Thesis (Th. M.)--Calvin Theological Seminary, 1997. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [155]-158).

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Entretanto, em que pese a diversidade desses estudos, constatou-se neles uma débil vínculo com o legado intelectual de Karl Polanyi, o que parece contraditório dada a sua importância para as Ciências Sociais, em geral, e a rica reflexão que a sua principal obra, A Grande Transformação, oferece sobre os fenômenos internacionais. Assim, do pressuposto de que o pensamento desse intelectual oferece novas perspectivas teóricas capazes de contribuir para a compreensão das organizações intergovernamentais e das próprias relações internacionais é que nasce o problema que norteia esta pesquisa, qual seja, quais as possíveis contribuições intelectuais e teóricas de Karl Polanyi para a compreensão do fenômeno das organizações intergovernamentais? Assim, esta pesquisa se insere nas áreas temáticas da Governança Global e das Organizações Internacionais e tem como tema as contribuições de Karl Polanyi para se pensar as organizações intergovernamentais. Este trabalho se justifica especialmente pela escassez de estudos que se baseiam em Polanyi para refletir sobre as organizações intergovernamentais, assim como pelo potencial analítico que esse intelectual parece oferecer a questão que aqui se coloca. Esta é uma pesquisa teórica, de natureza qualitativa e com fins exploratórios (já que foi buscado aprofundar o conhecimento sobre as relações entre Polanyi e os estudos das organizações intergovernamentais) e explicativos (na medida em que se buscou oferecer novas explicações sobre essas organizações a partir de Polanyi). O método de pesquisa foi sobretudo o bibliográfico. Assim, buscou-se realizar uma leitura crítica e meticulosa de um extenso material bibliográfico composto de livros, artigos, teses e dissertações. Visando a atingir o objetivo proposto nesta pesquisa, estruturou-se este trabalho em três capítulos. No primeiro capítulo apresenta-se o contexto mais amplo no qual se desenvolveram as organizações intergovernamentais, assim como se explora os ensinamentos de Karl Polanyi contidos em A Grande Transformação. O segundo capítulo tem por objetivo explorar e refletir sobre as principais abordagens e teorias das Relações Internacionais que, ainda que indiretamente, tratem das organizações intergovernamentais. Por fim, no terceiro capítulo buscou-se refletir sobre os possíveis subsídios teóricos que Polanyi pode oferecer ao campo de estudos das organizações intergovernamentais, assim como na compreensão do fenômeno dessas organizações. A pesquisa concluiu que, ao aproximar Polanyi das diferentes abordagens das Relações Internacionais que tratam das organizações intergovernamentais, é claro o seu potencial para jogar novas luzes sobre essas organizações e seu papel na ordem mundial. Nesse sentido, Polanyi desafia teorias estabelecidas, corrobora outras e complementa ainda outras. / Intergovernmental organizations are important international institutions that operate in global governance. Studies of these organizations are connected to highly distinct disciplines and intellectual traditions. Notwithstanding the diversity of these studies, however, their links to the intellectual legacy of Karl Polanyi are weak, which appears to be contradictory, given his importance for the Social Sciences in general and the rich reflections that his principal work, The Great Transformation, provides about international phenomena. Thus, the problem that guides this research is born out of the supposition that the thinking of this intellectual provides new theoretical positions capable of contributing new perspectives to our understanding of intergovernmental organizations. The research problem is thus: what are the possible intellectual and theoretical contributions of Karl Polanyi’s thinking to our understanding of the phenomena of intergovernmental organizations? The research therefore comes under the thematic areas of Global Governance and International Organizations and its theme is Karl Polanyi’s contributions to thinking about intergovernmental organizations. This work may be specifically justified by the lack of studies based on Polanyi aiming to reflect on intergovernmental organizations, as well as the analytical potential that this intellectual appears to provide to the question posited here. This is a theoretical, qualitative study for both exploratory (since it seeks to extend knowledge about the relationship between Polanyi and studies about intergovernmental organizations) and explanatory (in that is seeks to provide new explanations about such organizations based on Polanyi) purposes. The research method was principally bibliographic and sought to undertake a critical and meticulous reading of extensive bibliographical material including books, articles, theses and dissertations. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, the research is divided into three chapters. The first chapter presents the wider context in which intergovernmental organizations operate and explores the teachings of Karl Polanyi contained in The Great Transformation. The second chapter aims to explore and reflect on the main approaches and theories of International Relations that deal, however indirectly, with intergovernmental organizations. Finally, the third chapter seeks to reflect on the possible theoretical support that Polanyi may provide to our understanding of the phenomena of intergovernmental organizations. The research concludes that, when we address Polanyi through the different approaches of International Relations dealing with intergovernmental organizations, there is manifest potential to shed new light on such organizations. In this sense, Polanyi challenges certain established theories, corroborates some and complements others.