Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:13:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2007- Margarita de Cassia Viana Rodrigues01.pdf: 1038472 bytes, checksum: 80965daccb60d19028ccfb6ac797aea4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-08-29 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Our objective was to analyze in what measure the phenomena related to tourism and to leisure (secondary residences), contribute to the local development. In other words, starting from the understanding of the process of social transformation, we tried to identify and to analyze how those phenomena contribute for the current development process in the municipal district of Gravat?, in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. Our research is a Case Study and involved the participant observation and semi-structured interviews. Of the 75 interviews, we selected 43 among formal workers, autonomous, rural producers, entrepreneurs, secondary residents and representatives of the municipal and state public powers. As methodological resource, we used the study of the daily life, analyzing the spaces of work and those of leisure. The results indicate that the symbolic power of the hegemonic culture related to the activities of tourism, together with secondary residents is constituted now in an political force, that orders the space and of the social imaginary of Gravat?. The local population is aware of the possibilities that the activities of tourism and the leisure of secondary residences, when well explored, can multiply its effects in the whole economy of the municipal district that has been lately expanded and diversified with the installation of new industries. The new dynamics undertaken by the tourism, secondary residences and activities directly related to them such as the gastronomy, has shown itself an effective way for the defense of the popular cultures and the revival of traditions and local habits, it is making possible the jobs and income creation for the local population, in spite of the low professional qualification still existent. Besides, it made possible the reinforcement of the feeling of belonging of that population. Thus, we can affirm that the development process that is happening in Gravat? really assists, partly, the concept of local development. If in a way we can observe the improvement of the quality of life of the local population with respect to job, income, professional training, education and health, on the other hand, the sense of empowerment , to give power to make decisions to the population in the development process still doesn't come true, since they didn't participate in the negotiations for the implantation of new industries. / Nosso objetivo foi analisar em que medida os fen?menos relacionados ao turismo e ao lazer (as segundas-resid?ncias) contribuem para o desenvolvimento local. Ou seja, a partir da compreens?o do processo de transforma??o social, procuramos identificar e analisar como esses fen?menos contribuem para o atual processo de desenvolvimento no munic?pio de Gravat?, no Agreste Central de Pernambuco. Nossa pesquisa ? um Estudo de Caso e as t?cnicas de pesquisa foram a observa??o participante e entrevistas semi-estruturadas. Das 75 entrevistas, selecionamos 43 entre trabalhadores formais, aut?nomos, produtores rurais, empres?rios, moradores de segundas-resid?ncias e representantes dos poderes p?blicos municipal e estadual. Como recurso metodol?gico utilizamos o estudo da vida cotidiana, analisando os espa?os do trabalho e do lazer. Os resultados indicam que o poder simb?lico da cultura hegem?nica relacionada ?s atividades de turismo, em conjunto com os moradores de segundas-resid?ncias se constituem atualmente numa for?a pol?tica, ordenadora do espa?o e do imagin?rio social de Gravat?. A popula??o local tem consci?ncia das possibilidades que as atividades de turismo e ao lazer de segundas-resid?ncias, quando bem exploradas, podem surtir efeitos multiplicadores em toda a economia do munic?pio, que nos ?ltimos tempos tem se expandido e diversificado, com a instala??o de novas ind?strias. A nova din?mica empreendida pelo turismo, segundas-resid?ncias e atividades diretamente relacionadas a elas como a gastronomia, tem se mostrado uma forma eficaz na defesa das culturas populares e o revigoramento das tradi??es e costumes locais, est? possibilitando a gera??o de emprego e renda para a popula??o local, apesar da baixa qualifica??o profissional ainda existente. Al?m disso, possibilitou o refor?o do sentimento de pertencimento dessa popula??o. E sendo assim podemos afirmar que o processo de desenvolvimento que vem acontecendo em Gravat? realmente atende, em parte, o conceito de desenvolvimento local. Se por um lado est? ocorrendo a melhoria da qualidade de vida da popula??o local no que tange a emprego, renda, capacita??o profissional, educa??o e sa?de, por outro, o sentido de empoderar , dar poder de decis?o ? popula??o no processo de desenvolvimento n?o se cumpre ainda, uma vez que n?o participaram das negocia??es para a implanta??o de novas ind?strias.

