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Rethinking conventional agriculture : the politics and practices of 'environmentally-friendly' production in the South African wine industryVink, Emma Maria 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2011. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: When the South African wine industry re-entered the global wine markets in the early 1990’s, it faced a number of profound challenges. The most significant of these has been
to gain a foothold in the international markets where both New and Old World wine
producers fiercely compete for the consumer’s purse. In the effort to bolster its
competitiveness and in response to a growing global trend towards ‘environmentally-friendly’
food production the industry launched the Integrated Production of Wine (IPW)
scheme in 1998.This voluntary regulatory system provides guidelines for best agricultural
practices and a producer must pass either the audit or the annual self-evaluation
questionnaire in order to comply. A new Integrity & Sustainability seal has been
introduced which advertises this compliance on each bottle of wine. This home-grown
regulatory scheme is the first and only of its kind in the world and is now accepted by
markets globally.
The Biodiversity & Wine Initiative (BWI) is a collaboration between the wine industry
and conservationists which aims to protect endangered species of the Cape Floral
Kingdom, promote sustainable practices and rehabilitate indigenous flora and fauna on
wine farms. Wines of South Africa (WOSA) is a marketing organisation which promotes
the interests of South African wines in international markets. WOSA’s marketing slogan,
‘Variety is in Our Nature’ seeks to create a ‘common language’ which promotes the
environmental aspects of South African wine production and a platform from which
producers can establish their own marketing strategies.
On the surface it would appear that the industry stands united behind this innovative
initiative. But is this really the case? This thesis explores the views and attitudes of key
industry informants as well as the responses of 14 different cellars from across the
Western Cape. Each respondent was questioned on his/her notion of ‘environmentallyfriendly’,
the cellar’s environmental practices, as well as their views IPW, BWI and
WOSA’s efforts of promoting the South African wine industry’s new environmental
identity. This study has found that the ‘greening’ of the South African wine industry
enjoys broad support and compliance at both industry and cellar level. However, the
results also show that there is serious criticism against the three-pronged ‘project’ which,
if not addressed, could damage the integrity and credibility of industry’s new ‘image’
and undo its innovative edge.
At the theoretical level, the study challenges aspects of both Global Value Chain Theory
and Conventionalisation Theory. Regarding the former, the ‘home-grown’ way in which
the industry has created its own ‘environmentally-friendly’ regulating scheme challenges
the role lead firms take in international value chains. Regarding the latter, because IPW
works within conventional agricultural practices and is far more cost effective than
international ‘environmentally-friendly’ regulations, both large and small farmers can
implement IPW regulations with the same effectiveness. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Toe die Suid-Afrikaanse wynbedryf in die vroeë 1990s her-toegetree het tot die globale
wynmark, het dit ‘n aantal ernstige uitdagings in die gesig gestaar. Die belangrikste
hiervan was om’n vastrapplek te bekom in die internasionale markte, waar Nuwe, sowel
as Ou Wêreld wynprodusente fel met mekaar kompeteer vir die verbruiker se beursie. In
‘n poging om die bedryf se mededingendheid te verbeter en in respons tot ‘n groeiende
tendens na ‘omgewingsvriendelike’ voedselproduksie, het die bedryf in 1998 die
sogenoemde Integrated Production of Wine (IPW) skema van stapel gestuur. Hierdie
vrywillige regulasie-sisteem verskaf riglyne vir optimale landboukundige praktyke en die
produsent moet òf die oudit slaag, òf aan die vereistes van ‘n jaarlikse self-evaluering
voldoen. ’n Nuwe Integrity & Sustainability seël is in gebruik geneem wat die nakoming
van die IPW reëls op elke bottel wyn adverteer. Hierdie tuis-ontwikkelde
reguleringskema is die eerste en enigste van sy soort in die wêreld.