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) A informalidade do mercado de trabalho um desafio institucional permanente para a economia brasileira.pdf: 958249 bytes, checksum: a59e1905497487e5bfe562cee5be8327 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / A economia informal compõe o mundo do trabalho de todas as sociedades capitalistas, em menor ou em maior grau. No Brasil, historicamente observa-se que esse fenômeno tem sido sempre muito abrangente, sobretudo motivado pelo e resultante do contexto socioeconômico, jurídico e político. Devido às idiossincrasias nacionais, desde o surgimento do mercado de trabalho no país, esta situação persiste em diversos panoramas e com vários matizes, obstaculizando uma melhor performance global da economia brasileira e negando oportunidades de desenvolvimento individual e social ao longo do tempo. Sendo assim, e através do prisma da Economia Social e do Trabalho, o objetivo desta dissertação é analisar os principais fatores conjunturais e estruturais da informalidade observada no mercado nacional de trabalho no interregno 1980-2012, apresentando a dimensão desse problema e expondo suas raízes econômicas e institucionais, a fim de contribuir com novos elementos para o debate da informalidade em nível nacional. A hipótese central dessa pesquisa é de que o elevado GI no Brasil persiste essencialmente – mesmo que com diferentes especificidades históricas – ao nível das mentalidades dos diversos agentes, isto é, antes de ter-se um mercado nacional de trabalho com um alto GI, tem-se uma sociedade brasileira altamente informal. A instituição “trabalho informal” persiste como um hábito incrustado mesmo diante de mudanças de ordem socioeconômica, o que impede que grande parcela da população brasileira tenha acesso ao trabalho formalizado e decente (a là OIT). É mister que haja maior efetividade das leis e aprimoramentos institucionais acompanhados de coordenação e “vontade política”, alicerçados pela tomada de consciência crescente da sociedade civil no que se refere à importância da formalização e aos males da informalidade tanto para seus cidadãos quanto para a nação. Sugere-se como uma possível alternativa para diminuir o GI de forma mais consistente a consideração, para além dos aspectos econômicos e jurídicos, do arcabouço cultural, histórico, comportamental e dos hábitos sociais incrustados que os condicionam e os orientam. Isto porque são estes os eixos que norteiam o processo de desenvolvimento individual e social. Nesse sentido, o estudo (de caráter descritivo e analítico) é fundamentado pelas teorias sistêmicas e multidisciplinares desenvolvidas por Karl Paul Polanyi e Amartya Kumar Sen, interpretadas como artífices de uma vida digna, além de apregoarem o “reincrustamento” da economia na sociedade e, por analogia, o “desincrustamento” da informalidade institucionalmente enraizada na sociedade brasileira. Isso se dará à medida que forem expandidas as liberdades instrumentais e substantivas, em uma espécie de “causação circular cumulativa” aplicada à questão da informalidade, tendo como “efeito colateral altamente desejável” o desenvolvimento socioeconômico. As principais contribuições deste estudo emergiram justamente das concepções teóricas dos dois autores, combinadas aos nexos de convergência estabelecidos entre a economia brasileira, seus desdobramentos institucionais e a informalidade no mercado nacional de trabalho no período estudado. / The informal economy composes the world of work of all the capitalist societies, in lesser or greater extent. In Brazil, historically it is observed that this phenomenon has always been very broad, mostly motivated by and resulting from socio-economic, legal and political context. Due to national idiosyncrasies, since the advent of the labour market in the country, this situation exists in several panoramas and various hues, hindering a better overall performance of the Brazilian economy and denying opportunities for individual and social development over time. Thus, and through the prism of Social and Labour Economics, the aim of this work is to analyze the main conjunctural and structural factors of informality observed in the national labour market in the interregnum 1980-2012, showing the dimension of this problem and exposing their economic and institutional roots, in order to contribute with new elements to the discussion of informality at the national level. The central hypothesis of this research is that high degree of labour informality in Brazil remains essentially – even if subject to historical specificities – at the level of mentalities of the different agents, meaning that before having a national labour market with a high degree of labour informality has been a highly informal Brazilian society. The institution of “informal work” remains an embedded habit even when a change in the socio-economic order occurs, which precludes much of the population access to formal and decent work (according to ILO definition). It is imperative a greater effectiveness of laws and institutional improvements accompanied by coordination and “political will”, grounded by the growing awareness of civil society with regard to the importance of formal work and the evils of the informal work for its citizens and for the nation as a whole. Beyond to the economic and legal aspects, it is suggested as a possible alternative to reduce the degree of labour informality a more consistent consideration of the cultural, historical and behavioral backgrounds together with the embedded social habits that affect and drive them. These last ones are the axes that guide the process of individual and social development. In this sense, this study (of descriptive and analytical nature) is based on systemic and multidisciplinary theories developed by Karl Paul Polanyi and Amartya Kumar Sen, interpreted as artificers of a dignified life, as well as endorsers of the “re-embeddedness” of the economy in the society and, by analogy, the “desembeddedness” of the informality institutionally rooted in the Brazilian society. This will take place as a consequence of the expansion of the instrumental and substantive freedoms in a sort of “circular and cumulative causation” applied to the issue of informality, with the “highly desirable side effect” of socio-economic development. The main contributions of this research emerged precisely from the theoretical conceptions of these two authors along with a convergent nexus established among the Brazilian economy, its institutional unfolding process and the informality in the national labour market during the studied period.

