Introduction: Family firms serve as major block in the economy all over the world, i.e. it’s significance cannot be understated. In spite of this, many firms fail to continue the firm’s quest beyond the second generation partly because of conflicts in the firm. Conflicts, which could be divided into task, relationship and process conflict, have been deemed to only be detrimental for family firms. As such, limited knowledge exists as to what positive effects conflict may bring about in family firms. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore what the positive effects of different conflict types may be in family firms. The different conflict types are in this respect deemed to be task, relationship and process conflict. Method: The empirical material used for the purpose of this study has been gathered through 10 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 9 different family firms. The data collected has subsequently been analyzed and conceptualized using grounded analysis (codes to themes) with an overall inductive method. Conclusion: Our findings and analysis suggest that several positive effects are associated with the different conflict types in family firms and that the family dimension of the firm work as enablers for these effects to occur. Task conflict produces a sharpened environment for task accomplishment through the enabler proximity to top level of firm. Relationship conflict result in stronger group cohesion through the enabler family feeling. Process conflict generate improved focus on task through the enabler going concern of the firm.

Abstract The aim of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of the conflicts of interests that may arise between the differing land use needs of a municipal planning agency and The Swedish Armed Forces. The study is based on three distinct cases located in the municipalities of Umeå, Luleå and the region of Gotland; each respective case presents unique contextual factors at the local level and these also serves to exemplify the issue at a national level. The work has been carried out as a case study and the methods employed were research interviews, document-based research and literature studies. The results indicate that there are significant differences in the planning practice used by the respective municipal planning agencies and that employed by The Swedish Armed Forces in terms of differing aims, methods and outcomes. The study also highlighted how the outcome of each case was dependent upon a combination of contextual factors and the impact of external factors such as national politics, changing security policy, urban development and progression of the environmental legislation. In short, The Swedish Armed Forces is a land use agency that has had significant impact on the municipal planning in each of the locations that has been studied. In a Swedish context, their land use needs are classified as being of national interest and thusly have precedence over competing land use claims. These factors have combined to create conditions in which municipal planning is, to some extent, often restricted by the land use needs of The Swedish Armed Forces.

Do ceasefires during peace negotiations facilitate reaching a peace agreement in internal armed conflicts? Existing case studies offer diverging arguments and mixed empirical evidence for whether ceasefires should precede or come after the more political settlements. In this regard, I argue that ceasefires facilitate that the combatant parties will reach a political deal by increasing mutual trust, alleviating the impact of two critical uncertainties in the negotiation stage: the uncertainty on whether the other party is willing to reach a negotiated settlement, and the uncertainty on whether the other party has the capacity to control their respective armed forces. Using new data on negotiation processes in internal armed conflicts in Africa, between 1989 and 2013, I examine the effect of having a ceasefire during negotiations on the probability of reaching a negotiated accord, while controlling for the levels of violence during the talks as a crucial conditioning factor, as well as for the presence of peacekeepers, and the intervention of a mediator. The results show that early ceasefires have a significant effect on the conclusion of political agreements at the talks, and that this effect is stronger when the talks are surrounded by decreased or null levels of violence.

