Across Canada, municipalities have been struggling to alleviate the poverty of increasing numbers of homeless people and panhandlers on city streets. Simultaneously, tensions have risen between these street people and the general public. This thesis is a narrative study of the current conflict between panhandlers and other community stakeholders in Calgary, Alberta. This study presents the diverse viewpoints and voices of people who panhandle, homeless people, the general public, the downtown business community, social service providers, city bureaucrats and police officers. This study examines how identity politics and broader social ideologies shape face-to-face street encounters and influence debates over public policy at an institutional level. The relationship between panhandlers and the public is typically one marked by social distance. The current approach to panhandlers involves treating them as "strangers within our midst." This approach undermines their citizenship and heightens tensions within the community more so than would an approach that emphasizes their commonality with the larger society and their rights within civic space.

There were several attempts to conceptualize the social value creation process. Previous literature does not commonly consider a non-material approach, using mainly quantitative practices which are not in line with the characteristics of social value. This thesis contributes to the current social value creation studies in two ways. The first centers the subjectivity of social value as a phenomenon embedded in space and time which calls for distinctive ways of understanding its creation. Here the research approaches the hedonic perspective of well-being as a processual phenomenon which makes possible to explore the way social value is created from beneficiaries’ perspective. The second contribution is an empirical study within a voluntary program in order to explore how the beneficiaries’ subjective well-being unfolds over time. In this setting, where impoverished people deal with satisfying their basic needs, a process approach reveals the emotionally loaded context and the complexity of the social value creation. Thereby, the main emphasis of this thesis is to put on a deeper theoretical discussion of the concept of social value creation. The result of this research is an understanding of social value creation as a subjective construct centered on how the process uncovers unique moments experienced by people.

Esta pesquisa investiga o discurso produzido por mendigos na cidade de São Paulo, bem como as relações que se estabelecem entre a prática da mendicância e as subjetividades que são positivadas nessa condição. Foram entrevistados seis mendigos moradores de rua em três localidades da cidade de São Paulo: zona sul, centro e Av. Paulista. Após a transcrição literal das entrevistas, procedeu-se à análise do material, utilizando como referência metodológica a análise de discurso (a.d.), tal como proposta por Marlene Guirado. Apreendeu-se três tipos de subjetividade na mendicância, a partir dos lugares a que era remetido o entrevistador na situação de entrevista. A saber, um tipo que o incluía na cena discursiva, outro que o excluía dela e um último que não lhe atribuía lugar definido. Evidenciou-se, dentre outros, que a mendicância, apesar de estar prevista nas leis das contravenções penais brasileiras, constitui-se em uma prática legitimada pelas pessoas que a praticam e, apesar do paradoxo, é utilizada por elas como referencial de honestidade. Identificou-se também, no discurso dessas pessoas, uma série de vetores de resistência às limitações e dificuldades impostas pela condição de rua. / This research examines the speech produced by beggars in the city of São Paulo, as well as the connections between the act of begging and the subjectivities produced in this situation. Six interviews were made with beggars that live in three different regions in the city: south, downtown and Av. Paulista. After a loyal transcription of the interviews, the material was analised using as metodological reference the speech analysis as proposed by Marlene Guirado. Three types of subjectivities, in a begging situation, were organized. These types of subjectivities referred to the role attributed to the interviewer: either he was included in the speech scenario, or he was excluded from it, or he was not attributed a role in the scenario. The research showed that the act of begging, although it is against brazilian laws, it is legitimated by the people that beg; and even thought it is a paradox, it is used by them as a honesty indicator. It is also been identified in these people speechs, a series of resistance tools against the limitations and problems associated to living in the streets.

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The diploma theses will be about the problematics of "beggary" and his relationship to various forms of criminality, homelessness and drug addiction. Baggary can be concieved as a certain work substitute, which is apriori executed because of gain. My goal is to make analyses of posssible overlap between beggars and persons receiving social security benefits. Findings of services for reintegration of baggers to the labour market will be included. I will use a method to available statistic data comparision with own empirical observation. The observation was made during my short term attachment at Občanské sdružení Naděje Praha with the help of their employees. Aim of this work is analyses of contemporary labour policy arrangement. Theoretical basis of the thesis will be comparison of main stream economics with austrian school (Hezlit, Rothbard, Mises).

