The theoretical argument of this study is that economic globalization, by default, exerts a downward pressure on the social policies of states largely through the operations of transnational corporations. However, since globalization’s effect on social policy is conditional on endogenous political forces such as regime type, democratization, electoral competition and political participation, its proclivity to retrench the welfare state is averted by the preferences of political actors and institutions to expand social spending. This argument found consistent empirical support via a series of cross-section regressions that estimated the interactive effects of economic globalization and various measures of domestic political institutions and affiliations for a sample of 120 countries from 1970 to 2002. Case studies of South Korea, Chile and Spain provided additional qualitative evidence for the study’s theoretical argument.

The diploma thesis aims to verify the validity of neorealism, institutional neoliberalism, and critical geopolitics about consequences of the economic globalization for the structure of Finnish and Swedish defence forces. For this purporse, the author primary used the method of congruence. The next step led to the comparison of congruence between observance implications and theories predictions. Based on the results of the Finnish defence forces, the theory of neorealism was confirmed because there is no significant shift in the scope/structure of defence forces in the favor of expeditionary/reconnaissance units. Moreover, there is no evidence to waive the balance of power reasoning even in the geopolitically-low-intesive region. Last but not least, it was shown that difference between the Finnish and Swedish geografic location is one of the key factor for its distinct approach towards potentional threats and instruments how to resolve them. Key words: economic globalization, security, defence forces, Finland, Sweden

Since the 1970s, Asia has experienced rapid urbanization processes, which are distinct from U.S. society, and the direction of Asian urbanization is more strongly affected by economic globalization. The desakota model, proposed by McGee and Ginsburg in 1991, focuses on how internal domestic and local forces drive the specific rural-urban transformation in Asia. However, the McGee-Ginsburg model does not emphasize the importance of globalization on Asian urbanization. To fill the gap, this study develops a GIS-based CA framework based on the desakota model to not only simulate the unique urbanization processes in Asia but also integrate the influence of globalization into Asian urban dynamics. Three approaches are developed in the CA simulation: 1) physical constraints and land-use classification from remotely sensed images in 1993, 2000, and 2008, are incorporated into micro-scale transformation; 2) population dynamics, shifts of economic activities, and foreign direct investment (FDIs), a representative of the impact of globalization, are applied for multi-scale interconnection; 3) the Monte Carlo mechanism is finally introduced to combine the above two approaches and implement the simulation process. The Taipei metropolitan area, a rapid urbanizing region that highly interacts with the global economy in Asia, is chosen to examine this model. The CA simulation model establishes a strong interaction between FDIs, an indicator representing impacts of globalization, and the dazzling Asian urban model. The combination of multi-scale economic factors and micro-scale land-use transformation also reveals how urban growth of the Taipei metropolis in recent years fits the characterization of the desakota model, and how desakota regions, the growth generators, interact with city cores. As a result, the research not only successfully links the influence of globalization with the desakota model and simulates urban dynamics of Asian cities but also provides scenarios of different FDI inputs for governments to better handle urban growth with global impacts under the deep economic recession since 2007.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:23:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Eduardo Tuma.pdf: 1100151 bytes, checksum: 3b8629728a7186bd0a58227fe38534d8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-22 / The aim of this thesis to discuss the changes and flows by passing the Law of the globalized society. Economic hegemony and its implications for changes in the science of law will be addressed, especially in the approach that can be observed between the two main Western legal systems: civil law system and the common law system. The comparison extends to a specific analysis of labor relations in countries with different economic conformations / A presente tese tem por objetivo discutir as transformações e os fluxos por que passa o Direito dentro da sociedade globalizada. Será abordada a hegemonia econômica e suas implicações nas modificações dentro da ciência do Direito, especialmente na aproximação que pode ser observada entre os dois principais sistemas jurídicos do ocidente: o sistema da civil law e o sistema da common law . A comparação se estende para uma análise específica das relações trabalhistas em países de diferentes conformações econômicas