O estudo aqui apresentado tem como objetivo analisar o Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC), o qual tem gerado grandes transformações no Brasil, em várias escalas, modificando estruturas territoriais, políticas, econômicas e sociais. Ao estudarmos esse programa, buscamos compreender a forma como o Estado brasileiro elabora suas estratégias econômicas e políticas a apropriação, o desenvolvimento e a incorporação de territórios no país. Vivenciamos no Brasil diversas políticas territoriais de infraestrutura e de reforma agrária durante o século XX, o que ocasionou uma larga expansão da abrangência do próprio Estado no território nacional, em geral, e no território amazônico, em específico. Tais ações caracterizam, no seu contexto geral, a atual configuração brasileira, quanto ao social, econômico, político, regional e territorial. Nosso objetivo geral consistiu em analisar os efeitos do PAC no território brasileiro a partir da construção de hidrelétricas na Amazônia, considerando tais intervenções como a materialização de um projeto político dos governos Lula e Dilma, e, com isso, entender o desenvolvimentismo como estratégia de avanço e concretização das ações governamentais. Como objetivos específicos: a) Analisar as ações dos governos de Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (2002-2010) e Dilma Roussef (2011-2014) sob a perspectiva do desenvolvimentismo, identificando suas principais características políticas e administrativas; b) Analisar a construção das hidrelétricas na Amazônia dispostas como projetos do PAC 1 e 2 enquanto estudo de caso, bem como entender sua relação com o crescimento do setor elétrico nacional e o desenvolvimento econômico brasileiro; c) Identificar os principais agentes econômicos e políticos envolvidos na construção de hidrelétricas do PAC na Amazônia brasileira; d) Analisar o PAC 1 e 2 nas escalas nacional, regional e local, pela abordagem da infraestrutura energética, com a análise dos relatórios periódicos publicados pelo próprio Governo contrapostos à realização de trabalhos de campo e informações de pesquisas e movimentos sociais; e) Elaborar uma síntese territorial do PAC a partir das informações e dos dados investigados para identificar diferenciações na execução de obras de acordo com os interesses do Governo aliado às grandes empresas e agentes econômicos. Nossa metodologia consistiu na construção do instrumental analítico mobilizado durante o estudo: o levantamento bibliográfico, as etapas metodológicas, as variáveis, os indicadores, a delimitação temporal e espacial e a forma como os resultados têm sido analisados. Podemos afirmar precisamente que a tese com a qual respondemos nosso problema de pesquisa é a de que o PAC é uma política territorial. Por sua vez, essa política não atende às necessidades desse território, quer sejam sociais, econômicas e ambientais. Sendo tal, dentro dos moldes desenvolvimentistas e liberais, de outro lado beneficia (diferentemente de atender) os grupos investidores e os setores capitalistas, sobretudo e prioritariamente. / This study aims to analyze the Growth Acceleration Program (in Portuguese, PAC), which has generated large-scale development transformations in Brasil, modifying territorial, political, economic and social structures. Through this study, it was understood how the Brazilian State elaborates its economic and political strategies, as well as territories appropriation, development and incorporation. In Brazil it was experienced several territorial policies concerning infrastructure and agrarian reform during the twentieth century, which led to a significant expansion in the territorial scope, in general, and in the Amazonian territory, specifically. In general context, these actions characterize Brazilian current configuration, as far as social, economic, political, regional and territorial. The main objective consisted in analyzing PAC effects in Brazilian territory based on construction of hydroelectric plants in the Amazon, considering those interventions as the materialization of Lula and Dilma governments then understand developmentalism as a strategy for the advancement and implementation of government actions. It was formulated as specific objectives: a) To analyze, from the perspective of developmentalism, Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (2002-2010) and Dilma Roussef (2011-2014) governments actions, identifying their main political and administrative characteristics; b) To assess the construction of hydroelectric plants in the Amazon as PAC 1 and 2 projects as case study and to understand its relation with the growth of the national electrical sector and the Brazilian economic development; c) To identify the main economic and political agents involved in the construction of PAC hydroelectric plants in the Brazilian Amazon; d) To evaluate PAC 1 and 2 at the local, state and national levels, under energy infrastructure bias, analyzing periodic reports published by the Government against the fieldwork and information of research and social movements; e) To elaborate a PAC territorial synthesis grounded on the information and data investigated to identify the differences in the execution of works in accordance with the interests of the Government allied to large companies and economic agents. The methodology employed in this work sought to build the analytical instruments mobilized during the study: bibliographic survey, the methodological steps, the variables, the indicators, temporal and spatial delimitations and how results have been analyzed. It can be precisely said that the thesis with which we responded the research problem is that PAC is a territorial policy. In turn, this policy does not meet the needs of this territory, which are social, economic and environmental. Therefore, within the developmental and liberal molds, overall it benefits (unlike attending) the investing groups and the capitalist sectors, especially and, as a matter of priority.

