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Civil society and social capital have become staples of political science and public administration since the publication of Robert Putnam's landmark book Making Democracy Work in 1993 and his bestseller Bowling Alone in 2000. The research presented here explores the role of social capital and trust in enhancing institutional performance. Specifically, this dissertation analyzes the dynamics of social capital and government performance in metropolitan county governments. The dissertation also explores alternative theoretical approaches that have recently or historically been proposed as predictors or determinants of government performance in public administration and political science scholarship. The results reported here indicate that many of the dimensions of social capital are significantly correlated with government performance. The results suggest that counties with citizens that are more open to taking risks, that are more open-minded and less averse to change, that have faith in major political and economic institutions, that are more optimistic and that are more trusting of people they perceive to be like themselves, tend to have higher performing governments. The results also indicate that the relationship between the various dimensions of social capital and government performance is more nuanced than portrayed by a simple bi-variate correlation analysis, suggesting that the relationship between government performance and social capital is strongest at the margins, that is, among both the highest and lowest performing county governments. / Ph. D.

Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2017-05-30T13:31:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Lúbia Tamires Rintzel_.pdf: 1530467 bytes, checksum: 5f7ebdda8b1933a6c0c69276c289d988 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-30T13:31:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lúbia Tamires Rintzel_.pdf: 1530467 bytes, checksum: 5f7ebdda8b1933a6c0c69276c289d988 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-24 / Nenhuma / A energia eólica é uma importante fonte renovável de energia, pois através da força do vento se produz energia limpa e com poucos impactos em sua produção. O Brasil possui um grande potencial eólico, tendo uma trajetória de expansão e um futuro promissor. O presente trabalho, diante desta fonte de energia, busca observar qual o impacto econômico da instalação dos parques eólicos para os municípios brasileiros, faz-se isso através do Método Estrutural Diferencial. Leva-se em consideração municípios com parques eólicos instalados no Brasil no período de 1998 a 2012, e também os municípios vizinhos a estes municípios com parques eólicos. Os dados utilizados referem-se a emprego, arrecadação fiscal e valor adicionado. Após a análise dos resultados, torna-se perceptível que, quando observados os municípios, os que passaram a ter parques eólicos obtiveram principalmente um maior incremento no emprego, ocorrendo também, porém menos significativo, variações na receita de impostos e no valor adicionado. Deste modo, a presença de parques eólicos nos municípios brasileiros impacta positivamente nos fatores econômicos dos mesmos. / Wind energy is an important renewable source of energy, because through the force of the wind produces clean energy and with little impact on its production. Brazil has a big wind potential, having a trajectory of expansion and a promising future. The present work, in front of this energy source, seeks to observe the economic impact of the installation of wind farms for the Brazilian municipalities, it is done through the Differential Structural Method. It takes into account municipalities with wind farms installed in Brazil from 1998 to 2012, and too the municipalities neighboring these municipalities with wind farms. The data used refer to employment, tax collection and added value. After analyzing the results, becomes noticeable that, when observed in municipalities, those that started to have wind farms obtained a greater increase in employment, but there were also, but less significant, changes in tax revenue and value added. Thus, the presence of wind farms in Brazilian municipalities has a positive impact on their economic factors.

