Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-08T16:55:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 adilson1.pdf: 2430133 bytes, checksum: 9884c7fd9eb8de05d15801486c17f531 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-17 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This work researches the society s participation process in the development of the Director Plan for the District of Campeche, which is part of the Participative Director Plan ( Plano Diretor Participativo ) for the city of Florianopolis. The research analyzed the process as a whole, contextualizing the city s scenario to conclude by presenting the peculiarities of a case study based on sampling that focused on the study area. As a descriptive research, it exposes the characteristics of a determined population or phenomenon yet does not engage itself to explaining the process which is described but provides the basis for an explanation. The field research took place where the phenomenon occurred, uncovering the elements necessary to comprehend it, while also aiming at providing, in a qualitative way, a complete description of the process. The adopted data collecting method consisted in observing and participating of the events, during which was analyzed the participation of local residents, socio-communitarian entities and local government institutions based on the meetings minutes and attendance lists. By borrowing the primary data, a broad view of the problem is presented so that it can later be detailed descriptively in a specifically delimitated sample. The clash that took place in the past 20 years around the issue, in Florianopolis and Campeche, sustains a conjuncture to be comprehended which goes from the local physical features and the characteristics of the land use to the way the communities organized themselves aiming at participating in the planning process. With the City Statute , the participation that the Campeche population had been exerting, organizing itself as a way to pressure the official planning organ, gains legal support, launching a challenge to be won: the elaboration and application of a director plan conceived from the communitarian participation. To reach such debate years of struggle were necessary, involving pro urban reform movements at national level and, in Campeche, through the organizing of the community around such demand. The City of Florianopolis prepares itself to approve a new Director Plan that will integrate all of its Districts: the Participative Director Plan. The interests that are to be contemplated in the Director Plan, based on the communitarian proposals, will show the force of the sectors involved. A struggle that is still being waged, especially around the most conflicting points, characterizing the city which we have and pointing out the city which is wanted, based on the emergence of the effective participation of the society in the process / O presente trabalho investiga o processo de participação da sociedade na construção do plano diretor para o Distrito do Campeche, no contexto do Plano Diretor Participativo de Florianópolis. A pesquisa analisou o processo como um todo, contextualizando o cenário municipal para, a partir da amostragem com foco na área de estudo, apresentar ao final as peculiaridades de um estudo de caso. Enquanto pesquisa descritiva, ao mesmo tempo em que expõe as características de determinada população ou fenômeno, não apresenta o compromisso de explicar o processo que descreve, servindo de base para a explicação. A pesquisa de campo foi realizada no local onde ocorreu o fenômeno, descortinando os elementos necessários para compreendê-lo, ao mesmo tempo em que procurou fornecer de forma qualitativa uma descrição completa do processo. O método adotado para coletar os dados consistiu em acompanhar os eventos, fazendo o levantamento, a partir das atas e listas de presença, da participação de moradores, entidades sócio-comunitárias, profissionais, acadêmicas e órgãos públicos. Ao apropriar-se de dados primários, apresenta uma visão ampla do problema para depois detalhá-lo, descritivamente, em uma amostra especificamente delimitada. O embate ocorrido nos últimos vinte anos, em torno da questão, em Florianópolis e no Campeche, carrega uma conjuntura a ser compreendida que vai desde as feições naturais locais e a forma de ocupação do solo, até a organização das comunidades objetivando participar do processo de planejamento. Com o Estatuto da Cidade a participação que a população do Campeche vinha exercendo, organizando-se como forma de fazer pressão sobre o órgão oficial de planejamento, ganha amparo legal, lançando um desafio a ser vencido à elaboração e aplicação de um plano diretor concebido a partir da participação comunitária. Para se chegar a tal contenda foram necessários anos de luta a nível nacional pelos movimentos favoráveis à reforma urbana e no Campeche pela organização da comunidade, em torno de tal demanda. A Cidade de Florianópolis prepara-se para aprovar um novo Plano Diretor que integrará todos os Distritos: o Plano Diretor Participativo. Os interesses contemplados no Plano Diretor, a partir das propostas comunitárias, mostram o peso dos setores envolvidos, uma luta que, ainda, esta sendo travada principalmente nos pontos mais conflitantes, caracterizando a cidade que se tem e apontando à cidade que se quer, a partir da emergência da efetiva participação da sociedade no processo

