Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2006. / Thesis directed by Paul J. Weithman for the Department of Philosophy. "April 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 214-221).

Submitted by CRISTIANE CINAT null (cricriblue@hotmail.com) on 2017-02-22T01:43:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Cinat_C - FINAL.pdf: 1163713 bytes, checksum: e69aa2b3cfb8d630c118bfea54e5a8de (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by LUIZA DE MENEZES ROMANETTO (luizamenezes@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2017-02-24T18:49:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 cinat_c_dr_fran.pdf: 1163713 bytes, checksum: e69aa2b3cfb8d630c118bfea54e5a8de (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-24T18:49:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cinat_c_dr_fran.pdf: 1163713 bytes, checksum: e69aa2b3cfb8d630c118bfea54e5a8de (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-06 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A hegemonia, entendida no autêntico conceito desenvolvido por Gramsci, é considerada no presente trabalho como uma ferramenta metodológica e como um horizonte político para se alcançar a realidade e se construir uma possível sociabilidade mais livre e emancipada. Nesse sentido, buscou-se analisar as mediações ocorridas no Conselho Estadual do Idoso de São Paulo (CEI/SP) enquanto um campo permeado por tensões, contradições e consensos no exercício político que visa disputar valores e projetos societários por meio da participação, do controle social e das ações desenvolvidas nesse espaço em privilegiado tempo, em que aconteceram as Conferências Municipais, Estadual e Federal dos idosos no contexto de recessão e crise político-econômica vivenciado atualmente. Os Conselhos de políticas públicas no Brasil foram inscritos constitucionalmente após a reabertura democrática, ocorrida no final da década de 1980, e como órgão paritário e deliberativo, o CEI/SP foi observado enquanto espaço privilegiado de relações entre a sociedade civil e o Estado, capaz de refletir demandas e expressões da população idosa na interlocução com o poder governamental, com vistas a inscrever, normativamente, garantias e direitos tanto na esfera estadual como nas discussões e encaminhamentos federais por meio das Conferências. Para tanto, foi desenvolvida análise com base em literatura afeta ao tema, em material produzido pelo Conselho – como atas, relatórios e deliberações, observação das reuniões ordinárias e entrevistas com os conselheiros, tanto representantes da administração pública quanto da sociedade civil. Foi possível perceber que o CEI/SP tem relevância enquanto instrumento de consolidação democrática, haja vista seu alcance junto à base popular que representa e sua capacidade organizativa para encaminhar propostas junto ao executivo/legislativo estadual e federal como acontecido nas Conferências, mas, por outro lado, esbarra em limites que por vezes esvaziam e restringem esse potencial, sem conseguir tencionar ou incidir nas correlações de forças dadas nas relações cotidianas de construção e transformação social, ou em outras palavras, na capacidade de alargar seu exercício político para além da delimitação do próprio Conselho. / The hegemony, according the true concept developed by Gramsci, it is considered in this study as a methodological tool and as a political horizon to achieve reality and build a possible more free and emancipated society. In this sense, it sought to analyze the mediations taken in the State Council of the Elderly of São Paulo (CEI/SP) as a permeate field by tensions, contradictions and consensus in the political exercise that dispute values and social projects through participation, social control and actions of this space in prime time that happened Municipal Conference, State and Federal of the elderly in the context of recession and political-economic crisis experienced contemporarily. The Boards of public policies in Brazil were enrolled constitutionally following the democratic re-opening occurred in the late 1980s and as deliberative and parity institution, the CEI/SP was seen as a privileged space of relations between civil society and the state, able to reflect demands and expressions of the elderly population in the dialogue with government, in order to sign normatively guarantees and rights both at the state level, as in the discussions and federal referrals in the Conferences. To that end, we developed analysis based on literature affects the subject, material produced by the Council as minutes, reports and resolutions, observation of regular meetings and interviews with counselors, with representatives of government and civil society. It could be observed that the CEI/SP has relevance as democratic consolidation tool, given its reach with the population that represents and their organizational capacity to forward proposals to the executive / state and federal legislatures as happened in the Conferences, but on the other next he comes up against limits emptying and restriction to their potential, being unable to change the correlation of forces in social relationships building, in other words, the ability to expand its political exercise beyond the Council itself delimitation.

This paper analyzes the relationship between citizenship, civil society and nation state. It argues that citizenship is often viewed only in relation to the state and its active potential - arising from public activities mediated through communication media and civil society institutions - is neglected. As a result increasing number of permanent resident immigrants is in a long run denied full political rights which in turn endangers representative potential of liberal democracies. In the Czech Republic this situation concerns Vietnamese immigrant children who, though fully integrated into the Czech society and able to actively participate in public space, i.e. able to use the active citizenship element, usually do not enjoy Czech citizenship status (passive citizenship) and therefore they are not represented in public administration bodies. Current system of granting of Czech citizenship endangers representative character of our democracy and at the same time does not utilize the potential of young active people living in our territory for a long time.

Dipoma thesis Specifics of human rights organizations in Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia focuses on human rights organizations in three neighbouring countries. Organisations are assessed along three basic dimensions, structure, activities and relationship to their environment. The goal of the paper is to describe and compare these organisations in their national context and to determine whether there are any significant specifics in this aspect between the countries. To achieve the goal, comparative analysis was used based on analysis of secondary documents and interviews with representatives of organisations. Findings and outcomes summary are placed in the last part of the paper.