Submitted by Leticia Schettini (leticia@ufrrj.br) on 2017-02-15T12:03:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Viviane-Silva-Ramos.pdf: 1273367 bytes, checksum: fa39fb3f9fb99d110b14407139946745 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-15T12:03:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Viviane-Silva-Ramos.pdf: 1273367 bytes, checksum: fa39fb3f9fb99d110b14407139946745 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-03-02 / This work started from the perception that the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology, created on December 29th, 2008, through the law number 11.892, have hard duties and challenge responsibilities concerning the Brazilian society. For this reason, we intended to analyze the role of these Federal Institutes, looking for the aims, characteristics, and drawn goals to this new institutional model, mainly regarding the themes about the local development and the territory, very discussed in the law. In face of that, we took as example to this study the school called Campus Sert?o, from the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul in order to verify if the educational activities are being done according to the referred law. With this in mind, the research was applied by the qualitative evaluation, with the exploratory research, through the case study, and the bibliographic research as well. A brief overview about the following topics was necessary: the history of the professional and technological education in Brazil; the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education as well as its spreading out; of how the Federal Institutes were constituted and, besides that, the history of Campus Sert?o since its foundation. The concepts of territory and local development were also studied through several authors who carried about them, getting a better understanding within the law context. The results were presented and discussed all the way through the thinking about the articles and subsections from the Law Foundation of the Federal Institutes that deal, explicit or implicitly, with the commitment of these institutions to the socioeconomic and cultural local improvement in their enclosure area. In addition to that, this study was worried about how the teaching, the research and the extension worked out in the Campus Sert?o before its incorporation to the Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Sul and what has changed during the two years after it became an Institute. Finally, a comparative analysis was shown between the achievements by the Campus and what is still considered necessary to be done in its working method in order to reach the law demands and improve its essential role to the local and bounded growth. / O presente estudo teve sua origem a partir da constata??o de que os Institutos Federais de Educa??o, Ci?ncia e Tecnologia, criados em 29 de dezembro de 2008, atrav?s da lei n? 11.892, t?m atribui??es ousadas e responsabilidades desafiadoras para com a sociedade brasileira. Por isso, se prop?s analisar o papel desses Institutos Federais, levando em considera??o as finalidades, caracter?sticas e objetivos tra?ados para esse novo modelo institucional, especialmente no que tange ?s tem?ticas do desenvolvimento local e do territ?rio, muito enfatizadas no texto legal. Diante disso, tomou-se como exemplo o caso do Campus Sert?o, do Instituto Federal de Educa??o, Ci?ncia e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul para verificar se suas atividades educativas v?m sendo realizadas em conson?ncia com o que preconiza a referida lei. Para a consecu??o dos objetivos propostos, a pesquisa foi aplicada e utilizou a abordagem qualitativa, com car?ter explorat?rio, atrav?s da pesquisa bibliogr?fica e do estudo de caso. Foi realizado um breve resgate hist?rico da educa??o profissional e tecnol?gica no Brasil, da Rede Federal de Educa??o Profissional, Cient?fica e Tecnol?gica e sua expans?o, de como se deu a constitui??o dos Institutos Federais e, ainda, da trajet?ria do Campus Sert?o desde a sua cria??o. Os conceitos de territ?rio e desenvolvimento local tamb?m foram estudados sob a ?tica de v?rios autores que tratam desses temas, para maior entendimento no contexto dos dispositivos legais. Os resultados foram apresentados e discutidos atrav?s da reflex?o sobre os artigos e incisos da lei de cria??o dos Institutos Federais que tratam, expl?cita ou implicitamente, da obriga??o que estas institui??es t?m com o desenvolvimento socioecon?mico e cultural local no seu territ?rio de abrang?ncia. Al?m disso, foi abordado como o ensino, a pesquisa aplicada e a extens?o vinham sendo desenvolvidos no Campus Sert?o antes de sua integra??o ao Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e o que mudou nos dois anos que sucederam a implanta??o da nova institucionalidade. Encerrou-se com uma an?lise comparativa entre o que j? vem sendo realizado pelo Campus e o que ainda ? preciso ser melhor adequado no seu funcionamento a fim de atender plenamente ?s exig?ncias legais e aprimorar sua atua??o na promo??o do desenvolvimento local e regional.