The Constitution of Peru claims a law, which regulates the coordination of the indigenous justice with the national judicial system. But since 1993 when the Constitution was enacted, Congress has failed to fulfill this task. The article describes the problems resulting from this legal vacuum and substantiates the need for a law of intercultural coordination of the judiciaries. However, the content of the required law is controversial. In the discussion four currents of opinion can be determined. The end points are characterized, on the one hand, by the «minimalists», who want to reduce the legal competences of the communities to a minimum, and the «maximalists», on the other hand, who advocate unlimited competences of the indigenous judiciary. The article analyzes the arguments of the different currents of opinion and identifies the challenges of the legislative work. / La Constitución Política del Perú reclama una ley de coordinación de la justicia comunitaria con las instancias del Poder Judicial. Sin embargo, el Congreso sigue, desde 1993 cuando se promulgó la Carta Magna, sin cumplir con esta tarea. El artículo describe los problemas que resultan de este vacío legal y fundamenta la necesidad de la Ley de Coordinación Intercultural de Justicia. No obstante, el contenido de la ley es controvertido. En el debate se puede determinar cuatro corrientes de opinión. Los extremos son representados, por un lado, por los «minimalistas», que quieren reducir las facultades de los fueros comunitarios a un mínimo, y los «maximalistas», por el otro lado, que reclaman competencias ilimitadas para las instancias comunales. El artículo analiza los argumentos de las diferentes corrientes e identifica los retos de la tarea legislativa.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T18:33:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sabrina Masiero de Campos.pdf: 410972 bytes, checksum: a76dc4c3ab1f39b49506bad6b9afd06e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-09-10 / As far as we can understand the development as a complex process of economics, politics, human and social changes, this paper has as objective to identify and analyze the industrial development reached for Toledo in the end of 1990 s. On the basis of bibliography, reference documents and social economics data evaluation about de city, region and state, the work showed up a high urbanization grade reached during the years and an increase on the number of industries and jobs, contributing as important factors to reach this position. Since an increasing and developing dynamics unleashed of Paraná economics, the industrialization process in Toledo began with the wood exploration and the first sawmill install. Following, the industry of mate and heart of palm, developed also from raw material, produced till they have possibilities here. MARIPÁ colonizer, important actor on the development process, also had the deal providing infrastructure and basic supplies to the city, the residents and the workers. Organizing the initial center, with Padre Patui collaboration, enlarged throughout the region building roads. The supplies needed stimulate new business and the city attracted new neighbors, accelerating the urbanization process. On the 1970 , the agricultural mechanization expelled the men from the country who came to the city looking for new jobs and better life conditions. The agriculture s men were transformed in bóia-fria because of the large states formed. The emptying didn t happen only on rural area, also the capital and the urban population moved to other regions looking for new business and life investments. Meanwhile, the civil and entrepreneurial society attacked the problem by industrialization strategy and on 1980 s the communitarian industries were formed. From Sadia subproducts, many companies were launched and another from these on the basis of communitarian work, inherited from Italians and Germans of colonization time. Toledo always had the accomplishment of government, business and financial community, and from the entrepreneurs with an innovative vocation. The municipal district, on 1990 s, is developed and reaches eminence on state and national level in many sectors. Therefore, this paper identifies that the relation between the industrialization process and the urban characteristics, determine an agro industrial character for Toledo, diversifying on industrial sectors but specialized on agribusiness industrialization / Entendendo que o desenvolvimento é um processo complexo de transformações econômicas, políticas, humanas e sociais, este trabalho teve como objetivo identificar e analisar o desenvolvimento industrial alcançado pelo Município de Toledo no final da década de 1990. Com base em bibliografia, documentos de referência e avaliação de dados socioeconômicos do Município, da Região Oeste e do Estado do Paraná, que subsidiaram a realização de estimativas e comparações, o trabalho revelou os altos graus de urbanização alcançados pelo Município no decorrer dos anos bem como o incremento no número de indústrias e postos de empregos, corroborando na visualização dos fatores que contribuíram para alcançar este cenário. A partir de uma dinâmica de crescimento e desenvolvimento desatrelada da formação econômica do Paraná, o processo de industrialização de Toledo teve início com a exploração da madeira e a instalação da primeira