As mudanças nas formas de apropriação do espaço na região do Vale do Ribeira têm proporcionado metamorfoses da territorialidade de populações camponesas. É nessa conjuntura que a luta pela terra de trabalho ganha nova expressão: resistência e permanência no território ancestral por meio da construção da identidade quilombola. Portanto, a territorialização da comunidade remanescente de quilombo Porto Velho é analisada frente aos desafios e estratégias de resistência para permanecer no território ancestral. O histórico de origem deste bairro rural identifica estes sujeitos sociais como descendentes dos escravos que habitavam estas terras desde 1860. Todavia, entre as décadas de 1950 e 1980, houve um período importante de submissão e relações de trabalho precárias a fazendeiros e terceiros. No final dos anos 1980, os camponeses enfrentaram ameaças que culminaram em expropriações e expulsões de boa parte dos quilombolas do território. No contexto marcado pela emergência do conflito, o grupo negro se organiza e inicia a luta pela terra com apoio da Pastoral da Terra, MOAB e EAACONE. A pesquisa sobre a população remanescente de quilombo Porto Velho, situada no município de Iporanga (SP), refletiu a perspectiva geográfica de como estes sujeitos sociais constroem suas relações no território quilombola, sua organização comunitária e sociabilidade, e as transformações no âmbito material e imaterial. Trata-se de um estudo cuja metodologia é constituída por trabalhos de campo, entrevistas, pesquisa bibliográfica e documental. O estudo realizado identificou a complexidade do processo de transformação deste território quilombola na busca por autonomia e liberdade. Os impactos de novas demandas, justapostas sobre o território e sobre a vida destes sujeitos sociais, trouxeram a necessidade de criar e recriar estratégias para a conservação de costumes e de luta pela terra e permanência no território que habitam há gerações. Entende-se que neste processo de conflitos por terra, a lógica imposta pelo capital não só provocou forte transformação no território ancestral, como ofereceu situação de risco social e cultural à própria sobrevivência da comunidade quilombola. / The transformations in the forms of the space appropriation in the Vale do Ribeira region have led to metamorphoses of the peasant populations territoriality. At this conjuncture, the land dispute has acquired a new expression: resistance and permanence in the ancestral territory by the construction of the quilombo identity. Therefore, the process of territorialisation of the quilombola remaining community Porto Velho is analysed dealing with the challenges and strategies of resistance to remain in the ancestral land. The historical origin of this rural district identifies these social subjects as descendants of slaves who inhabited these lands since 1860. However, between the 1950s and 1980s, there was an important period of submission and precarious relations of labor to farmers and others. In the late 1980s, the traditional inhabitants faced threats culminating in expropriation and expulsion of most part of the quilombo territory. In the context marked by the emergence of the conflict, the quilombola group organized and began the struggle by the land with the support of Pastoral da Terra, MOAB and EAACONE. Research on the remaining population of the quilombo Porto Velho, which is situated in Iporanga, São Paulo, reflected the geographical perspective of how these social subjects established their relationships in the quilombo territory, their community and sociability organizations, and their transformations concerning the material and immaterial sphere. The methodology used in the current study is constituted by fieldwork, interviews, and bibliographical and documental research. This research identified the complexity of the transformation process of the aforementioned quilombo in the quest for autonomy and freedom. The consequences of new demands, juxtaposed over the territory and the lives of these social subjects, brought the need to create and recreate strategies for the conservation of traditions; and struggling for land and permanence on the territory, which they have inhabited for generations. In this process of land conflicts, the logic, which was imposed by the capital, not only caused major transformations in the ancestral territory, but also has endangered the cultural and social survival of the quilombola community.

