by Tam Yin-Mui. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 31-32). / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Design of the Study --- p.1 / Chapter 1 --- Introduction / Chapter 2 --- Aspects of the Study / Chapter 3 --- Methodology / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Hong Kong Red Cross --- p.7 / Chapter 1 --- Origin and Development / Chapter 2 --- Organization Structure / Chapter 3 --- Remarks / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Current Situations --- p.11 / Chapter 1 --- Government Relationship / Chapter 2 --- Social Perception on Voluntarism / Chapter 3 --- Discussion / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Planning system --- p.15 / Chapter 1 --- Planning Process / Chapter 2 --- Planning Scope / Chapter 3 --- Discussion / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Control System --- p.20 / Chapter 1 --- Communication and Control / Chapter 2 --- Performance Measurement and Evaluation / Chapter 3 --- Discussion / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Conclusions --- p.25 / Chapter 1 --- About Structure / Chapter 2 --- About Planning / Chapter 3 --- About Control / Chapter 4 --- Final Remarks / References --- p.31 / Appendix 1 Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross --- p.33 / Chapter 2 --- Organization Chart of the British Red Cross Society --- p.34 / Chapter 3 --- "HKRC Ordinance,1976" --- p.35 / Chapter 4 --- "HKRC Rules,1990" --- p.38 / Chapter 5 a --- Questions set for Blood Transfusion Service --- p.43 / Chapter b --- Questions set for Red Cross Schools --- p.44 / Chapter c --- Questions set for Youth and Welfare Service --- p.45 / Chapter d --- Interview Record with Mrs. Fu --- p.46 / Chapter 6 --- Organization chart of HKRC --- p.48 / Chapter 7 --- Youth and Welfare System Chart --- p.49 / Chapter 8 --- Terms of Reference for Youth and Welfare Committee --- p.50 / "Exhibit 1 Expenditure of Social Welfare Department, 89/90" --- p.51 / Chapter 2 --- "Blood Transfusion Service, Income 90/91" --- p.52 / Chapter 3 --- "Red Cross Schools, Income 90/91" --- p.53 / Chapter 4 --- "General Fund, Income 90/91" --- p.54 / Chapter 5 --- "a-c Demographic data,1981" --- p.55 / Chapter 6 --- "Expenditure of HKRC on Activities, 90/91" --- p.58 / Chapter 7 --- "Financial Allocation of HKRC, 90/91" --- p.59

This thesis looks at a variety of stakeholders and how they inform the conversations around disasters and disaster sites. In particular it focuses on the way knowledge frameworks of different actors informs this dialogue and defines the nature of their response. The thesis argues that this has an implication for debates on democracy, governance and citizenship. The thesis looks at four sets of actors: individuals confronting and coping with the everydayness of disasters.; the states of Gujarat and Orissa in India which innovate in the face of disasters to either create a techno-managerial response and institute different methodologies or use the existing structures to embed themselves further and perpetuate the poverty and disaster industry; the Christian and secular humanitarian groups: the former make a transition from charity to rights discourse while intervening in disasters. The latter focus on building methodologies which institute certain norms of responding to disasters and catering to those it considers as more vulnerable when disaster strikes. The thesis finally turns its attention to the response of four Hindu groups who draw on civilizational categories to engage with issues of pain, suffering, healing. Each stakeholder, the thesis argues, in articulating its response to disasters, presents a 'counter model' or at least a complementary understanding of how to think and respond to disasters. This plurality of engagement by questioning the preconceived frameworks adds not just to the democratic imagination but also to the debates on what constitutes governance and citizenship. Methodologically, the thesis is an ethnographic exploration located in two sites in India: Gujarat and Orissa. It keeps storytelling, ethnography, analysis, policy documents together and tries to show that they become a weave in disaster studies.