<p>Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection. The infection rates have increased in the last decade. During 2008 the trend rates declined in all counties and regions in Sweden. Chlamydia infections have a geographical spatial pattern differences. This is seen from the national surveillance data report from the Swedish Institute for infectious disease control (SMI). The overall aim with the study is to conduct a geographical analysis of Chlamydia infections and explain the differences in the spatial pattern. The study is limited to the counties and a region that have been using Becton Dickinson laboratorial analysis methods. The study is based on statistics on Chlamydia infections incidence rates, from the SMI. The statistics did raise questions regarding the spatial patterns differences. Therefore some of the chosen counties and region were contacted through both telephone and email. Further information search was conducted on internet sites for some of the government authorities: The National Board of Health and Welfare, Swedish National Institute of Public Health etc. The mentioned authorities along with the SMI, play important roles in the area of sexually transmitted infections (STI).</p><p>Geographical spatial pattern differences of Chlamydia in the chosen counties and region can be explained on the basis of several factors. Statistics have been influenced by the fact that individuals have tested themselves in other areas/locations and not the locations where they have their permanent addresses (home areas). The quantities of taken samples and the effectiveness regarding the processes taken to reduce Chlamydia infections have led to detection of several cases and control of further infections. The public has more place access and opportunities of carrying out the tests (both in the region, the counties and through internet). The possibility to conduct detailed geographical studies has been limited because of the missing data at the municipality level. However, the study has raised questions that need further analysis. The previous research of Chlamydia infections has shown that other countries for example USA have succeeded in conducting detailed research studies of Chlamydia infections by using  geographic information systems (GIS) methods. Are there possibilities to conduct such research in Sweden with the current Swedish statistics on Chlamydia infections?</p><p> </p> / <p>Klamydia är en sexuell överförbar infektion. Klamydiainfektioner har under det senaste decenniet ökat på nytt i Sverige. År 2008 skedde en trendminskning i alla landsting och regioner. Utgångspunkten är att det finns mycket kunskap i samhället om klamydia och skyddsåtgärder för sjukdomen. Geografiska skillnader vad gäller spridning av klamydiainfektioner förekommer, vilket framgår av statistik från alla 21 landsting/regioner iSverige. Det övergripande syftet med studien är att göra en geografisk analys av klamydiainfektioner och ge en förklaring till förekommande skillnader av det rumsliga mönstret. Studien begränsar sig till landsting och regioner som använt sig av Becton Dickinsons testmetod och har utgått ifrån statistik från Smittskyddsinstitutet (SMI). Därefter har de berörda landstingen och regionerna kontaktats via både mail och telefon. Vidare informationssökning har skett hos de olika aktörerna inom klamydiaområdet såsom socialstyrelsen, statens folkhälsoinstitut osv.</p><p>Klamydiainfektioner har utvecklats i olika takt i de valda landstingen/regionen genom åren. Det rumsliga mönstret kan förklaras utifrån flera faktorer. Statistik påverkas av att individer testar sig på andra orter än där de är mantalsskrivna (hemkommuner). Antal tagna provmängder och effektivitet vad gäller handläggning av klamydiainfektioner leder tillupptäckt av flera fall och bromsar utvecklingen. Även tillgänglighet till platser för testninghar ökat i vissa län.</p><p>Möjlighet att genomföra en grundlig geografisk analys begränsas på grund av avsaknad avdata på kommunnivån. Däremot har studien lett till frågor som man bör söka svar på. Tidigare forskning har visat att andra länder exempelvis USA har lyckats genomföradetaljerade studier av klamydiainfektioner med hjälp av geografiskt informationssystem(GIS). Finns möjligheter att genomföra sådana klamydiastudier i Sverige med nuvarandesvensk data?</p>

Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection. The infection rates have increased in the last decade. During 2008 the trend rates declined in all counties and regions in Sweden. Chlamydia infections have a geographical spatial pattern differences. This is seen from the national surveillance data report from the Swedish Institute for infectious disease control (SMI). The overall aim with the study is to conduct a geographical analysis of Chlamydia infections and explain the differences in the spatial pattern. The study is limited to the counties and a region that have been using Becton Dickinson laboratorial analysis methods. The study is based on statistics on Chlamydia infections incidence rates, from the SMI. The statistics did raise questions regarding the spatial patterns