serraria. Seguidamente vieram as ervateiras e a indústria do palmito que, utilizando-se também de matéria-prima nativa, desenvolveram-se apenas no período que puderam, do solo rico existente, retirar para transformar e comercializar. A colonizadora MARIPÁ, importante ator no processo de desenvolvimento do Município, teve também o papel de estruturar a cidade para atender aos seus moradores e trabalhadores e fornecer os suprimentos necessários. Formatou o núcleo inicial, a partir da colaboração do Padre Patuí, e engendrou-se na região através da construção de estradas. O aumento da necessidade de provisões incentivou a formação de novos negócios e a cidade começou a atrair novos moradores, acelerando desde então o processo de urbanização. Na década de 1970, a mecanização da agricultura esvaziou os campos e lançou na cidade muitos migrantes em busca de trabalho e melhores condições de vida. Os latifúndios gerados transformaram muitos destes agricultores em bóias-fria e a cidade formatou-se de acordo com as necessidades das populações que para ela se dirigiam. O esvaziamento não se deu somente na área rural, os capitais e a população urbana também se dirigiram para outras regiões em busca de melhores investimentos. Entretanto a sociedade civil e empresarial de então se reuniu para atacar o problema de frente a partir da estratégia de industrialização e surgiram na década de 1980 as indústrias comunitárias. A partir de subprodutos da então consolidada Sadia, muitas empresas se formaram e delas outras surgiram tendo sempre como base o espírito de trabalho comunitário, herdado dos italianos e alemães da época da colonização. Toledo sempre contou com o apoio dos governantes, das instituições associativas e financeiras, da comunidade empresarial e da vocação inovativa e empreendedora de seus habitantes. O cenário que se mostra na década de 1990 é de um Município desenvolvido e pujante, que ocupa em nível estadual e nacional lugar de destaque nos diversos setores. Portanto, este trabalho identificou que a relação existente entre o processo de industrialização do Município e as características urbanísticas apresentadas colaboram na determinação de um caráter agroindustrial para Toledo, diversificado nos ramos industriais, mas especializado no concernente à industrialização do agronegócio

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-18T18:54:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Adalberto Rizzo.pdf: 1488964 bytes, checksum: dc66c2e5ba2cfde3febf3cf0381b1691 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-12-21 / This paper discusses the relations among indigenism, development and socioreligous movements among the Ramkokamekra-Canela, group classified in the linguistic family Jê-Timbira and located in the south of Barra do Corda City, current Fernando Falcão. Initially, I analyse the process of territorialization of the Capiekran, Sakamekran, and others Timbira groups, from whom the current Ramkokamekra-Canela emerged, and their insertion in the pastoral situation, by the actions of the expansionist front and of colonial administration in the Maranhão in 19th century, as well as the dynamics of this situation, under the action of the tutor power made by SPI, during the first half of the 20th century. I consider the regional transformations of the economy and of the official indigenism in the following decades, under the auspices of the development and the performance of researchers in the implementation of communitarian projects, as background of new socioreligious movements among the Ramkokamekra. I describe four socioreligious movements occurrences in the years of 1963, 1980, 1984 and 1999, which are analyzed considering the respective intersociety contexts and elements of timbira cosmology, especially the myth of Aukhê, had as the founding myth of the contact between these groups. Therefore, the Canela messianic movements can be considered as ways of resistance to the domination and a search of equalization in the intersociety relations. / O trabalho versa sobre as relações entre indigenismo, desenvolvimento e movimentos sócioreligiosos entre os Ramkokamekra-Canela, grupo classificado na família lingüística Jê-Timbira e localizado ao sul do Município de Barra do Corda, atual Fernando Falcão. Inicialmente, abordo o processo de territorialização dos Capiekran, Sakamekran e de outros grupos timbira, do qual emergiram os atuais Ramkokamekra-Canela, e sua inserção na situação pastoril, pela ação das frentes expansionistas e da administração colonial no Maranhão no século XIX, bem como a dinâmica dessa situação, sob a ação do poder tutelar exercido pelo SPI, durante a primeira metade do século XX. Considero as transformações econômicas regionais e do indigenismo oficial nas décadas seguintes, sob a égide do desenvolvimento e a atuação de pesquisadores na implementação de projetos comunitários, como desencadeadores de novos movimentos sócioreligiosos entre os Ramkokamekra. Descrevo quatro movimentos sócio-religiosos ocorridos nos anos de 1963, 1980, 1984 e 1999, os quais são analisados em função dos respectivos contextos intersocietários e de elementos da cosmologia timbira, especialmente o mito de Aukhê, tido como o mito fundador do contato entre esses grupos. Nesse sentido, os movimentos messiânicos Canela podem ser considerados como modos de resistência à dominação e de busca de equiparação nas relações intersocietárias.