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Denna studies syfte var att undersöka hur forskare inom idrott och hälsa ser pårörelsebegreppet och komplexa rörelser. Forskarna har lite varierande syn på hur begreppetska förstås och användas och oavsett hur de har tolkat begreppen, så kommer nästa problem,vilket har visat sig både inom idrottsämnet och i skolan i allmänhet, nämligen att nå ut medaktuell forskning till verksamma lärare. Studien genomfördes genom semistruktureradekvalitativa intervjuer med fem verksamma forskare inom ämnet idrott och hälsa. De valdes ut,utifrån deras profession. De genomförda intervjuerna kom sedan att analyseras med hjälp avfenomenografin som analysmodell och sedan utifrån teorierna med Ryles och Polanyi tystkunskap och knowing how and konwing what. Det visade sig att det finns färsk forskning iSverige som potentiellt sett skulle kunna vara lärarna till hjälp och där de börjar bena utinnebörden av rörelsebegreppet och komplexa rörelser som också omnämns i våra kursplaner.Det viktiga är sedan att de nya rönen blir tillgängliga för idrottslärarna. Resultatet visar ocksåatt forskarna inte tycker att det är lärarna som är ovilliga till att tillgodose sig ny forskning,men att det är för dåliga förutsättningar runtomkring, och för detta är det flera saker sombehöver förändras.

Karl Polanyi started his career as a doctor of law and practiced law for a while; but he did not become a legal scholar. As an economic historian, anthropologist, or sociologist, he was concerned with the relation of economy and society. But even though law is an important factor in mediating this relationship, Polanyi gave little attention to the law as such. As part of an endeavour to advance a "Polanyian" economic sociology of law, this article develops the "law of market Society" as an analytical category. For thi s purpose, three argumentative strategies are combined. First, the article draws on The Great Transformation to reconstruct the role of law in the processes of commodification and decommodification. Second, it turns to Marxist scholarship to explore the conceptual link between law and economics and to ponder to what extent law itself can become a commodity. Third, it links Polanyi's approach with American institutionalism, and Commons' work in particular, to show how the evolution of the "law of market Society" can also be understood as a collective enterprise which continuously evolves. It is argued that these perspectives complement each other and help to bring the law back in where it is missing.

La valorisation de la biomasse est une alternative intéressante aux ressources fossiles, et s'effectue fréquemment en catalyse hétérogène. L'élaboration de nouveaux catalyseurs est une tâche ardue qui peut être considérablement accélérée in silico. Cependant les molécules de la biomasse sont souvent complexes et hautement oxygénées, rendant ainsi les calculs plus difficiles et couteux en temps. Parmi ces composés, les polyols sont particulièrement importants. Nous avons développé des relations du type Brønsted-Evans-Polanyi (BEP) à partir d'une étude DFT menée sur une famille de monoalcools concernant les dissociations des liaisons C-H et O-H sur des catalyseurs métalliques (Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ir, Pt). Ces relations ont pour but de prédire l’énergie d’activation d’une étape élémentaire à partir de son énergie de réaction. La précision obtenue par ces modèles linéaires est supérieure à 0.10 eV pour l'échantillon considéré. Ces relations ont ensuite étaient appliquées aux étapes élémentaires de la déshydrogénation du glycérol, choisi comme polyol prototype. On observe une erreur moyenne inférieure à 0.10 eV et une erreur systématique de l'ordre de ± 0.10 eV sur Rh. Etant donné que la principale différence entre les monoalcools et le glycérol, vient des liaisons H intramoléculaires présentes dans celui-ci, nous avons mis en place des relations linéaires pour prédire la déshydrogénation des monoalcools assistée par l'eau. Ces nouvelles relations nous ont permis d'améliorer la prédiction sur le glycérol et même d'éliminer la déviation systématique dans le cas de la rupture de la liaison OH. Même si dans cette étude nous nous sommes focalisés sur la déshydrogénation du glycérol, des méthodes similaires pourraient être appliquées à d'autres polyols avec d'autres réactions chimiques, accélérant ainsi considérablement la recherche in silico de catalyseurs solides. Ce travail pave la route pour le développement de nouvelles techniques numériques pour aborder la question de la conversion de la biomasse. / Biomass valorization is an interesting alternative to fossil resources, which is frequently performed via heterogeneous catalysis. Designing new catalysts is a challenging task that can be significantly accelerated in silico. However, biomass molecules are often complex and highly oxygenated, hence rendering calculations more difficult and time consuming. Among these compounds, polyols are particularly important. We developed linear relations of the Brønsted-Evans-Polanyi (BEP) type from the DFT study of C-H or O-H bond dissociation elementary steps for a family of