This thesis first describes and analyzes the key concepts and rationalities that are dominant in the content of the Environmental Enforcement Act (EEA). The research project concludes that despite legislative shifts towards increased punishment and deterrence, key concepts and rationalities such as the importance of economic globalization, the continuation of risk-management and anthropocentric values, and the dominance of staples development can be observed in the content of the EEA. The EEA also reflects growing concerns towards managing known structural economic problems such as Canada’s staples development and economic globalization. Secondly, this thesis critically evaluates whether the EEA is likely to contribute towards the effectiveness of Canadian environmental governance strategies. The EEA is likely to be ineffective based on observations of structural challenges in environmental governance and the Canadian political economic context. Neoliberalism, economic globalization, risk management, anthropocentrism, and staples based economic development characterize the problems identified in existing research that the content of the EEA does not adequately address.

This thesis first describes and analyzes the key concepts and rationalities that are dominant in the content of the Environmental Enforcement Act (EEA). The research project concludes that despite legislative shifts towards increased punishment and deterrence, key concepts and rationalities such as the importance of economic globalization, the continuation of risk-management and anthropocentric values, and the dominance of staples development can be observed in the content of the EEA. The EEA also reflects growing concerns towards managing known structural economic problems such as Canada’s staples development and economic globalization. Secondly, this thesis critically evaluates whether the EEA is likely to contribute towards the effectiveness of Canadian environmental governance strategies. The EEA is likely to be ineffective based on observations of structural challenges in environmental governance and the Canadian political economic context. Neoliberalism, economic globalization, risk management, anthropocentrism, and staples based economic development characterize the problems identified in existing research that the content of the EEA does not adequately address.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:20:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcio Divino.pdf: 488326 bytes, checksum: c2565fce2033bde336b4d12c31877de8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-09-11 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The advance of economic globalization, responsible for some progress in humanity, but also for profound social problems, for example, the increase in the multitude of excluded and poverty stricken in the world is readily observable in contemporary settings. Together with this is the current emergence of market based religion, or, in other words, a religion that is private, hedonistic, non-historical, and without commitment to social dramas or values such as solidarity. This setting presents challenges to the pastoral praxis of the church. In this sense, the current work, situated in the area of Religious Praxis and Society, has as its objective to analyze how the Methodist pastoral praxis of solidarity presents itself in these times of economic globalization. The research emphasizes that the Methodist church is guided by an Episcopal government, and is organized geographically and politically into eight (08) Ecclesiastical regions. Each Ecclesiastical region has internal subdivisions, called districts. Each local church, district, and region is linked in a connectional form within the Methodist system. Since a study of Methodist pastoral praxis at a national level is impossible, the present research seeks to explore the praxis of solidarity of Methodist pastors in the Ecclesiastical District of Piracicaba. As such, this work utilizes the method of critical historical analysis. The relevance of this research is in demonstrating the interaction between a sector of Brazilian Protestantism and economic globalization, making possible the evaluation of certain changes and/or transformations that this exchange provokes and its implications for the expression of Methodist pastoral praxis solidarity in the contemporary setting. / Assiste-se na contemporaneidade o avanço da globalização econômica, responsável por alguns progressos à humanidade, mas também por profundos problemas sociais, como exemplo, o aumento da multidão de excluídos e miseráveis no mundo. Soma-se a isto, o surgimento na atualidade da religião de mercado, ou seja, uma religião privatizada, hedonista, a-histórica, descomprometida com os dramas sociais ou valores como a solidariedade. Tal cenário apresenta desafios à práxis pastoral da Igreja. Neste sentido, o presente trabalho, situado na área de Práxis Religiosa e Sociedade, tem como objetivo analisar como a práxis pastoral solidária metodista se apresenta nestes tempos de globalização econômica. Salienta-se que a Igreja Metodista é gerida por governo episcopal, organizada geográfica e politicamente em oito (08) Regiões Eclesiásticas. Cada Região Eclesiástica possui uma subdivisão interna, denominada de distrito. Cada igreja local, distrito e região são ligados de forma conexional no sistema metodista. Como um estudo da práxis pastoral metodista em âmbito nacional se mostra inviável, a presente pesquisa propõe investigar as práxis solidárias dos pastores metodistas do Distrito Eclesiástico de Piracicaba. Para tanto, este trabalho utiliza uma metodologia que privilegia o método de análise histórico crítico. A relevância de tal pesquisa está em demonstrar a interação entre um setor do protestantismo brasileiro e a globalização econômica, possibilitando uma avaliação de certas mudanças e/ou transformações que este intercâmbio provoca e suas implicações para a expressão de uma práxis pastoral solidária metodista na contemporaneidade.(AU)