differences. Therefore some of the chosen counties and region were contacted through both telephone and email. Further information search was conducted on internet sites for some of the government authorities: The National Board of Health and Welfare, Swedish National Institute of Public Health etc. The mentioned authorities along with the SMI, play important roles in the area of sexually transmitted infections (STI). Geographical spatial pattern differences of Chlamydia in the chosen counties and region can be explained on the basis of several factors. Statistics have been influenced by the fact that individuals have tested themselves in other areas/locations and not the locations where they have their permanent addresses (home areas). The quantities of taken samples and the effectiveness regarding the processes taken to reduce Chlamydia infections have led to detection of several cases and control of further infections. The public has more place access and opportunities of carrying out the tests (both in the region, the counties and through internet). The possibility to conduct detailed geographical studies has been limited because of the missing data at the municipality level. However, the study has raised questions that need further analysis. The previous research of Chlamydia infections has shown that other countries for example USA have succeeded in conducting detailed research studies of Chlamydia infections by using  geographic information systems (GIS) methods. Are there possibilities to conduct such research in Sweden with the current Swedish statistics on Chlamydia infections? / Klamydia är en sexuell överförbar infektion. Klamydiainfektioner har under det senaste decenniet ökat på nytt i Sverige. År 2008 skedde en trendminskning i alla landsting och regioner. Utgångspunkten är att det finns mycket kunskap i samhället om klamydia och skyddsåtgärder för sjukdomen. Geografiska skillnader vad gäller spridning av klamydiainfektioner förekommer, vilket framgår av statistik från alla 21 landsting/regioner iSverige. Det övergripande syftet med studien är att göra en geografisk analys av klamydiainfektioner och ge en förklaring till förekommande skillnader av det rumsliga mönstret. Studien begränsar sig till landsting och regioner som använt sig av Becton Dickinsons testmetod och har utgått ifrån statistik från Smittskyddsinstitutet (SMI). Därefter har de berörda landstingen och regionerna kontaktats via både mail och telefon. Vidare informationssökning har skett hos de olika aktörerna inom klamydiaområdet såsom socialstyrelsen, statens folkhälsoinstitut osv. Klamydiainfektioner har utvecklats i olika takt i de valda landstingen/regionen genom åren. Det rumsliga mönstret kan förklaras utifrån flera faktorer. Statistik påverkas av att individer testar sig på andra orter än där de är mantalsskrivna (hemkommuner). Antal tagna provmängder och effektivitet vad gäller handläggning av klamydiainfektioner leder tillupptäckt av flera fall och bromsar utvecklingen. Även tillgänglighet till platser för testninghar ökat i vissa län. Möjlighet att genomföra en grundlig geografisk analys begränsas på grund av avsaknad avdata på kommunnivån. Däremot har studien lett till frågor som man bör söka svar på. Tidigare forskning har visat att andra länder exempelvis USA har lyckats genomföradetaljerade studier av klamydiainfektioner med hjälp av geografiskt informationssystem(GIS). Finns möjligheter att genomföra sådana klamydiastudier i Sverige med nuvarandesvensk data?

Orientador: Fadel David Antônio Filho / Banca: Solange Terezinha de Lima Guimarães / Banca: Andrea Coelho Lastória / Resumo: Este trabalho aborda dentro da Geografia Cultural a importância da cultura na produção do espaço, tendo em vista o processo de industrialização da capital paulista, acentuando a cidade de São Paulo como um pólo de atração de movimentos migratórios. A introdução dessa nova massa populacional faz com que a cidade de São Paulo sofra mudanças estruturais, sendo que a mão de obra imigrante e a sua cultura regional tornam-se um dos fatores para essas mudanças. O trabalho faz um levantamento sobre o conceito de cultura abordado pela Geografia, dando destaque as escolas geográficas da França e da Alemanha, abordando o conceito de gênero de vida trazido para a Geografia por Vidal de La Blache / Abstract: This work deals with the importance of the culture in the production of space, taking in mind the process of industrialization of the capital of São Paulo, once it is an icon of the migrating movements. The establishment of this new population mass forces the city of São Paulo to pass through structural changes, basically by the manual work of the immigrants as well as his regional culture becomes one of the main factors of these changes. This work makes a research about the concept of the culture dealt by Geography, pointing the geographical schools of France and Germany, dealing with the concept of genre of life brought to the Geography by Vidal de La Blache / Mestre