The overall aim of this study is to contribute to the understanding of development projects carried out by teachers within the Swedish 9-year compulsory school. The study concentrates on the everyday classroom work of the teachers, firstly when there were extra funds to use for the development projects, and secondly, when the funding had expired. Eight projects at the primary level were selected. Each project was visited three times during the first year. A follow up was made three years later. Data were collected by way of interviews, questionnaires and observations. The projects had different aims, contents and organization. Some projects changed or developed their aims and contents in the course of the project period, while others kept their original direction. Differences in the development of project activities were found to be related to such factors as the amount of personal support given by headmasters and colleagues, and on whose initiative a project was started, whether by the authorities or by the teachers themselves. Within the framework of the projects, the teachers often instigated relevant in-service training, developed new forms of cooperation, sought to integrate school subjects and tried new pedagogic practices. When financial support was terminated, the new ideas and the new practices were incorporated in the changed every day way of working. The project work tended to make the teachers feel more harmonious and whole, in that the activities tended to tie the teacher's personality and career more firmly together. Besides this personal development, the teachers felt that the project work enhanced more and closer cooperation in the schools. The teachers emphasized that it had become very important for them to collaborate, and that they felt they were no longer left alone with the responsibilities and problems in the classroom. The projects led to more committed pedagogical discussions in the staff- rooms resulting in a claim for more knowledge. The project teachers often invited lecturers and arranged other forms of in-service training. The results of the study are discussed in relation to theories of school development, teacher work and career as well as to gender theories. / digitalisering@umu

The aim of this thesis is to point out the critical position of University Continuing Education Units in the context of knowledge economy for their contribution to local development, and to analyse to what extent these units in the case of Turkey serve for this function. For this purpose, first, the nature of knowledge economy and transformations initiated in this process in labour markets and in nature of education are analysed. Next, new understanding of lifelong learning and restructuring process in universities, which are connected with transformation in these two fields, are discussed. Later, position of cities and importance of urban policy for local development within the context of knowledge economy is examined. Consequently, as a product of these intertwined transformations, it is revealed that University Continuing Education Units appear to be key actors for cities for their contribution to local development. Then, based on the facts developed in the theoretical arguments / data of University Continuing Education Units of Turkey and Middle East Technical University Continuing Education Center (METU CEC) scrutinised in order to reveal how far these units in Turkey serve for local development. Finally, findings and conclusions are summarised, and policy proposals are developed for University Continuing Education Units should follow in order to serve local development effectively.

The success of the local development experiences after the 1980s is associated with the non-economic components as well as the economic ones in the contemporary development literature. Most apparently, the literature seems to be intensified on the local institutions and on the local social interaction which creates reciprocal cooperative trust relations. These socially constructed local institutions refer to the local rules, routines and patterns having been directly influencing the relation among the local actors of development. They are also seen to be the organizational actors of development being responsible for the social inheritance of traditional and even tacit local knowledge and facilitating the adaptation of other local actors to the changing supra local networks. In many cases, however, the age groups dominating these successful development experiences have come to the edge of or already exceeded the age limits of active workforce cohorts currently. The coming decade, therefore, indicates a succession period from these generations leading to the emergence of successful development experiences to their successors. This period is identified in this study as the generational transition. This concept represents a newly emerging field of contradiction and this study analyses and conceptualizes the influences of generational transition on the local pathways of development both in terms of the tensions between diverse generations, and in context of tensions between the institutions and successor generations and among the institutions being socially constructed by diverse generations. These tensions are analyzed in this study through the Kayseri experience which has created a successful local development practice after the 1980s by focusing the generational transformation of both the local development path and the socio-spatial patterns of the town. This analysis indicates three vitally important outcomes of generational transition. Firstly, the local socio-spatial institutions have a crucial importance in the social inheritance of the traditional local knowledge and they have been transformed by the influences of generational transition. Secondly, it is found that the economic organizations have been transformed generationally in tune with the generational transition. And finally it is found that the generational transition has directly been influencing the local development path by destroying or changing some institutions and by creating some new ones.