A transformação da paisagem das áreas de mananciais vem sendo influenciada decisivamente pelas dinâmicas urbanas que nela incidem e pelas políticas públicas responsáveis pela sua proteção e recuperação. O presente trabalho objetiva analisar os conflitos e os desafios na gestão da Bacia Hidrográfica do Guarapiranga, uma área de extrema importância para a Região Metropolitana de São Paulo, responsável pelo fornecimento de água para aproximadamente quatro milhões de habitantes. A análise foi realizada à luz do reformulado aparato normativo e institucional proposto pela \"Nova Política Estadual de Proteção e Recuperação aos Mananciais\" (Lei n° 9.866/97), incluindo a legislação específica que hoje estabelece as diretrizes, normas e padrões de ocupação na Bacia do Guarapiranga (Lei n° 12.233/06). Além disso, foram avaliadas as transformações que ocorrem na Bacia, obtendo-se informações (históricas e atuais) sobre: o crescimento urbano e populacional, infraestrutura de saneamento, qualidade da água e obras na região. Complementarmente, foram utilizados diálogos realizados com interlocutores atuantes na área, revelando aspectos não apreendidos apenas com a pesquisa bibliográfica e documental. Os resultados indicaram que, embora a proposta normativa atual represente um avanço em termos de instrumentos para efetivar os objetivos almejados, ainda enfrenta desafios de ordem institucional e operacional. Verificou-se a necessidade de fortalecimento dos vínculos entre os entes do sistema de gerenciamento de recursos hídricos e insuficientes condições para um envolvimento mais profundo dos atores. Com isso, vários conflitos se revelam, desde o crescimento urbano e populacional em áreas planejadas para coibir a expansão urbana; qualidade da água aquém da situação ideal, relacionada à presença de esgotos domésticos e outros tipos de efluentes; e as grandes obras de infraestrutura públicas e privadas, que geram efeitos às vezes contrários à necessidade de preservação do manancial. A análise do futuro da área ainda aponta para grandes transformações, dado o enorme conjunto de fatores que incidem na área e por ser uma das poucas que ainda restam para absorver a expansão urbana e os interesses de diferentes grupos sociais na luta pela apropriação da terra e pela proteção dos mananciais. Para concretizar o futuro desejável da área de estudo deve ser prioridade o planejamento integrado; projetos contínuos e de longo prazo; cooperação intergovernamental; compromisso e vontade política; priorização de ações preventivas ao invés de corretivas; inclusão da população em processos educativos e participantes em torno da problemática apresentada; e, sobretudo, permear melhor as informações que são para a gestão, para o entendimento e para o fortalecimento das políticas públicas. / Landscape of water source areas has been changed by urban dynamics and public polices for protection and recovery of water resources. This work aims to analyze conflicts and challenges for management of Guarapiranga Watershed, an extremely important water source area of Metropolitan Region of Sao Paulo, which supplies 4 million people. In order to understand the transformations of landscape in Guarapiranga Watershed the new State Policy for Protection and Recovery of Water Source Areas (Law 9,866/97) was analyzed, including specific legislation which nowadays establishes rules and guidelines for land use in Guarapiranga Watershed (Law 12,233/06). Additionally, were selected some essential information: urban and population growth in protected areas, water quality and interventions in the region. Also people who live and work there were interviewed to improve the knowledge of problems. The results showed that, despite current legislation represents a progress in proceedings and regulatory instruments, technical and operational challenges persist. It was found that it is necessary strengthen the relation between the members of the Water Resources of Planning and Management System. In this context, several conflicts are observed, like urban and population growth in protected areas, unsatisfactory water quality; and interventions (public and private), which sometimes conflict with needs of water source protection. The analysis of the future of landscape still points to major changes, due the huge number of factors that affect the area and for being one of the few regions that is able to absorb the urban expansion and the interests of different social groups in the struggle for the appropriation of land and the protection of water sources. To achieve the desirable future for the area, it should be priority integrated planning, ongoing projects and long-term intergovernmental cooperation, preventive actions, and, above all, better communication that is for management, for understanding and for the strengthening of public policies.

Após a publicação dos decretos do Concílio de Trento, realizado entre 1545 e 1563, a Igreja Católica se esforçaria por demonstrar, na ação pastoral, as respostas conciliares às contestações heréticas e protestantes. De forma paradoxal, nos domínios lusos no Ultramar, a promoção do culto católico e tridentino, que norteou o trabalho de evangelização controlado pelo católico Reino de Portugal, foi bastante abalada pelo ambiente político daquela época e pelos efeitos do Padroado Régio. Estas contradições serão analisadas, neste estudo, a partir da análise das cartas pastorais emitidas pelo Bispo Dom Frei Manoel da Cruz, bem como das correspondências administrativas de autoridades régias. Elas evidenciam que nas freguesias setecentistas das Minas Gerais, contendas e discursos inflamados marcariam com o signo do conflito a ação pastoral. / After the publication of the Council of Trento, made between 1545 and 1563, the Catholic Church made an effort to demonstrate, in the pastoral practices, the council answers to the heretical and protestant theories. Paradoxically, in the Portugal domains, the endorsement of the catholic and tridentino worship, which guided the evangelization work controlled by the Kingdom of Portugal, was very affected by the political atmosphere of that time and by the effects of the Royal Patronate. These contradictions are analyzed by studying the pastoral letters emitted by Bishop Dom Frei Manoel da Cruz, as well as the administrative correspondence of royal authorities. They show that in the 1700\'s Minas Gerais, contentions and inflamed discourses marked the pastoral action with the conflict sign.