Die Biodiversity & Wine Initiative (BWI) is ’n samewerkingsooreenkoms tussen die
wynbedryf en omgewingsbewaarders wat ten doel het om die bedreigde spesies van die
Kaapse Blommeryk te beskerm, volhoubare praktyke te bevorder en inheemse flora en
fauna op wynplase te rehabiliteer. Wines of South Africa (WOSA) is ’n
bemarkingsorganisasie wat die belange van Suid-Afrikaanse wyne op die internasionale
markte bevorder. WOSA se bemarkingsleuse, ‘Variety is in our Nature’, het ten doel om
’n ‘gemeenskaplike taal’ te skep wat die omgewingsaspekte van die Suid-Afrikaanse
wynproduksie bevorder en ‘n platvorm daarstel waarop produsente hulle eie
bemarkingstrategieë kan lanseer.
Op die oog af wil dit voorkom asof die bedryf verenig staan agter hierdie vernuwende
inisiatief. Maar is dit werklik so? Hierdie tesis ondersoek die perspektiewe en houdings
van sleutel mense in die bedryf, asook die response van 14 verskillende kelders van
dwarsoor die Wes-Kaap. Elke respondent is gepols oor sy/haar opvatting oor wat
‘omgewingsvriendelik’ behels, die kelder se omgewingsvriendelike praktyke, hulle
siening van IPW en BWI, sowel as WOSA se poging om die Suid-Afrikaanse wynbedryf
se nuwe omgewingsidentiteit te bevorder. Die studie het bevind dat die ‘vergroening’ van
die Suid-Afrikaanse wynbedryf breë steun geniet en die geïnstitusionaliseerde regulasies
grootliks nagekom word. Die resultate wys egter ook dat daar ernstige kritiek is teen die
bedryf se driedubbele ‘projek’ – soveel so dat as hierdie kritiek nie aangespreek word nie,
dit die integriteit en geloofbarigheid van die bedryf se nuwe ‘beeld’ kan beskadig, en
daarmee saam sy innoverende voorsprong ongedaan kan maak.
Op ‘n teoretiese vlak bevraagteken die studie aspekte van beide Globale Waardeketting
Teorie en Konvensionaliseringsteorie. Wat eg. betref bevraagteken die ‘tuisgemaakte’
manier waarop die bedryf sy eie ‘omgewingsvriendelike’ reguleringssisteem geskep het,
die rol wat ‘leiersfirmas’ in internasionale waardekettings speel. M.b.t laasgenoemde:
omdat IPW funksioneer binne die raamwerk van konvensionele landboupraktyke en baie
meer koste-effektief is as internasionale ‘omgewingsvriendelike’ regulasies, kan klein
sowel as groot produsente IPW regulasies met ewe veel effektiwiteit implementeer.
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The anthropology of art and the art of anthropology : a complex relationshipAllen, Rika 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil (Sociology and Social Anthropology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2008. / It has been said that anthropology operates in “liminal spaces” which can be defined as
“spaces between disciplines”. This study will explore the space where the fields of art and anthropology meet in order to discover the epistemological and representational challenges
that arise from this encounter. The common ground on which art and anthropology engage
can be defined in terms of their observational and knowledge producing practices. Both art and anthropology rely on observational skills and varying forms of visual literacy to collect and represent data. Anthropologists represent their data mostly in written form by means of ethnographic accounts, and artists represent their findings by means of imaginative artistic mediums such as painting, sculpture, filmmaking and music. Following the so-called ‘ethnographic turn’, contemporary artists have adopted an ‘anthropological’ gaze, including methodologies, such as fieldwork, in their appropriation of other cultures. Anthropologists, on the other hand, in the wake of the ‘writing culture’ critique of the 1980s, are starting to explore new forms of visual research and representational practices that go beyond written texts.
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Methodological issues in the evaluation of small business development policies and programmesBukula, Mandulo Septi 04 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Evaluating small business development policies and programmes is a methodologically
difficult task. A wide range of role players in the economy - government departments
and agencies, corporations, international donors, and non-governmental organisations -
invest resources of sizeable magnitude annually in promoting small business. This
investment is often justified on the basis of the importance of small business in
contributing to the attainment of a range of socio-economic objectives such as job
creation, addressing economic inequity among various population groups, stimulating
competition in the economy, and enhancing economic growth. With the increase in the
magnitude of public investment in small business development, and increasing
competition for the same resources from other worthwhile interventions, the pressure for
public accountability and the need to demonstrate effectiveness of policies and
programmes has increased. Programme sponsors are increasingly requiring that those
receiving public funds for small business development projects should ensure effective
monitoring and evaluation of their programmes in order to ensure that there is a sound
information base to provide the necessary policy and programme feedback.