monoalcohol molecules on metallic catalysts (Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ir, Pt). Such relations aim at predicting activation energies from reaction energies. The accuracy of the obtained linear energy models is better than 0.10 eV on the sampling set. Then, the relations were applied for the prediction of the dehydrogenation elementary steps of glycerol, chosen as a prototype of polyalcohols, with an accuracy better than 0.10 eV and with a systematic error around ±0.10 eV for Rh. Keeping in mind that the main difference between glycerol and monoalcohols comes from intramolecular H-bonds present in the former, we designed linear relations for water-assisted dehydrogenation of monoalcohols. These new relations allowed us to improve the prediction on glycerol and to eliminate the systematic deviation in the case of OH bond breaking. Even if in this study we focused on glycerol dehydrogenation, similar methods may be applied to other polyols with other chemical reactions, and considerably speed up the computational design of solid catalysts. This work paves the way for the development of novel numerical techniques to address the issue of biomass conversion.

The current research used grounded theory methodology (GTM) to construct a conceptualization of personal knowledge within a knowledge management (KM) perspective. The need for the current research was based on the use of just two categories of knowledge, explicit and tacit, within KM literature to explain diverse characteristics of personal knowledge. The construct of tacit knowledge has often been explicated and debated in KM literature. The debate over tacit knowledge arose from the complex epistemological roots of tacit knowing and the construct of tacit knowledge popularized by organizational knowledge creation theory. The ongoing debate over tacit knowledge in KM literature has shed little light on personal knowledge within a KM perspective. The current research set aside the debate over tacit knowledge and pursued the construct of personal knowledge from the perspective of the knower using GTM. Thirty-seven interviews were conducted with fourteen participants. Interviews were audio recorded and coding was accomplished with the qualitative data analysis software MAXQDA. A total of eight categories were identified. These were organized into two groups. The core category being overwhelmed represented the absence of personal knowledge. The categories questioning self, seeking help, and microthinking fit under being overwhelmed. Together these categories were inverse indicators because they all decreased as knowledge acquisition progressed. The core category being confident represented the presence of personal knowledge. The categories remembering, multitasking, and speed fit under being overwhelmed. Together these categories were direct indicators because they all increased as knowledge acquisition progressed. Three significant conclusions were drawn from the current research. These conclusions led to the conceptualization of personal knowledge from a KM perspective. The first significant conclusion was the conceptualization of a process of knowing as Integrated Complexity: From Overwhelmed to Confident (ICOC). The second significant conclusion was personal knowing as first-person epistemology is a universally lived experience that includes commitments to internal and external requirements as well as a bias toward integration. The third significant conclusion was personal knowledge can be viewed as a complex adaptive system. Finally, the current research concluded that personal knowledge within a KM perspective is a complex adaptive system maintained through acts of first-person epistemology.

A signed LAC Non-Exclusive License form from this author is pending. / In this thesis I attempt to develop an alternative to the logical positivist's image of science, which attempts to exclude beliefs from scientific investigations. First I set the problem up by describing what the positivists mean by belief and how they attempt to exclude belief through the use of the scientific method. I begin to develop an alternative by examining the views of three philosophers of science: Thomas S. Kuhn, Michael Polanyi, and Gerard Radnitzky. Each of them provides an alternative to the positivistic conception of science by suggesting that scientific research is surrounded by a framework of tacit beliefs. I present each view in the following way. First I describe the background and context for the framework hypothesis; then I explain the framework itself, including discussions on the nature of the framework, how it is acquired, its role in visible scientific activity, and how switches from one framework to another occur; finally I assess each person's insights, including each's relevance for my thesis. The examination of these views sets the stage for my last chapter. Here I briefly compare the three thinkers, noting similarities and differences. Then I highlight each thinker's unique insights. Finally, I present a brief description of what I believe is a viable alternative to the positivistic image of science, based on the work of the three philosophers.