Este trabalho busca compreender a implementação de políticas públicas como um processo complexo que envolve interação entre diversos atores. Partimos do princípio de que, para compreender as políticas públicas, devemos observar o processo de implementação enquanto uma dinâmica de interações entre os usuários e os burocratas implementadores que, por meio de valores, crenças e idéias, transformam o modo como as políticas foram concebidas. Assim, buscamos observar os detalhes do processo de implementação, especialmente operados pelos burocratas de nível de rua, para compreender como opera e quais os resultados das decisões organizacionais e individuais para a efetivação da política pública. Nesta pesquisa estudamos a atuação dos Agentes Comunitários de Saúde, do Programa Saúde da Família, que atuam enquanto burocratas de rua implementadores, com uma particularidade de inserção comunitária. A partir do acompanhamento etnográfico de 24 Agentes Comunitários de 3 unidades básicas de saúde, buscamos compreender o processo de implementação a partir de dois elementos: as práticas realizadas pelos burocratas e os estilos de interação que influenciam a forma como eles se relacionam com os usuários. Levantamos, então, os fatores que podem alterar essas formas de implementação, considerando dois conjuntos de fatores: os institucionais/organizacionais, relacionados à gestão dos trabalhos das equipes de saúde da família e dos agentes comunitários; e os fatores relacionais, ligados às redes sociais dos agentes e às suas afiliações e trajetórias. Concluímos com o levantamento de condições importantes para a melhoria dos processos de implementação, considerando os fatores relacionais, o perfil dos burocratas e a organização dos trabalhos. Observamos, dessa maneira, que a prática das políticas públicas varia de acordo com fatores relacionados ao cotidiano de sua implementação e que as interações dos agentes com os usuários, suas relações e trajetórias trazem novas dinâmicas para dentro das políticas, que se transformam diretamente na implementação. / This research aims to understand public policy implementation as a complex process involving interaction between several actors. We consider that, in order to understand public policy, we must examine the implementation process as a dynamic interaction between users and bureaucrats who, by values, beliefs and ideas, transform the way the policies were designed. Thus, we observe the details of the implementation process, especially operated by street-level bureaucrats to understand how it operates and what are the results of individual and organizational decisions public policy implementation. This research studies the performance of Communitarian Health Agents, inside the Family Health Program, which act as street-level bureaucrats. Using ethnographic research with 24 Agents from three basic health units, we seek to understand the implementation process considering two elements: the practices carried out by bureaucrats and interaction styles that influence how they interact with users. We raise, then, the factors that may alter such forms of implementation, considering two sets of factors: the institutional / organizational, that are related to the way teams are managed, and relational, linked to the Agents social networks and their affiliations and trajectories. We conclude with a survey of the important conditions for the improvement of implementation processes, considering the relational factors, the profile of the bureaucrats and the organization of work. We observe, then, that the public policy practices vary according to factors related to daily implementation and that agents\' interactions with users, their relationships and careers bring new dynamics into the policies, which is transformed directly in the implementation.

Denna rapport behandlar två teoriskolor – Kosmopolitism och Kommunitarism – vilka är sammanfattande modeller som omfattar flera olika teoriinriktningar. Anledningen till dessa teoriers inkludering i rapporten var avsikten att förenkla den internationella arenan till att enbart omfatta två olika inriktningar, och på så sätt utröna om någon av dessa kunde användas till att förklara fenomenet internationell aggression.Arbetet har strukturerats så att tre konflikter har studerats för att finna bevis för närvaro av sex indikatorer som karakteriseras av de av de två teoriinriktningarna.Främst tryckta verk har nyttjats, men även några digitala tidningsartiklar samt elektroniska databaser har också använts.Slutsatsen efter studiens genomförande är att ingen av de två teoriinriktningarna enskilt kan nyttjas för att djupanalysera konflikter på den internationella arenan. Dock har resultatet visat på att en kombination av de två effektivt ger relevanta verktyg till att förklara uppkomsten av internationell aggression.