The question, however, is to what extent small business policies and programmes are
successful in ensuring the attainment of their objectives. To what degree can any changes
at the level of the enterprise and its immediate environment be realistically attributed to
the effectiveness of policies and programmes?
Can ongoing investment In small business development be justified in the face of
competing demands for the same resources from other worthwhile and perhaps more
pressing causes? How efficient is a particular policy or programme in terms of its cost in
relation to other policy or programme alternatives? These and more are questions facing
evaluators of small business development policies and programmes. This thesis shows
that the task facing these evaluators is not an easy one, due to methodological
complexities encountered in attempting to answer these questions. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die evaluering van ontwikkelingsbeleidsrigtinge en -programme van
kleinsakeondernemings is metodologies geen maklike taak nie. 'n Groot verskeidenheid
rolspelers in die ekonomie, ingeslote regeringsdepartemente en -instansies, korporasies,
internasionale skenkers en nie-regeringsorganisasies, belê jaarliks aansienlike hulpbronne
in die bevordering van kleinsakeondernemings. Sodanige beleggings word dikwels
geregverdig aan die hand van die belangrikheid van kleinsakeondernemings se bydrae tot
die bereiking van verskeie sosio-ekonomiese doelwitte soos werkskepping, en om die
kwessie van ekonomiese ongelykheid tussen onderskeie bevolkingsgroepe aan te roer,
om mededinging binne die ekonomie aan te moedig en om ekonomiese groei te versterk.
Die toename in die omvang van openbare beleggings in kleinsakeontwikkeling asook
toenemende mededinging vir dieselfde hulpbronne deur ander verdienstelike partye gaan
gepaard met toenemende druk vir openbare aanspreeklikheid en noodsaak doeltreffende
beleidsrigtingr en -programme. Programborge vereis toenemend dat diegene wat
openbare fondse vir kleinsakeontwikkelingsprojekte ontvang, die doeltreffende
monitering en evaluering van hulle programme moet waarborg sodat daar 'n deeglike
inligtingsbasis bestaan om die nodige beleids- en programterugvoer te verskaf.
Die vraag is egter tot welke mate kleinsakebeleidsrigtinge en -programme daarin slaag
om te verseker dat hul doelwitte bereik word. Tot watter mate kan enige veranderinge op
ondernemingsvlak en sy onmiddellike omgewing, realisties gesproke, aan die
doeltreffendheid van beleidsrigtinge en -programme toegeskryfword?
Kan voortgesette beleggings in kleinsakeontwikkeling geregverdig word in die lig van
mededinging vir dieselfde hulpbronne deur ander verdienstelike, en moontlik selfs meer
dwingende, sake? Hoe doeltreffend is 'n bepaalde beleid of program in terme van sy
koste, gesien in verhouding tot ander beleids- of programkeuses? Diegene, wat
verantwoordelik is vir die beoordeling van kleinsakeontwikkelingsbeleidsrigtinge en -
programme word deur hierdie en vele ander vrae gekonfronteer. Hierdie tesis toon aan
dat sodanige beoordelaars, as gevolg van die metodologiese ingewikkeldhede waarvoor
hulle te staan kom in die poging om hierdie vrae te beantwoord, geen maklike taak het
me.
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Community@cyberspace.com : an ethnography of community and commerce on the InternetConradie, Liesl 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Internet and its Cyberspaces were developed in the 1960s to create a means to
transfer information without the risk of interception and annihilation. Today, 40 years
later, the Internet has grown in both size and application. The most used applications
are still conversation and sharing of information. This thesis is an ethnographic
account of my experiences in a Cyberspace of the Internet- a virtual community with
the name Amazon City.com. Virtual communities are spaces on the Internet where
people come together to discuss their daily lives, issues and anything that's
appropriate for the particular community. It is seen as a response to the demise of third
places in off-line life, globalisation, etc.