The aim of this study has been to highlight and describe the perceptions of beggars, by studying and analyzing empirical data collected through observing different threads on a Swedish discussion forum. We wanted to study how beggars are mentioned in the discussion forum to illustrate the opinions and perceptions. To analyze the data a qualitative method of meaning condensation were used. The result was analyzed from a perspective of deviant behavior and three theories: Goffman's theory about Stigma, Beckers labelling theory and the theory about the established and the outsiders by Elias. The results showed that beggars are categorized and described as criminals, misfits and frauds. The results also gave us the conclusion that there are negative attitudes towards beggars.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The subject and its relation with the social ties, its behaviours and habits, are deeplly recreated facing the changes brought up by internet.Therefore, it has been an important researching field, given that its impacts to subjectivity are impossible to avoid. In this context, specially on Facebook, one may find a subject who spends most of its time on-line in its sui generis condition: beggars of likes. A subject who begs, tries to attract by image (not always his image), who bargains, who makes a marketing of itself to be. Beg for what? Likes, followers, friends, atention, popularity... beg for love. Turning the atention to this subject, this research aims generally to understand the pathos which works as a trigger for the daily battle of the beggars of likes in a social net, aiming to reach its targets. To enter the virtual environments of the beggars of likes, we use the etnographic method as a standard. We used the main instrument of the etnography, the field diary, and its excelence in exploring the stranger. The data analysis, as well as all the conception of the research, has been sustained by the Freudian psychoanalytic theory and some detailed concepts from Lacan. We also used the clinical position of the Fundamental Psychopathology, given that it bends towards the pathos, main objective of this research. From the life in the field, we extract elements which were splitted in three topics which will be better worked on: the beggar of likes , the Add game and Bruna França: to be or not to be a fake . An etymological approach between the words virtual/pulse and like/mock made it possible to discuss these subjects, leading to the place of the subject nowadays, specially on-line. We noticed that, under other clothing and new contexts, the unconscient subject, derived from the pulse, keeps on searching for ways to fulfill its structural emptiness, which always leads in frustration. Beggars of likes, thanks to the peculiarities of their acting field, soon meet this devastating pleasure which holds them to a repetition which defines their pathos and their condition. / O sujeito e sua relação com o laço social, seus comportamentos e hábitos, estão profundamente reformulados diante das mudanças trazidas pela internet. Por isso, ela tem sido um importante campo de pesquisa, já que os impactos à subjetividade são inevitáveis. Neste contexto, mais especificamente em um site de rede social, o Facebook, encontramos um sujeito que passa a maior parte do tempo na rede de internet em uma condição sui generis: a de mendigo de likes. Um sujeito que implora, que tenta atrair pela imagem (mesmo que não seja a sua), que negocia, que faz marketing de si para mendigar. Mendigar o quê? Curtidas, seguidores, amigos, atenção, popularidade... mendigar amor. Voltando a atenção para esse sujeito, o objetivo geral desta pesquisa visa compreender o pathos presente como pano de fundo e que impulsiona a batalha diária travada pelo mendigo de likes em uma rede social, a fim de conseguir atingir suas metas. Para entrar nos nichos virtuais frequentados pelo mendigo de likes, utilizamos o método etnográfico como paradigma. Apropriamo-nos especificamente do principal instrumento da etnografia, o diário de campo, e da sua excelência em desvelar o estrangeiro. A análise dos dados, bem como toda a concepção da pesquisa, foi sustentada pela teoria psicanalítica de base freudiana e por alguns conceitos aprofundados por Lacan. Utilizamos também a posição clínica da Psicopatologia Fundamental, uma vez que esta tem como peculiaridade o ato de se inclinar diante do pathos, principal objetivo desta pesquisa. Da vivência no campo, extraímos elementos que foram divididos em três tópicos para serem melhor trabalhados: a mendiga de likes , o jogo do Add e Bruna França: ser ou não ser um fake . Uma aproximação etimológica entre os termos virtual/pulsão e curtir/gozar possibilitou uma discussão destes temas apontando para o lugar do sujeito na contemporaneidade e, sobretudo, na internet. Percebemos que, sob outras roupagens e em novos contextos, o sujeito do inconsciente, derivado da pulsão, continua a buscar formas de tamponar o vazio que lhe é estrutural, o que sempre acaba em frustração. Os mendigos de likes, graças às peculiaridades do seu campo de atuação, logo se encontram com este gozo devastador que os prende em uma repetição que define seu pathos e sua condição. / Mestre em Psicologia Aplicada