An ecological approach to land-use planning is essential to maintain the long-term sustainability of ecosystem benefits, services, and resources. Concern about environmental quality and the long-term livability of urban areas is now a driving force in urban planning and design. The interrelated issues of growth management, smart growth, sustainable development, and new urbanism are topics in the most vibrant discussions at all levels of planning and landscape architecture. Within this context, this study starts from the interest in the ecological planning and management in urban areas, especially related to the issue of local development regulation and guidelines. Landscape regulations have come into existence recently in communities across the nation and these regulations vary from one region to another and from one community to another. The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship between ecological landscape structure and local development regulations over time. Comparison analysis was conducted between two areas that had similar pre-development ecological conditions but were developed under vastly different regulatory environments. The Woodlands (regulated to protect ecological condition) and the North Houston area (which followed traditional subdivision regulations) were examined at three different developmental time periods: predevelopment, early development (after 10 years), and matured development (after 30 years). Aerial photos of each site from the three time periods were classified into forested and non-forested classes and the landscape structure was quantified with a number of landscape metrics related to fragmentation??an indicator of habitat degradation. Two factors, the ecological approach to landscape planning and the adoption of more restrictive landscape regulations and guidelines, are discussed on the premise that they exert influence in developing and maintaining the long-term sustainability of ecosystems. In conclusion, this study provides the quantified landscape configuration and composition of the effects of development regulations on landscape structure. The ecologically planned community shows a less fragmented forest pattern and more restrictive development guidelines result in more ecologically structured environments. Understanding how elements of local development regulations affect ecological landscape patterns is important for landscape architects, planners, and administrators because it can lead to better strategies for planning and designing sustainable communities.

<p>The vulnerable social situation of the indigenous women in Bolivia is often on the agenda</p><p>of many organisations (CSOs and NGOs). Especially, the deep rooted socio-political</p><p>discrimination of this group has been addressed in several researches and during various</p><p>international development forums. However, few of these investigations have tried to</p><p>understand in what ways the Aymara women themselves want to be supported by</p><p>organisations in order to become socially empowered. In regard to this, the contemplation</p><p>of this Master Thesis has been to, in an inductive manner, increase the understanding of</p><p>the concept of social empowerment from the perspectives of Aymara women and</p><p>NGOs/CSOs. To do so a qualitative field based study, aimed at letting Aymara women</p><p>themselves explain the social situation, was conducted in Bolivia during the spring 2007.</p><p>The outcome of this research has also served as a foundation to a discussion, with special</p><p>references to the Swedish aid-agency Svalorna Latinamerika, concerning what NGOs and</p><p>CSOs ought to consider when working with social empowerment of Aymara women.</p><p>The overarching methodological approach of the study has been that of a bottom-up</p><p>implementation analysis. In order to retrieve information from the field techniques such as</p><p>socio-anthropological studies, observations, interactions and interviews have been applied.</p><p>Several interesting insights and conclusions have been retrieved from the investigation. The</p><p>primarily conclusion drawn is that empowerment can neither be received nor given as it has</p><p>the features of a learning process. Accordingly, in regard to this organisations must adopt</p><p>the role of 'supporters' rather than 'suppliers'. Secondly, it has been reasoned that any</p><p>undertaking aimed at supporting social empowerment for and of Aymara women must be</p><p>synchronised with the progression of the women's learning processes. This specifically</p><p>suggests that organisations must adopt long-run as well as holistic programmes rather than</p><p>ad hoc activities. The overall conclusion drawn is that if the social empowerment for and of</p><p>Aymara women is to benefit from the undertakings of organisations the planning,</p><p>implementation and evaluation of the activities must primarily be based on terms given by</p><p>the women.</p><p>4</p>

This dissertation is composed of two essays that relate topics in the fields of labor economics, migration, experimental economics and entrepreneurship, taking into account a gender perspective. The first essay examines collective remittances, those sent by migrants' associations to be invested in community projects in their hometowns, matched by governmental funds through the Mexican program 3x1 Para Migrantes. This study evaluates the effect of collective remittances on the probability of wanting to migrate, being employed and in the labor force, and on the amount of hours worked of adult men and women in 2002 and 2005 in Mexico. Collective remittances have a positive, albeit modest, impact on the employment and labor force participation of adults in participant municipalities, but no effect on the preferences to migrate. Important differences are observed by type of project executed and by gender and age cohort, with younger men and women benefiting the most from investments in schools and sports facilities. The second essay conducts a series of laboratory experiments to test the hypothesis that, while stress worsens entrepreneurial choices and outcomes for all, it does so more for women than men. Results show that the effects of stress on choice and performance are more negative for women. Experimentally-induced stress causes more long-lasting productivity losses for women, and additional losses for making choices that do not maximize income given one's productivity. The negative treatment effect on women's productivity, choice quality, and earnings is driven by women who experienced negative life events. The mechanisms that affect choices also differ by gender. Men are more likely to present inconsistencies during a series of entrepreneurial decisions, and women to have inaccurate beliefs about their performance.

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