para a classificação da eficácia dos ordenamentos contidos no plano diretor de Curitiba em plena (aplicável de imediato), contida (apenas parte pode ser aplicada) e limitado (necessita de uma regulamentação futura para ter eficácia). Entre os principais resultados da pesquisa, tem-se que de 96 artigos da lei do Plano Diretor de Curitiba, diretamente ligados à área do direito urbanístico, direito ambiental e à propriedade, 40% dos mesmos possuem eficácia limitada, 16% dos artigos possuem eficácia contida e 44% possuem a sua eficácia plena. Ou seja, 56% dos artigos, voltados ao tema da pesquisa, não possuem uma aplicabilidade plena de suas diretivas. Isto significa que a lei responsável pelo planejamento do desenvolvimento urbano da cidade, nos próximos 10 anos, não possui eficácia imediata e suficiente para transformar o aspecto nebuloso da distribuição justa e correta da propriedade e de sua função social dentro do território do município de Curitiba.The city of Curitiba has been regarded as a forefront synonymous of urban development and ecological balance. However, as in most large Brazilian cities, Curitiba faces social problems, especially in the area of urban property and its own environmental preservation facing urban invasions motivated by that. However, the Federal Constitution guaranteed the municipal administrators an essential element for the management of their cities, the Master Plan. This instrument, the Master Plan, which was regulated by the City Statute, provided a strategic planning for the municipality, in its development and a greater democratic management of its own citizens interests, the townspeople. This Master's dissertation aims to analyze the legal force of Curitiba’s Master Plan 2015 (Law No. 14,771 / 2015) in the treatment given by its creators (Society, Municipal Administration and Municipal Legislature) to the social function of property. It was elected as a paradigm for analysis of this work the Urban Law and Environmental Law and their determinations that guide the use, exploitation of urban land and the preservation of the natural and urban environment within the legal orders generated by the approval of the project law update of the master plan of the city of Curitiba. Through research in academic databases, in specific literature and in national jurisprudence, parameters were established for ranking the effectiveness of the orders contained in the full master plan of Curitiba (immediately applicable) contained (only part can be applied) and limited (it needs a future regulation to be effective). The results obtained throughout this work are posted at the end of this paper and they express that from the 96 articles directly related to the urban law area, environmental law and the property contained in the new law of Curitiba’s Master Plan, 40% of them have limited effectiveness, 16% of the articles have contained efficiency and 44% have their full effect, that is, 56% of the articles focused on the theme’s work does not have full applicability of their policies, which imposes thinking to the external observer that the law responsible for the urban development of the city for the next 10 years, at this moment, does not have sufficient efficacy to transform the nebulous aspect of the fair and correct distribution of property and its social function in the municipality of Curitiba.
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Takase, Miyuki. "Influence of public image of nurses on nursing practice." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2000. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1346.
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Many researchers believe that nurses live in a dual structure, encompassing both the social and nursing worlds. They contend that these two worlds have contrasting views toward nurses. This is, while nurses are guided to establish professional status, society still expects them to remain in a dependent role. This conflict is assumed to have a negative impact on nurses’ psychological and functional states (Kalisch & Kalisch, 1983 & 1987). However, this assumption has not yet been explored sufficiently. The aim of this descriptive correlational study was therefore to investigate the relationships among the public image of nurses, nurses’ self concept, personal and collective self-esteem, job satisfaction, and performance. A total of eighty registered nursing students were invited to participate in this study by completing seven types of questionnaires (see Appendix C). The data were analysed by Pearson correlation and One-Way Analysis of Variance. The results of this study supported contention of the contemporary nursing scholars that the stereotypical public image of nurses could negatively affect nurses’ self-concept, self-esteem, job satisfaction and performance. The results, however, also demonstrated that the professional socialisation and cultivation of nurses’ personal self-esteem would help to buffer the negative effects of the public stereotypes on nursing practice. Based on these findings, this study suggests countermeasures to deal with the negative impacts of the public stereotypes. These strategies include public education, monitoring the media, changing nurses’ attitudes, encouraging professional socialisation, empowering nurses, and boosting nurses’ self-esteem. This study is expected to help nurses overcome the potential effects of the public stereotypes. The results of the study are also dedicated to nurses who have endeavoured to facilitate the process of professionalization in nursing.
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Strouss, William. "Neo-liberalism and the Public Interest| The Case for Social Democracy." Thesis, Franklin Pierce University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3730765.
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Beginning with the notion that the dominant economic ideology in society is in a position to direct and serve the public interest, it is reasonable to ask if the public interest is well served by that ideology. That is the objective of this dissertation. In contemporary America, the dominant economic ideology is neo-liberalism, an evolutionary form of capitalism with its foundation in market fundamentalism, and characterized by an acute focus on profit and material acquisition and minimal involvement of government in the economy. The prefix neo derives from the ostensible return of liberalism to those free market values after a detour in the mid-20th century when it appeared that state intervention in the economy would result in redistributionist social welfare policies.
This dissertation examines the research questions: Does neo-liberalism serve the public interest? If not, what alternatives to neo-liberalism exist that better serve the common good? Answering these questions requires the subject to be parsed into a number of additional questions, each of which is explored in an independent essay. The essays discuss the nature of the public interest and role of self-interest in forming neo-liberal values. In addition, the essays examine the institutional responses to neo-liberalism through business as manifested by the corporate social responsibility movement and through government as manifested by welfare capitalism and, in particular, social democracy.
The conclusion drawn is that neo-liberalism is not conducive to the public interest and that social democracy offers a structure for a more economically efficient and morally just society. Policy prescriptions and arguments favoring social democracy are offered.
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Richards, Patty H. "Selected Aspects of the Secretary's Role in the Public Schools as Perceived by Principals, Teachers, and School Secretaries." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1991. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2771.
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The purpose of this study was to compare principals', teachers' and secretaries' perceptions regarding selected aspects of the school secretary's role in administering the public schools. A questionnaire, developed by the researcher, was sent to 465 principals, teachers, and school secretaries in the First Tennessee Development District, in Spring, 1991. Three hundred ninety-one questionnaires were returned for a response rate of 84%. Six null hypotheses were tested for significance at the.05 level. The one-way analysis of variance and the Student-Newman-Keuls statistical procedures were used to test the responses of the three groups of participants for significant differences. All the null hypotheses were rejected. The findings of the study were as follows: (1) The position of the typical school secretary in the First Tennessee Development District is a full-time position. Of the 137 secretaries surveyed, 97% reported they worked 35 or more hours per week. (2) Secretaries perceived that they assumed a greater administrative role in the school than the principals or teachers perceived. (3) Secretaries perceived that they assumed more of a public relations role in the school than principals or teachers perceived. Principals perceived that school secretaries assumed more of a public relations role than teachers assumed. (4) Principals and secretaries perceived that secretaries were more involved in the school operation than teachers perceived. (5) Secretaries perceived that they were more involved with clerical tasks than principals or teachers perceived. (6) Secretaries perceived that they were more involved with human relations tasks than principals or teachers perceived. (7) Principals perceived that secretaries participated more in professional development activities than teachers perceived.
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Keeler, Rebecca L. "Bridging the Gap with Public Value and Corporate Social Responsibility." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/650.
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