This thesis first describes and analyzes the key concepts and rationalities that are dominant in the content of the Environmental Enforcement Act (EEA). The research project concludes that despite legislative shifts towards increased punishment and deterrence, key concepts and rationalities such as the importance of economic globalization, the continuation of risk-management and anthropocentric values, and the dominance of staples development can be observed in the content of the EEA. The EEA also reflects growing concerns towards managing known structural economic problems such as Canada’s staples development and economic globalization. Secondly, this thesis critically evaluates whether the EEA is likely to contribute towards the effectiveness of Canadian environmental governance strategies. The EEA is likely to be ineffective based on observations of structural challenges in environmental governance and the Canadian political economic context. Neoliberalism, economic globalization, risk management, anthropocentrism, and staples based economic development characterize the problems identified in existing research that the content of the EEA does not adequately address.

[pt] Nesta dissertação, analiso os atravessamentos da ordem neoliberal à cidadania e à educação superior, utilizando como estudo de caso o manifesto Uma Ponte para o Futuro, o qual se materializa em políticas públicas como a EC 95/2016 – Teto dos Gastos Públicos. Num sentido macro, a nova ordem do mercado se encontra dispersa no sistema internacional através da globalização econômica, onde as orientações das Organizações Internacionais, como UNESCO, BM e OECD, reproduzem e legitimam suas premissas. Ao chegar no local, por sua vez, a ordem de mercado se transforma, criando um neoliberalismo desde baixo e uma cidadania cada vez mais dilacerada, sublimando-se através da aniquilação do social e desestabilização do acesso a direitos. Dessa forma, esta dissertação se debruça sobre a deterioração, pelo neoliberalismo, dos espaços e territórios do social e do político. Busco refletir: de que forma os discursos presentes no manifesto Uma Ponte para o Futuro afetam e atravessam a cidadania, a educação superior e a universidade? Para tal, utilizo a análise crítica de discurso de Flairclough, que permite uma análise linguística e semiótica dos processos do social e suas práticas interconectadas com a ordem neoliberal globalizada. Investigo, para além de um documento, um cenário político – uma rede de discursos que simboliza um período de aprofundamento de políticas neoliberais – marcado pela perda e/ou diminuição do acesso a direitos coletivos, como a cidadania e a educação superior. / [en] In this thesis, I will analyze the intersections of the neoliberal order with citizenship and higher education, using as a case study the manifesto A Bridge to the Future, which materializes in public policies such as Constitutional Amendment 95/2016 – the Public Spending Cap. In a macro sense, the new market order is dispersed in the international system through economic globalization, where the guidelines of International Organizations such as UNESCO, World Bank, and OECD reproduce and legitimize their premises. On the local level, the market order transforms, creating a bottom-up neoliberalism and increasingly fractured citizenship – sublimating through the annihilation of the social and destabilization of access to rights. Thus, this thesis focuses on the deterioration of neoliberalism in the spaces and territories of the social and the political, seeking to reflect on: How the discourses present in the manifesto A Bridge to the Future affect and intersect with citizenship, higher education, and the university? For this purpose, I use the critical discourse analysis of Fairclough, which allows a linguistic and semiotic analysis of social processes and their interconnected practices with the globalized neoliberal order; I investigate, beyond a document, a political scenario – a network of discourses that symbolizes a period of deepening neoliberal policies marked by the loss and/or reduction of access to collective rights such as citizenship and higher education.