Na última década, muitos municípios por todo o país vêm aderindo à tendência de elaboração e implementação de políticas voltadas à garantia da segurança pública. O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar este processo de municipalização da segurança pública, por meio de estudo de caso sobre a implementação da Secretaria Municipal de Segurança Pública de São Leopoldo, RS e sua atuação voltada à prevenção da violência e criminalidade. Procurou-se apresentar os antecedentes teóricos da idéia de gestão local da segurança, identificados nas primeiras formulações da Escola de Chicago, chegando às abordagens atuais de controle informal, como o movimento da Nova Prevenção, desenvolvido na Itália, como proposta complementar aos mecanismos de controle formal.As relações entre municípios, estados e União na construção de uma política pública de segurança também são abordadas. O acompanhamento da implementação da secretaria e as ações executadas em seus dois primeiros anos são descritas e analisadas. A conclusão do estudo aponta os elementos identificados como facilitadores, assim como as dificuldades enfrentadas para a implementação das políticas públicas de segurança em âmbito municipal, e indica alguns caminhos possíveis para o aprofundamento da experiência de gestão municipal da segurança no caso estudado. / In the last decade, many counties all over the country are sticking to the trend of elaboration and implementation of policies addressed to public safety assurance. The objective of this work is to investigate the process of public safety municipalization, through a case study on the implementation of Sao Leopoldo Public Safety Municipal Office, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and its performance related to violence and crime prevention. The study attempts to present the theoretical antecedents of the idea of safety local management, identified in the first formulations of the Chicago School, coming up to the current informal control approaches, as the New Prevention movement, developed in Italy, as a complementary proposal to the mechanisms of formal control. Relations among counties, states and the Union in the construction of a safety public policy are approached also. The Municipal Office implementation follow up and the performed actions along the first two years are described and analyzed. The conclusion of the study indicates the elements identified as facilitators, as well as the difficulties faced to implement safety public policies on a municipal extent, and shows some possible paths for the experience deepening on safety municipal management related to the studied case.

Na última década, muitos municípios por todo o país vêm aderindo à tendência de elaboração e implementação de políticas voltadas à garantia da segurança pública. O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar este processo de municipalização da segurança pública, por meio de estudo de caso sobre a implementação da Secretaria Municipal de Segurança Pública de São Leopoldo, RS e sua atuação voltada à prevenção da violência e criminalidade. Procurou-se apresentar os antecedentes teóricos da idéia de gestão local da segurança, identificados nas primeiras formulações da Escola de Chicago, chegando às abordagens atuais de controle informal, como o movimento da Nova Prevenção, desenvolvido na Itália, como proposta complementar aos mecanismos de controle formal.As relações entre municípios, estados e União na construção de uma política pública de segurança também são abordadas. O acompanhamento da implementação da secretaria e as ações executadas em seus dois primeiros anos são descritas e analisadas. A conclusão do estudo aponta os elementos identificados como facilitadores, assim como as dificuldades enfrentadas para a implementação das políticas públicas de segurança em âmbito municipal, e indica alguns caminhos possíveis para o aprofundamento da experiência de gestão municipal da segurança no caso estudado. / In the last decade, many counties all over the country are sticking to the trend of elaboration and implementation of policies addressed to public safety assurance. The objective of this work is to investigate the process of public safety municipalization, through a case study on the implementation of Sao Leopoldo Public Safety Municipal Office, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and its performance related to violence and crime prevention. The study attempts to present the theoretical antecedents of the idea of safety local management, identified in the first formulations of the Chicago School, coming up to the current informal control approaches, as the New Prevention movement, developed in Italy, as a complementary proposal to the mechanisms of formal control. Relations among counties, states and the Union in the construction of a safety public policy are approached also. The Municipal Office implementation follow up and the performed actions along the first two years are described and analyzed. The conclusion of the study indicates the elements identified as facilitators, as well as the difficulties faced to implement safety public policies on a municipal extent, and shows some possible paths for the experience deepening on safety municipal management related to the studied case.