In Peru, The National Health Authority (SUSALUD) is granted the responsibility to promote, protect and defend the health rights of every citizen. However, in the Peruvian Health System (PHS) there exists an insufficient culture of health rights, a low level of knowledge of health rights by the population, and a limited degree of cooperation between users, providers and funders. In light of this limited popular participation in the health rights of the citizenry, it has been necessary for SUSALUD to pursue various activities in order to promote the exercise of health rights by Peruvians. Among the strategies implemented are the development of Organized Boards of Users (OBU) and a Program of Integrated Actions for the Promotion of Health Rights (PIAPHI). The aim of both interventions is to increase the level of trust between citizens and government, which fosters and strengthens the capacity of citizens to pursue their health rights. In this article we begin with a brief presentation on the state of knowledge, attitudes and practices of users of the health system regarding their rights. Then we explain both programs, their goals and procedures, and a general description of their activities. Also, some indicators of process and some results are presented along with discussion and future prospects. We believe that the gradual implementation of the OBU and PIAPHI programs will enhance the participation of Peruvians in their health system, and will contribute positively to their empowerment and the pursuit of their health rights. / In Peru, The National Health Authority (SUSALUD) is granted the responsibility to promote, protect and defend the health rights of every citizen. However, in the Peruvian Health System (PHS) there exists an insufficient culture of health rights, a low level of knowledge of health rights by the population, and a limited degree of cooperation between users, providers and funders. In light of this limited popular participation in the health rights of the citizenry, it has been necessary for SUSALUD to pursue various activities in order to promote the exercise of health rights by Peruvians. Among the strategies implemented are the development of Organized Boards of Users (OBU) and a Program of Integrated Actions for the Promotion of Health Rights (PIAPHI). The aim of both interventions is to increase the level of trust between citizens and government, which fosters and strengthens the capacity of citizens to pursue their health rights. In this article we begin with a brief presentation on the state of knowledge, attitudes and practices of users of the health system regarding their rights. Then we explain both programs, their goals and procedures, and a general description of their activities. Also, some indicators of process and some results are presented along with discussion and future prospects. We believe that the gradual implementation of the OBU and PIAPHI programs will enhance the participation of Peruvians in their health system, and will contribute positively to their empowerment and the pursuit of their health rights. / Revisión por pares

Syftet med studie var att synliggöra hur samhällskunskapslärare på gymnasiet förhåller sig till fostransuppdraget i en värld där polarisering blir vanligare. Detta gjordes genom att synliggöra hur polarisering ter sig i klassrummet, hur lärarna hanterar kontroversiella frågor, hur de hanterar dilemmat i styrdokumenten samt deras relation till fostransuppdraget. Data för denna kvalitativa undersökning samlades in genom samtalsintervjuer och analyserades därefter med en riktad innehållsanalys. Resultaten visar att lärarna är medvetna om den växande polariseringen, men de upplever att den närmast syns mer i samhället än i klassrummet. Eleverna har snarare blivit mer tillbakadragande och oengagerade, där rädsla för att sticka ut resulterar i en självcensur hos eleverna. Vad gäller dilemmat om social kontroll och individuell frihet i styrdokumenten så är det något som lärarna balanserar. Det är viktigt att tydliggöra att skolan inte kommer med ett åsiktspaket. Eleven måste tillåtas vara sin egen, men också respektera det samhälle de existerar i. Det finns skillnader i hur lärarna ser på sitt fostransuppdrag. Vissa ser det som naturligt och ägnar därför inte någon särskild uppmärksamhet till det, medan andra anser att det blivit än viktigare på grund av den ökade polariseringen att tydliggöra sitt fostransuppdrag. Lärarna upplever att de finns vissa svårigheter med fostransuppdraget, där en är att fostransuppdraget inte är ett samlat ämne, att egenintresset styr och att elevers brist på engagemang kan försvåra uppdraget. / The aim of this study was to make visible how upper-secondary schoolteachers in social studies relate to the citizenship education in a world where polarization is becoming more normal. This was done by accounting how polarization appears in a classroom, how teachers handle issues that are controversial, how they handle the dilemma that appears in curriculums and how they relate to the citizenship education. The data for this qualitative study was collected by interviews and thereafter analysed with a directed content analysis. The result show that the teachers are aware of the increasing polarization, but their experiences is that it is more visible in society rather than in the classrooms. Pupils have become more withdrawn and careless, whereas the fear of standing out has resulted in a self-censorship among the pupils. When it comes to the dilemma of social control and individual freedom in the curriculum, the teacher balance them both. It is important to show that the school does not come with only one package of opinions. The pupils must be allowed to be their own, but also respect the society where she exits in. There are differences in how the teacher view their mission about citizenship education. Some sees it as natural and does not pay special attention to it, whereas others think it has become more important due to the increased polarization. The teachers also feel that there are certain difficulties with citizenship education, one of which is that it is not a subject on its own, that the self-interest rules and that the lack of interest and commitment among the pupils, which can make the assignment more difficult. / Examensarbete i samverkan