[pt] O presente estudo foi realizado na Universidade Aberta da Terceira Idade - UnATI/UERJ, tendo por objetivo compreender o significado do fenômeno da amizade, na perspectiva dos direitos, privilegiando a sua dimensão política, enquanto ação desenvolvida nos espaços público e privado, pelos idosos do Projeto Idosos Colaboradores, coordenado pelo Serviço Social, através de uma revisão da literatura e de uma pesquisa empírica realizada junto aos referidos idosos. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida através da metodologia qualitativa apoiada no estudo de caso, através do depoimento em entrevistas semi- estruturadas com idosos, na faixa etária entre 64 a 82 anos de idade. O presente estudo está baseado fundamentalmente na teoria política de Hannah Arendt. Os principais resultados revelam a grande importância da amizade para os idosos, cuja definição, características, dimensões, foram compreendidos de forma semelhante entre eles, que também valorizam a amizade como fonte de suporte social, associada ao bem estar subjetivo, ação solidária, fraternidade, direito e dever e ação no espaço público pelo diálogo franco, aberto e sincero de conteúdo diverso, inclusive sobre política. / [en] The present study was accomplished in the Universidade Aberta da Terceira Idade - UnATI/UERJ, tends for objective to understand the meaning of the phenomenon of the friendship, in the perspective of the rights, privileging your political dimension, while action developed in the spaces public and private, for the seniors of the Projeto Idosos Colaboradores, coordinated by the Social Work, through a revision of the literature and of an empiric research accomplished close to the referred senior. The research was developed through the qualitative methodology, leaning in the case study, through the deposition in interviews semistructured with seniors, in the age group among 64 to 82 years of age. The present study is based fundamentally in Hannah Arendt political theory. The principal results reveal the great importance of the friendship for the seniors, whose definition, characteristics, dimensions, they were understood in a similar way among them, that they also value the friendship as source of social support, associated to the good to be subjective, solidary action, fraternity, right and to owe and action in the public space for the dialogue frank, open and sincere of several content, besides on politics.

Abstract: Utsagor gällande framtida utfall betecknas som framtidsstudier. Den mest vidsprida och accepterade av alla framtidsstudier är den så kallade demografiska prognosen. Föreliggande uppsats har som syfte besvara tre frågeställningar genom att analysera prognoser utifrån ett kommunalt perspektiv. Frågeställningarna är följande: Vilken sammansättning, ställning och syfte har nutida befolkningsprognoser inom den Svenska kommunala verksamheten? Hur kommer den geografiska fördelningen av människor utvecklas under det kommande decenniet, och vilka trender ligger bakom denna utveckling? Kan moderna demografiska prognoser anses utgöra ett tillförlitligt planeringsunderlag för den nutida kommunala verksamheten ? Det är primärt den deskriptiva metoden som tillämpas i uppsatsen. Denna kompletteras dock stundtals av komparativa analyser. Resultaten visar att kommunala demografiska prognoser är i princip mindre komplexa versioner av SCB:s nationella prognos. Då hela 247 av 290 kommuner i Sverige tillämpar prognoser som underlag för sin framtida planering, betraktas dess ställning som tämligen god. Kommunala prognosers syfte är att vara ett realistiskt underlag vid beslutsfattandet över distributionen av kommunens resurser. Enligt insamlat material förutspås de redan befolkningsmässigt stora kommuner och deras agglomerationer att fortsätta växa. Detta indikerar en vidare urholkning av glesbygden, där främst yngre flyttar mot större städer för studier och arbete och lämnar bakom sig medelålders och äldre. Den sociala faktorn blir vid en viss ålder överordnad rent ekonomiska vinster, vilket förklarar varför äldre och medelålders väljer att stanna kvar i sina hemorter i högre utsträckning än yngre människor. Den största dragningskraften vad gäller större kommuner är deras befolkningsmässiga storlek och diversifierade dynamiska arbetsmarknader, medan mindre kommuners dragningskraft baseras primärt på jämförelsevis låga boendekostnader. Kommunala prognoser tillförlitlighet determineras utifrån jämförelser mellan tillgängliga kommunala prognoser och deras regionala och nationella motsvarigheter. Även om den förutspådda befolkningsutvecklingen är något högre bland tillgängliga kommunala prognoser än vad som tolkas från nationellt och regionalt håll, så kan kommunala prognoser ändå anses generellt tillförlitliga då dess utfall befinner sig inom rimlighetens gränser.