The communities that form in these areas develop cultural assumptions. These
cultural assumptions are revealed to a new member through time and interaction in the
conferencing area. The assumptions that I experienced range from knowledge needed
to be an excepted and successful member of the community, to language use and
identity of the members. The conclusion was reached that members view their
participation and membership in these communities as just as fulfilling and real as
their activities in off-line communities.
Further aspects that make a site a growing and economically feasible business strategy
for its owner(s) were my next focus. Internet commerce is growing at an astonishing
rate. Internet business does not only imply the selling of products on-line. Computermediated
communication devices have been implemented on commercial sites after it
was found in the early 1990s that people are looking for something more than just
another shopping area. Other ways that this type of dot com site uses to generate
revenue and whether the members on the site are perceived as citizens or ultimately as
consumers were also studied. It was found that members see themselves as citizens
but site loyalty will push them to act as consumers when need be. The commercial
aspects of these sites are a part of and necessary for the existence of the dot com site,
and the community that fosters there. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Internet en sy Kuberruimtes is ontwikkel in die 1960s as 'n manier om inligting
oor te dra sonder die risiko van intersepsie en vernietiging. Vandag, 40 jaar later het
die Internet gegroei in beide grootte en toepassing. Die mees algemene gebruike is
nogsteeds kommunikasie en die oordrag van inforrnasie. Hierdie tesis is 'n
etnografiese studie van my ervaringe in 'n Kuberruimte van die Internet- 'n virtuele
gemeenskap byname Amazon City.com. Virtuele gemeenskappe is areas op die
Internet waar mense bymekaar kom om hul daaglikse lewens, kwessies en enige iets
toepaslik vir die spesifieke gemeenskap, te bespreek. Die tipe gemeenskap word
gesien as 'n reaksie van die verval van "derde plekke" in af-lyn lewe en globalisering
Die gemeenskap wat vorrn in hierdie areas ontwikkel kulturele veronderstelling.
Hierdie veronderstellings word openbaar aan 'n nuwe lid deur tyd en interaksie in die
konferensie area. Die veronderstellings wat ek ervaar het strek van kennis benodig am
'n aanvaarde en suksesvolle lid van die gemeenskap te word, tot taal gebruik en
identiteit van die lede. Die konklusie is bereik dat lede hul interaksie en lidmaatskap
in hierdie gemenskappe as net so bevredigend en "eg" ervaar as hul aktiwiteite in hul
af-lyn lewe .
Verdere aspekte wat 'n webblad 'n suksesvolle en ekonomiese vatbare besigheids
strategie maak vir sy eienaar, was my volgende fokus. Internet besigheid groei teen 'n
geweldige spoed, en impliseer nie slegs die verkoop van produkte aanlyn nie.
Rekenaar-ondersteunde komrnunikasie toestelle is geimplimenteer op kornmersiele
webbladsye nadat dit gevind is in die vroee 1990s dat mense soek vir 'n plek wat meer
is as net nog 'n winkel. Ander maniere wat hierde dot com webbladsye gebruik am
inkomste te genereer en of die lede gesien word as burgers of as verbruikers word ook
bestudeer. Daar is gevind dat die lede hulself sien as burgers maar webbladsy lojaliteit
sal die lede aanspoor om as verbruikers op te tree indien nodig. Die kommersiele
aspekte van die tipe webbladsy is 'n noodsaaklik deel vir die voortbestaan van die dot
com webbladsy, en die gemeenskap wat daar ontwikkel.