Erich Fromms (1900-1980) Quellen werden aus seiner Biographie, dem Gedankengut der jüdischen Religion (vor allem der Propheten und des Talmud), der Soziologie Alfred und Max Webers, der religiösen und philosophischen Humanisten, des frühen Karl Marx und der Psychoanalyse Freuds erschlossen und anhand seines Werkes dargestellt und erörtert. Es folgen in chronologischer Reihenfolge Analysen von Fromms Beiträgen zu einer ethisch inspirierten Psychoanalyse, zur analytischen Sozialpsychologie, zur jüdischen, christlichen und buddhistischen Religionspsychologie und seinem Konzept einer nicht- theistischen, humanistischen Religion, zum Matriarchat, zum Marxismus und dem daraus abgeleiteten humanitären, kommunitären Sozialismus, zur Kulturanalyse, Kulturkritik und zum Humanismus. Detailliert wird auf Fromms berühmte sozialpolitische und kulturhistorische Untersuchungen des Mittelalters, der Renaissance, des Protestantismus, des Kapitalismus, des Nationalsozialismus, des Kommunismus, der Technik und der destruktiven Aggression eingegangen, welche zu seinen bekannten Begriffen des Gesellschaftscharakters , des Konsum- und Marketing-Charakters sowie der Nekrophilie führten. Fromms umfangreiches Werk wird abschließend gewürdigt und vor allem in den Bereichen der Sozialpsychologie, Aggressionstheorie und Pädagogik kritisiert, indem seine Konzepte auf die moderne Jugend des Jahres 2000 und den heutigen Gesellschaftscharakter angewandt werden. Methodisch wurde kritisch-historisch, religionspsychologisch und tiefenpsychologisch (psychoanalytisch und individualpsychologisch) vorgegangen. / Erich Fromms (1900-1980) sources are disclosed of his biography, of his judaistic thoughts (especially of des prophets and the talmud), of the sociologic concepts (Alfred and Max Weber), of the religious and philosophical humanists, of the early Karl Marx and of the psychoanalysis Sigmund Freuds. The analysis follows in chronologic order Fromms concepts of an ethical inspired psychoanalysis, of his socialpsychology, of his judaistic, christian and buddhist psychology of religion, of his project of an non-theistic humanistic religion, of the matriarchat, oft the Marxism and the derived humanistic communitarian Socialism, of the culture-analysis and critique. In detail are Fromms famous sociopolitical researches on the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Protestantism, the Kapitalism, the Nationalsocialism, the Kommunism, the technic and the aggression (destructivity) described. This leads to the terms of the social-character , the consum- and marketing-charakter and the necrophily . The work ends with the valuation and critique of Fromms ouevre especially in the parts of the socialpsychology, the theory of aggression and pedagogy. The evaluation is made with the character of the modern youth of the year 2000 and the modern social-character. As methods are used: history and critique of religion, depth-psychology (psychoanalysis and individualpsychology).

This thesis presents an argument for the use of dialogic halaqah to develop the personal autonomy of young Muslims in twenty-first century Britain. It begins by developing a theoretical grounding for Islamic conceptualisations of personal autonomy and dialogic pedagogy. In doing so, it aims to generate dialogue between Islamic and ‘western’ educational traditions, and to clarify the theoretical foundation of halaqah, a traditional Islamic oral pedagogy, that has been adapted to meet the educational needs of Muslim children in contemporary Britain. Dialogic halaqah is daily practice in two independent British Muslim faith-schools, providing a safe space for young Muslims to cumulatively explore challenging issues, in order to facilitate the development of selfhood, hybrid identity and personal autonomy, theorised as shakhsiyah Islamiyah. This thesis examines the relationship between thought, language, and the development of personal autonomy in neo-Ghazalian, Vygotskian and Bakhtinian traditions, and suggests the possibility of understanding shakhsiyah Islamiyah as a dialogical Muslim-self. This theoretical work underpins an empirical study of data generated through dialogic halaqah held with groups of schoolchildren and young people. Using established analytic schemes, data from these sessions are subjected to both thematic and dialogue analyses. Emergent themes relating to autonomy and choice, independent and critical thinking, navigating authority, peer pressure, and choosing to be Muslim are explored. Themes related to halaqah as dialogic pedagogy, whether and how it supports the development of agency, resilience and independent thinking, and teacher and learner roles in halaqah, are examined. Moreover, findings from dialogue analysis, which evaluates the quality of educational dialogue generated within halaqah, that is, participants’ capacity to engage in dialogue with each other, as well as with an imagined secular other, are presented. The quality of the dialogic interactions is evaluated, as is evidence of individual participant’s autonomy in their communicative actions.