<p>Abstract: Utsagor gällande framtida utfall betecknas som framtidsstudier. Den mest vidsprida och accepterade av alla framtidsstudier är den så kallade demografiska prognosen. Föreliggande uppsats har som syfte besvara tre frågeställningar genom att analysera prognoser utifrån ett kommunalt perspektiv. Frågeställningarna är följande: Vilken sammansättning, ställning och syfte har nutida befolkningsprognoser inom den Svenska kommunala verksamheten? Hur kommer den geografiska fördelningen av människor utvecklas under det kommande decenniet, och vilka trender ligger bakom denna utveckling? Kan moderna demografiska prognoser anses utgöra ett tillförlitligt planeringsunderlag för den nutida kommunala verksamheten ? Det är primärt den deskriptiva metoden som tillämpas i uppsatsen. Denna kompletteras dock stundtals av komparativa analyser.</p><p>Resultaten visar att kommunala demografiska prognoser är i princip mindre komplexa versioner av SCB:s nationella prognos. Då hela 247 av 290 kommuner i Sverige tillämpar prognoser som underlag för sin framtida planering, betraktas dess ställning som tämligen god. Kommunala prognosers syfte är att vara ett realistiskt underlag vid beslutsfattandet över distributionen av kommunens resurser. Enligt insamlat material förutspås de redan befolkningsmässigt stora kommuner och deras agglomerationer att fortsätta växa. Detta indikerar en vidare urholkning av glesbygden, där främst yngre flyttar mot större städer för studier och arbete och lämnar bakom sig medelålders och äldre. Den sociala faktorn blir vid en viss ålder överordnad rent ekonomiska vinster, vilket förklarar varför äldre och medelålders väljer att stanna kvar i sina hemorter i högre utsträckning än yngre människor. Den största dragningskraften vad gäller större kommuner är deras befolkningsmässiga storlek och diversifierade dynamiska arbetsmarknader, medan mindre kommuners dragningskraft baseras primärt på jämförelsevis låga boendekostnader. Kommunala prognoser tillförlitlighet determineras utifrån jämförelser mellan tillgängliga kommunala prognoser och deras regionala och nationella motsvarigheter. Även om den förutspådda befolkningsutvecklingen är något högre bland tillgängliga kommunala prognoser än vad som tolkas från nationellt och regionalt håll, så kan kommunala prognoser ändå anses generellt tillförlitliga då dess utfall befinner sig inom rimlighetens gränser.</p>

Diss. Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2008.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 215-257). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 215-257). Also available on the Internet.

This study examines the interaction of the Second World War with the selfhood of Kenneth Preston, a Keighley schoolmaster, using primarily the exceptionally rich content of Preston’s Diary, maintained 1941-1945. In tracing Preston’s home front experience, attention is given to the ways in which the war interacted with the individual’s own self and social conceptions, as well as ways in which subjective experiences and perceptions translated into objective realities, such as in Preston’s participation in the war effort. Illuminating the personal dimensions of the war experience enabled a broad range of meanings and “webs of significance” to emerge, allowing for examination of the interplay between the conflict and understandings of class, community, gender, citizenship, social mores, and aspects of social change during the conflict. Preston’s understandings of himself and of society are intriguing contributions to the discussion surrounding active wartime citizenship, and further historical awareness of the meanings and understandings held within the British population during the era of the Second World War. In particular, the prestige the war offered to modernistic notions of science and technical intelligence is shown to have held a central place in the war experience of this particular individual and in his perception of the rise of the welfare state. With its focus on selfhood, the study is distinguished from arguments grounded in analysis of cultural products from the era; it also contributes to understandings of the causes and implications of social change, as well as the war’s personal impact on the male civilian.

The diploma thesis deals with the issue of motivation to volunteer in developing countries. The aim of the diploma thesis was to analyze the concept of volunteering in developing countries, with regard to the motivation of people who choose to volunteer in a developing country. The theoretical part characterizes the main concepts and topics such as volunteering, including its legislative definition, developing countries, motivation to volunteer. The practical part describes the research, which aimed to analyze the motivation of volunteers working in developing countries. The research sample consisted of 75 volunteers who were given a questionnaire of Author's own design. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with two other volunteers. Volunteers were found to be motivated to help, as well as motivation associated with personal gain. The motivation of volunteers was formed due to the experience with the effectiveness of aid in volunteering. Weaknesses were identified, in particular regarding the preparation of volunteers before leaving for a developing country. Part of the work is a recommendation for sending organizations, as well as for the volunteers themselves. Key words: Civil society, developing country, education, motivation, sending organization, voluntarism, volunteering.