nÃo hà / A Lei da TransparÃncia provà o acesso Ãs finanÃas pÃblicas. Contudo, comparando o regulado pela Lei e o que se efetiva, desse trade off, desenvolveu-se a investigaÃÃo. Este estudo, utilizando da base de dados do sistema de informaÃÃes municipais do estado do Cearà e dos critÃrios do Manual do SIM estabelecidos pelo TCM-CE acerca das despesas municipais, verificou uma falha da transparÃncia pÃblica municipal, a omissÃo na identificaÃÃo do NÃmero do Processo Administrativo para AquisiÃÃo de Bens e ServiÃos. Para o comportamento dessa falha, denominada de percentual de omissÃes no SIM, a hipÃtese da investigaÃÃo considerou um alto valor para essa ocorrÃncia, e a tentativa de elucidar os fatores por trÃs disso. Essa omissÃo foi abordada pelo modelo Tobit de dados censurados, segundo Tobin (1958). Diante da amostra, nas unidades gestoras selecionadas dos 184 municÃpios do estado do Cearà no perÃodo de 2008 a 2014, investigaram-se estatÃsticas descritivas e explicativas sobre a variÃvel dependente. O modelo confirmou o alto valor, o percentual de omissÃes no SIM apresentou uma mÃdia de 58% e mediana 77%, avaliou-se, entÃo, a influÃncia de variÃveis nesse percentual. Da influÃncia das variÃveis, polÃticas, econÃmicas e educacionais, a da polÃtica foi determinante. O resultado da variÃvel, dummies partidÃrias, apresentou ainda, um fator de aprendizagem. Em relaÃÃo Ãs demais, escolaridade e IDM, apresentaram sinais esperados, quanto maiores, hà menor reincidÃncia de erros. Em conjunto, estas evidÃncias sugerem aos gestores pÃblicos esforÃos para evitar as omissÃes no sistema de dados SIM e assim atender a Lei da TransparÃncia. / The Freedom of Information Act provides access to public finances. However, comparing regulated by law and what is effective, this trade off, research has developed. This study, using of municipal information system database of Cearà and SIMâs Manual criteria established by the TCM-CE about the Ceara State Expenditures by Counties, found a failure of government public transparency, the omission in the Case Number Identification Administrative for Goods and Services Procurement. To the behavior of this failure, called omissions percentage of the SIM, the hypothesis of the research considered a high value for this occurrence, and the attempt to elucidate the factors behind it. This omission has been addressed by the Tobit model of censored data, according to Tobin (1958). Given the sample, the selected management units of the 184 counties in the State of Ceara in the 2008-2014 periods, we investigated descriptive and explanatory statistics on the dependent variable. The model confirmed the high value, the percentage of omissions on the SIM averaged 58% and median 77%, it was evaluated, then the influence of variables in this percentage. The influence of the variables, political, economic and educational, the policy was decisive. The result of the variable, party dummies, presented also a factor of learning. For the other, education and IDM, had expected signs, the larger, there is less recidivism errors. Together, this evidence suggests to managers efforts to avoid omissions in the SIM data system and thus meet The Freedom of Information Act.

Na última década, muitos municípios por todo o país vêm aderindo à tendência de elaboração e implementação de políticas voltadas à garantia da segurança pública. O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar este processo de municipalização da segurança pública, por meio de estudo de caso sobre a implementação da Secretaria Municipal de Segurança Pública de São Leopoldo, RS e sua atuação voltada à prevenção da violência e criminalidade. Procurou-se apresentar os antecedentes teóricos da idéia de gestão local da segurança, identificados nas primeiras formulações da Escola de Chicago, chegando às abordagens atuais de controle informal, como o movimento da Nova Prevenção, desenvolvido na Itália, como proposta complementar aos mecanismos de controle formal.As relações entre municípios, estados e União na construção de uma política pública de segurança também são abordadas. O acompanhamento da implementação da secretaria e as ações executadas em seus dois primeiros anos são descritas e analisadas. A conclusão do estudo aponta os elementos identificados como facilitadores, assim como as dificuldades enfrentadas para a implementação das políticas públicas de segurança em âmbito municipal, e indica alguns caminhos possíveis para o aprofundamento da experiência de gestão municipal da segurança no caso estudado. / In the last decade, many counties all over the country are sticking to the trend of elaboration and implementation of policies addressed to public safety assurance. The objective of this work is to investigate the process of public safety municipalization, through a case study on the implementation of Sao Leopoldo Public Safety Municipal Office, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and its performance related to violence and crime prevention. The study attempts to present the theoretical antecedents of the idea of safety local management, identified in the first formulations of the Chicago School, coming up to the current informal control approaches, as the New Prevention movement, developed in Italy, as a complementary proposal to the mechanisms of formal control. Relations among counties, states and the Union in the construction of a safety public policy are approached also. The Municipal Office implementation follow up and the performed actions along the first two years are described and analyzed. The conclusion of the study indicates the elements identified as facilitators, as well as the difficulties faced to implement safety public policies on a municipal extent, and shows some possible paths for the experience deepening on safety municipal management related to the studied case.