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Die funksie van die Bahurutse-kapteinGrobler, P. J January 1932 (has links)
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 1932. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: No Abstract Available / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen Opsomming Beskikbaar / Some digitised pages may appear illegible due to the condition of the original hard copy
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n Voorondersoek na drankwetgewing en drankgebruik in Suid-AfrikaSlabbert, M. (Marie Jordaan) January 1967 (has links)
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 1967. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: no abstract available / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: geen opsomming
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A review of causes for the relative unequal participation of women in science, engineering and technology and initiativesRitter, Monique 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Current literature reveals that men and women do not participate in the science, engineering and
technology (SET) sector on equal grounds – not qualitatively (access) or qualitatively (ease of
participation). It is important that women have access to and actively participate in science; they make
up more than half of the world’s population and gender equality enhances a country’s economic
growth and competitiveness. Furthermore, the focus should extend further than advocating for equal
access to SET to actively promoting increased participation by women. Women bring a distinctive
quality to SET precisely because of their gender. They are able to increase overall SET participation
numbers and positively contribute to the quality and agenda of science. This study used the pipeline
theory and lifecycle approach as theoretical bases to investigate the causes for unequal participation
and reviewed initiatives aimed at increasing and facilitating the participation of women in SET.
Identified causes include unequal access, male-dominated nature of science, tensions of reconciling
professional and private life, differences in recognition and reward, and lack of female representation
in leadership. The primary methodology used was a documentary analysis study design, consisting
primarily of desktop literature searches and categorization. An initiative summary framework was
used to summarise and code 123 identified initiatives into an initiatives summary database. Findings
were both positive and negative. The study found that women in many cases are on equal footage
with their male counterparts and can manage a healthy work-life balance if provided with the
necessary support but many women still describe a male-dominated work environment that is
exclusionary. Findings indicate that, although decreasing, there is still gender bias in recognition and
reward and that female scientists underutilise financial rewards. Women in SET do not receive equal
pay for equal work and there is a distinct lack of female representation in SET leadership bodies such
as academies of sciences, scientific boards and publication boards of academic journals. The most common modes of intervention are policy interventions, gender mainstreaming, advocacy and interest
groups, and provision of training and support. The majority of initiatives are aimed at bringing about
change at a national/policy level and are driven primarily by government and academia with academia
playing an important middleman role - assisting and guiding government in the design and roll-out of
policies on the one hand and meeting the human resource needs of industry on the other. Although
government and academia have done well in driving initiatives that increase the participation of
women in SET at both school and tertiary level, more needs to be done by industry to drive the
facilitation of participation. There are very few initiatives addressing the retention of women in SET;
this is linked to the lack of attention to returners as a specific target group. The study concludes that
the majority of countries are succeeding in closing the participation gap in terms of access or
horizontal gender equality, but that vertical segregation (focusing on recognition, reward and
advancement), although acknowledged, remains a mostly unaddressed challenge. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Huidige literatuur dui daarop dat vroue en mans nie gelyke deelname geniet in die Wetenskap,
Ingenieurswese en Tegnologie nie – nie kwantitatief (toegang) of kwalitatief (gemak van deelname)
nie. Die belangrikheid van deelname word gesket teen die kennis dat vroue die helfte van die wêreld
se bevolking verteenwoordig en dat lande wat geslagsgelykheid nastreef oor die algemeen hoër