Este trabalho visa analisar sob o ponto de vista histórico e pianístico-musical a suíte Le Tombeau de Couperin escrita para piano solo pelo compositor francês Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) durante os anos da Primeira Guerra Mundial. Além de ser um adeus aos amigos desaparecidos durante a guerra, Ravel assina nesta obra uma homenagem dos modernos ao ancestral, também compositor, François Couperin (1668-1733) esquecido durante o século XIX. / This research aims at examining from a historical and musical point of view the Suite Le Tombeau de Couperin, written for piano solo by the French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) during the years of the First World War. In this work, a farewell to friends, who disappeared during the war, Ravel also signs an homage from the modern to the ancestor, François Couperin (1668-1733), also a composer, who was forgotten during the nineteenth century.

Thesis advisor: Karen Kayser / Abstract As there is an increasing awareness of the occurrence of domestic violence among South Asian immigrants, a need for cultural-sensitive interventions and community education are necessary to break the silence of victims. In order for us to begin the process of breaking the silence, there is need for a paradigm shift that can more accurately capture the experience of South Asian immigrant victims. This paradigm shift requires us to move away from blaming culture for the violence but to look at socialization, acculturation processes and mutuality in relationships as factors that may lead to increased acceptance of abusive tactics in marital conflicts. Using a sample of predominately first generation South Asian immigrants (N= 50), in the United States, the present study investigates the perception of acceptance of a husband's use of abusive conflict tactics to manage marital conflicts. Approximately half of the sample completed online surveys measuring South Asian immigrants' perception of acceptance of marital conflicts and the rest completed a paper survey. Through various statistical analyses such as regression, one-sample t-tests and chi-square, South Asian immigrants demonstrated higher levels of acceptance when it was perceived that the wife violated a social norm and when they perceived the wife as less educated. In addition, South Asian male immigrants who perceived that their own wives were not meeting their needs were more likely to rate the abusive tactics of the husband in the Abusive Conflict Tactics Perception Scale (ACPTS) as acceptable. The findings have implications for domestic violence advocates who are seeking to educate the community on domestic violence by challenging the misperceptions that abuse in marital relations is a direct result of cultural norms rather than socialization that can transcend culture. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2009. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Social Work. / Discipline: Social Work.

As atividades da construção civil são intrinsecamente complexas, resultado de muitas variáveis e grande quantidade de informações envolvidas, o que dificulta o gerenciamento dos riscos e a previsão de conflitos, os quais podem vir a se tornar uma disputa. Os contratos, instrumentos de pacto e reguladores das ações dos agentes e celebrados para a realização dos empreendimentos, muitas vezes são mal redigidos e criam um campo fértil para disputas e demandas judiciais, as quais geram prejuízos aos agentes e às partes interessadas envolvidas. A justiça estatal é morosa em função do acúmulo de processos e de alto custo. Como alternativa, foi instituída pela lei federal 9307/96 a arbitragem, uma forma de solução de disputas de forma privada, criada com a intenção de ser rápida, de baixo custo e sigilosa. O objetivo desta pesquisa é o de analisar a freqüência e condições de utilização da arbitragem nos contratos de execução de empreendimentos de construção civil, a identificação das vantagens e desvantagens que uma empresa construtora terá ao utilizá-la de modo a sugerir ações com vistas a incrementar a sua utilização pelas empresas construtoras. Foram utilizados como métodos de pesquisa a revisão bibliográfica e entrevistas de campo com três órgãos institucionais arbitrais, três empresas construtoras e três escritórios de advocacia. / Construction activities are inherent complex, as a result of a great number of interests and large amount f information involved, what makes risk management and conflict prediction difficult tasks, eventually leading to legal disputes. Construction and engineering contracts often do not cover all risks involved, leading to claims and resulting in losses of time and money for construction firms, engineering companies, property developers, and other stakeholders. The judiciary system is very slow and expensive, and, as an alternative, private arbitration courts were created by federal law 9307/96. Private managed, these courts are expected to be faster, less expensive and confidential. The aim of this research is to analyze the frequency and conditions of the use of arbitration in contracts in civil construction projects, identifying advantages and disadvantages from the point of view of construction companies, aiming to suggest actions as to increase its use. The research method includes bibliographic review and a survey with three institutional private arbitration organizations, three construction firms and three law firms.