Submitted by Maria Dulce (mdulce@ndc.uff.br) on 2014-10-24T19:52:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Figueiredo, Cecilia-Tese-Historia-2014.pdf: 1818707 bytes, checksum: f0b9c9b68bc06b34087323f7fbbba950 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-24T19:52:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Figueiredo, Cecilia-Tese-Historia-2014.pdf: 1818707 bytes, checksum: f0b9c9b68bc06b34087323f7fbbba950 (MD5) / O trabalho tem por objeto o estudo da ação dos esmoleiros da Bula da Santa Cruzada, no período de 1748 a 1828, na região das Minas. Buscou-se entender o significado da arrecadação da esmola para Portugal cujo objetivo era combater os infiéis no norte da África e defender a fé cristã, além da manutenção das praças mercantis. A tese aborda os significados da arrecadação das esmolas, a importância para Portugal da defesa da cristandade e as representações simbólicas da doação, além de tratar da desconfiança dos doadores na Colônia. Procurou-se ainda caracterizar as modalidades de esmoleiros mores e menores e a especificidade dos tesoureiros da Bula como agentes a serviço do Estado e os privilégios detidos em razão do exercício da função e o lugar de distinção na sociedade da época. O trabalho ainda aborda a importância da Bula através das festas e rituais que tinham lugar na Colônia à época de sua publicação anual, onde compareciam autoridades civis e eclesiásticas, ato que legitimava os benefícios da Bula e conferia aos seus oficiais, reconhecimento, posição e autoridade. E mostra como a representação simbólica do infiel atualizava-se nas cavalhadas, onde a luta entre mouros e cristãos era ritualizada, momento de atualização do mito constitutivo da história política portuguesa. / This work it takes as an object the study of the meaning of the action of the Alms beggar of the Bull of the Saint Crusade, in the period from 1748 to 1828, in the region of the Mines. It was looked to understand the meaning of the tax revenue of the donation of Portugal which objective was to fight the unfaithful ones in the north of Africa and to defend the Christian faith, besides the maintenance of the mercantile squares. The dissertation boards the meanings of the tax revenue of the charities, the importance for Portugal of the defense of the Christhendom and the symbolic representations of the donation, besides treating the suspicion of the donors in the Colony. It tried still to characterize the kinds of Alms beggars live and juveniles and the especifical of the treasurers of the Bull like agents to service of the State and privileges detained on account of the exercise of the function and the place of distinction in the society of the time. The work still boards the importance of the Bull through parties and rituals what had place in the Colony to the time of his annual publication, where there were appearing civil and ecclesiastical authorities, act that was legitimizing the benefits of the Bull and was tallying to his officials, recognition, position and authority. And display like the symbolic representation of the unfaithful one was updating in the herds of horses, where the struggle between Moorish and Christian was ritualized, moment of updating of the constitutive myth of the Portuguese political history.

The aim with this study was to analyze and understand how begging is constructed as a social problem in Sweden between September of 2010 and the end of February in 2014 in debate articles in Dagens Nyheter. To do this I have chosen to use a social problems theory and critical discourse analysis to highlight some aspects in the process of defining the social problem. The study's main finding is that the construction of beggars and begging appears to be in a relatively extensive redefinition in the current situation. It is shown by, for example, a shift in focus in the discourse. For this reason, it is relevant for social work to examine how the construction progresses.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernando Figueiredo de Sousa.pdf: 733635 bytes, checksum: 85ab8a5ec8f155d7406fe37c93f05c6a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-13 / This paper seeks to study the text of Lk 6, 20-26, of the beatitudes and of the woes, seeing in this passage an example of the recuperation, analysis and recreation of Jesus words. In this resides one of the particularities of this text in the context of the New Testament, which places it, however, in the heart of a fundamental direction of the beginnings of Christianity, namely, the tradition that goes back to Jesus by the conservation and transmission of his teachings. The author of this paper proposes the study of this text in three aspects. The first is the study of the text in of itself, as a communicative unity. The second aspect is the verification of the literature that influenced the Lucan author in the construction of this text, especially the Q source, and its comparison with words of the beatitudes attributed to the poor present in the Gospel of Thomas and the letter of James. In the third aspect, the author s intention is to analyze the importance of the writer of the Lucan text, his interference and the use of the blessed are and the woe to for the community. He considers that one of the accomplishments of the beatitudes is the approximation to the table as the instauration of the Kingdom of God, that is, the rich who share their wealth with the beggars. In this way, it is possible to verify an important connection between sharing with the beggars and belonging to the community, as a key element to becoming part of the Kingdom of God, the central element Jesus life and preaching, proposed by the beatitudes according to Luke / A presente pesquisa se aproxima do texto de Lc 6,20-26, das bem-aventuranças e dos ais, vendo nessa passagem um exercício de recuperação, análise e recriação de palavras de Jesus. Aí está uma das particularidades deste escrito dentro do Novo Testamento, que o coloca no seio de uma vertente fundamental dos inícios do cristianismo, isto é, a tradição que se vincula a Jesus pela conservação e transmissão de seus ensinamentos. O autor desta pesquisa propõe o estudo deste texto percorrendo três aspectos. O primeiro é o estudo do texto em si, como uma unidade comunicativa. O segundo consiste em verificar a literatura que influenciou o autor lucano na construção deste texto, especialmente a fonte Q, e a comparação desta com termos das bem-aventuranças atribuídas aos indigentes presentes no evangelho segundo Tomé e na carta de Tiago. No terceiro a proposta do autor é analisar a importância do redator do texto lucano, a sua interferência e o uso das bem-aventuranças e dos ais para o seio de sua comunidade. Considera que uma das realizações das bem-aventuranças é a aproximação da mesa como símbolo da instauração do Reino de Deus, isto é, a partilha dos bens dos ricos com os mendigos. Assim se verifica uma grande conexão entre o partilhar com os mendigos e a pertença à comunidade, constituindo um elemento-chave para fazer parte do Reino de Deus, elemento central da vida e pregação de Jesus proposto pelas bem-aventuranças segundo Lucas