ekonomiese groei en mededingenheid toon. Die fokus in die debat gaan dus nie meer net oor die reg
tot toegang nie maar ook oor aktiewe en gemaklike deelname wat vroue toelaat om juis hul unieke
eienskappe na die wetenskap te bring. Die studie het die pyplynteorie en ‘n lewenssiklusbenadering
as die teoretiese grondslag gebruik om die deelname van vroue in die terrein te bestudeer. Die
navorsing het gepoog om die hoofoorsake vir die relatiewe ongelyke deelname van vroue in die
Wetenskap, Ingenieurswese en Tegnologie te bepaal. Die hoofoorsake is geidentifiseer as ongelyke
toegang, die manlik-gedomineerde aard van wetenskap, die spanning om professionele en
persoonlike lewe te versoen, verskille in erkenning en beloning; en die gebrek aan vroulike
verteenwoordiging in leierskap. Verder wou die studie bepaal watter inisiatiewe in gebruik is vir die
uitbreiding en vergemakliking van vroue se deelname in die veld. Die hoof metodologie was ‘n
dokumentêre analise studie ontwerp. ‘n Inisiatief opsommingsraamwerk is gebruik om die 123
geïdentifiseerde inisiatiewe op te som en te kodeer en is saamgevat in 'n inisiatiewe
opsommingdatabasis. Bevindinge was beide positief en negatief. Die studie het bevind dat vroue in
baie gevalle gelyke toegang geniet en 'n gesonde balans tussen hul persoonlike en professionele
lewe kan bestuur indien die nodige ondersteuning gebied word. Baie vroue beskryf egter nog steeds
'n manlik-gedomineerde werksomgewing. Hoewel die neiging dalend is, is daar nog steeds
geslagsvooroordele in erkenning en beloning en vroulike wetenskaplikes maak nie genoegsaam
gebruik van finansiële belonings wat wel tot hul beskikking is nie. Vroue ontvang ook nie gelyke
betaling vir gelyke werk nie. Daar is 'n duidelike gebrek aan vroulike verteenwoordiging in leierskap soos aangedui in die samestelling van akademies van die wetenskap en die bestuursrade van
wetenskaplike rade en publikasie rade van wetenskaplike vaktydskrifte. Die mees algemene vorme
van intervensies is beleidsintervensies, geslagshoofstroming, voorspraak en belangegroepe, en die
verskaffing van opleiding en ondersteuning. Die meerherheid van inisiatiewe is daarop gemik om
verandering teweeg te bring op nationale en beleidsvlak en word hoofsaaklik gedryf deur die staat en
die akademie. Die akademie speel dan ook ‘n belangrike middelman rol deurdat hul aan die een kant
die regering bystaan in die implementering van beleid en aan die anderkant ook die menslike
hulpbron behoeftes van industrie moet voed. Daar is ‘n leemte by die meerderheid van inisiatiewe in
die aanspreek van die behoeftes van vroue wat wil terugkeer na die veld na ‘n periode van
afwesigheid en aan die retensie van vroulike wetenskaplikes. Die studie kom dus tot die
gevolgtrekking dat die meerderheid van lande en inisiatiewe daarin slaag om meer gelyke deelname
in terme van toegang of horisontale geslaggelykheid te bewerk, maar dat vertikale segregasie (met ‘n
fokus op erkenning, belong en bevordering), nog heelwat aandag moet geniet.
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Environmental concern, race and socio-economic status in post-apartheid South Africa, 1996-2006Beckett, Sean Edward 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines longitudinally the nature of environmental concern in post-apartheid South Africa. During the years of colonialism and apartheid, environmental policy making and implementation was characterised by environmental racism that focused on ecocentric notions of nature conservation and protection, to the exclusion of black, coloured and Asian South Africans. The post-apartheid government has attempted to rectify the exclusion of black people from environmental rights, by enshrining in the Bill of Rights the right to an environment that is not harmful to South Africans' health or well-being. In light of the Bill of Rights unique political and practical implementation in South Africa, and on the basis of a comprehensive review of the empirical and theoretical literature on environmental concern, two hypotheses were formulated for testing in this thesis. The first, which is informed by an environmentalism of the poor or “empty-belly environmentalism” theory, proposes that South Africans have become more environmentally concerned since the end of apartheid. The second hypothesis is informed by the post-materialist thesis, and examines whether controlling for socio-economic status eliminates difference in environmental concern amongst the various race groups. The research design applied in this thesis is a longitudinal analysis of secondary data, in particular World Values Survey data. The results of this analysis led to a rejection of the first hypotheses, and a partial rejection of the second hypothesis. Additionally, the results reveal that since 1996 environmental concern has become less influenced by race and class. The thesis also contributes methodologically to future research on environmental concern, by raising concerns about the operationalisation and conceptualisation of environmental concern in the World Values Survey. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis ondersoek die aard van omgewingsbesorgdheid in post-apartheid Suid-Afrika. Gedurende die jare van kolonialisme en apartheid was beleidmaking en -implementering gekenmerk deur omgewingsrassisme wat op ekosentriese opvattings van natuurbewaring en -beskerming gefokus het. Dit het tot die uitsluiting van swart, bruin en Asiatiese Suid-Afrikaners gelei. Die post-apartheid regering het gepoog om hierdie groot ongelykhede reg te stel, deur die reg tot 'n omgewing wat nie skadelik vir hul gesondheid of welsyn is nie, vas te lê in die Handves van Menseregte. In die lig van hierdie omgewingsbeleidspunte se unieke politieke en praktiese implementering in Suid-Afrika, en op grond van 'n omvattende oorsig van die empiriese en teoretiese literatuur oor omgewingsbesordheid, is twee hipoteses in hierdie tesis getoets. Die eerste hipotese, waaraan 'n omgewingsbewustheid van die armes of "leë maag omgewingsbewustheid"-teorie gestalte verleen het, voer aan dat Suid-Afrikaners sedert die einde van apartheid meer omgewingsbesorgd geword het. Die tweede hipotese, wat voortvloei uit die post-materialistiese tesis, ondersoek of die verskil tussen die rasgroepe in terme van omgewingsbesorgheid verdwyn as hulle sosio-ekonomiese status konstant gehou word. Die navorsingsontwerp van hierdie tesis is 'n longitudinale ontleding van sekondêre data. Die resultate van hierdie analise onthul dat omgewingsbesorgdheid sedert 1996 minder volgens ras en klas gestruktureer word; buitendien is die eerste hipotese verwerp en die tweede hipotese gedeeltelik verwerp. Hierdie resultate het kommer oor die operasionalisering en konseptualisering van omgewingsbesorgdheid in die “World Values Survey” gewek.
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A conceptual model for a programme monitoring and evaluation information systemGabriel , Komakech 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Literature on monitoring and evaluation acknowledges the complexity in the field. Many evaluation studies require empirical evidence to be integrated with decisions on standards and values to reach robust evaluative conclusions. In this context, organizations face a number of difficulties in attempting to develop computerized software for monitoring and evaluating their programmes. The situation is exacerbated by the lack of literature on how various concepts used in programme monitoring and evaluation could be arranged into a coherent pattern of concepts upon which the development of monitoring and evaluation software could be contingent. The aim of this thesis is to present a conceptual model for a programme monitoring and evaluation information system that can guide programme agencies in the procurement, design and development of software for programme monitoring and evaluation. The conceptual model is based on an assessment of several key concepts that characterize programme monitoring and evaluation: programme goals and objectives; programme activities; programme providers; administrators; funders; community stakeholders; macro-environment and relationship between them; personal goals and objectives; existing conditions; targeted individual (s); family friends, and community; macro-environment and relationships between them; programme participation and programme outcomes. Using purposive techniques, 15 relevant monitoring and evaluation documents were selected from within 3 large-scale programmes implemented in Uganda. These documents were used to identify and describe the features and attributes associated with each of the key M&E concepts.
The findings reveal that only eleven of the key concepts listed above were used by the three case study programmes. In particular, their use was geared mainly towards the collection of empirical evidence to demonstrate programme accountability requirements. The study arranged the eleven distinctions into a framework comprising of three dimensions: (1) programme design; (2) programme implementation plan; and (3) programme implementation result. The programme design dimension comprises of five key concepts used to capture the essential information on programme design. The implementation plan dimension comprises of three key concepts used to capture the essential information on the actions that have been planned by each programme. The implementation result comprises of four key concepts that capture the essential information on the outcome of both routine and terminal monitoring and evaluation activities.
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A review of methodological trends in South African sociology, 1990–2009Basson, Isabel 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis investigates the research methods employed by South African sociological researchers, as published in academic peer-reviewed journals during the period 1990 to 2009. Specific attention was given to the trends in terms of qualitative and quantitative methodologies and related methods employed. Methodological pluralism, the viewpoint that a mature sociology should incorporate explanatory, predictive and humanistic methods, has been the focus of various authors internationally and locally. A concern that has been reiterated in the literature is that an over-emphasis on one methodology or one type of method is unhealthy for the development of the social sciences in a country. No recent review of the methods and methodologies employed in sociology in South Africa has been conducted, and with no clear view of the recent and current situation, no strategy can be formulated to address this potential concern. This thesis aims to address this issue by describing the situation in South Africa from 1990 to 2009. The empirical research presented in this thesis employed a content analysis design and quantitative methodology. Data were obtained from a sample of research articles collected from various online databases. Probability sampling was conducted, by making use of the method of stratified systematic sampling with a random start. Data analysis was both cross-sectional and longitudinal, and made use primarily of descriptive statistics, but bivariate analysis and chi-square tests were also employed. Various aspects of the research reported in the articles were analysed, which included methodology, research design, sampling methods, data collection methods, data analysis methods and author collaboration. The main findings of the thesis are that, during the past two decades both quantitative and qualitative methodologies have been employed to an equal extent, but that the use of non-probability sampling methods was higher than anticipated. Both local and international collaboration has increased over the past 20 years, and a quantitative methodology was significantly more likely if international collaborators were involved in the research. The thesis concludes that research methods in general, and sampling methods in particular, are poorly reported in published sociological research. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die tesis ondersoek die navorsingsmetodes wat deur Suid Afrikaanse outeurs gebruik is tydens die tydperk 1990 tot 2009 wanneer hulle sosiologiese artikels in akademiese, eweknie-beoordeelde vaktydskrifte gepubliseer het. Aandag is spesifiek verleen aan metodologiese tendense in terme van kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe metodologie en gepaardgaande metodes. Verskeie internationale en plaaslike outeurs fokus op metodologiese pluralisme: die standpunt dat ʼn gesonde sosiologie ondersoekende, voorspellende en humanistiese metodes moet gebruik. Die besorgdheid wat herhaaldelik voorkom in die literatuur is dat ʼn oorbeklemtoning op net een metodologie en dié se verwante metodes ongesond is vir die ontwikkeling van die sosiale wetenskappe in ʼn land. Daar is geen onlangse oorsig van die metodes en metodologieë wat in die sosiologie in Suid Afrika gebruik word nie, en sonder hierdie inligting kan daar nie ʼn strategie ontwerp word om die potensiële besorgdheid aan te spreek nie. Hierdie tesis het ten doel om hierdie kwessie aan te spreek deur die situasie in Suid Afrika vanaf 1990 tot 2009 te beskryf. Die empiriese navorsing in die tesis wend ʼn inhouds-analise navorsingontwerp en ʼn kwantitatiewe metodologie aan. Data is ingesamel deur gebruik te maak van ʼn steekproef van navorsings-artikels wat versamel is vanaf verskeie aanlyndatabasisse. ʼn Waarskynlikheidsteekproef is getrek deur gebruik te maak van gestratifiseerde sistematiese steekproefneming met ʼn lukrake beginpunt. Data-ontleding was beide kruissnydend en longitudinaal, en het hoofsaaklik vanbeskrywende statistiek gebruik gemaak, maar tweeveranderlike ontleding en chi-kwadraat toetse is ook aangewend. Verskeie aspekte van die navorsing wat in die artikels geraporteer word, is ontleed, insluitend: metodologie, navorsingsontwerp, streekproefmetodes, data-insamelingsmetodes, en outeursamewerking. Die hoofbevindinge van die tesis was dat beide kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe metodologieë in ’n gelyke mate aangewend word, maar dat nie-ewekansige steekproefmetodes meer gebruik word as wat te verwagte is. Samewerking, beide tussen plaaslike outeurs asook tussen plaaslike en internasionale outeurs, het oor die afgelope 20 jaar toegeneem, en ‘n kwantitatiewe metodologie was beduiend meer waarskynlik as internasionale medewerkers in die navorsing betrokke was. Die tesis kom tot die gevolgtrekking dat navorsingsmetodes oor die algemeen, en steekproefmetodes in besonder, swak gerapporteer word in gepubliseerde sosiologiese navorsing.
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