Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2003. / Title from title page screen, viewed Aug. 13, 2004. Dissertation Committee: Rodney P. Riegle, Barbara S. Heyl (co-chairs), Mary Anne Moffitt, Amee Adkins, Will Ashton. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-116) and abstract. Also available in print.

It has almost been a decade since the inception of a 'New South Africa', without apartheid, which separated South Africans and classified them hierarchically according to their 'race'. The 'eradication' of apartheid has meant that South Africans have had to re-look at issues around racial identity without a dominating apartheid ideology. The purpose of the research was to describe and to look at some of the features and dynamics concerning racial identity that are prevalent in a post-apartheid South Africa. This was done by exploring the nature and type of interactions University of Natal Durban (UNO) students (doing a Human Behaviour and the Environment module) had with persons not from their own racial group, prior to coming to UNO as well as at UNO. The possible challenges, threats and opportunities students felt were afforded them because of their racial group were also explored. Literature concerning issues of racial identification in South Africa and other parts of the world was also examined. A descriptive research design, using a triangulated research methodology incorporating both quantitative and qualitative methods was used in the study. A non-probability sampling method with reliance on 83 available law, community development, nursing and psychology students representing the four racial classifications in South Africa, namely black, white, coloured and Indian was used. Data were collected through observations as well as through a self administered structured questionnaire. The findings of the research suggest that issues related to racial identification in a post-apartheid South Africa, for black, white, coloured and Indian students is in turmoil and requires reconstruction. The findings further indicated that questions about affirmative action and the future of non-black South Africans in South Africa is believed to be uncertain and negative. The issue of poverty and the internalised oppression and inferiority of black students was also identified to be problematic. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2003.

No abstract available. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1961.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, 2007. / "December 2007." Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-132) and appendices.

These (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo, 2007. / Title from PDF title page. Available through UMI ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-131). Also issued in print.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2005. Graduate Programme in Communications and Culture. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 438-465). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNR11601

abstract: This dissertation investigated positive intergroup contact and communication in the experiences of fans at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Guided by concepts from Intergroup Contact Theory (ICT), formerly Allport’s (1954) Contact Hypothesis, I asked fans to identify and discuss factors that were relevant to their experiences at the event. These factors are reported in previous literature to foster positive intergroup relations. The fan participants also provided detailed, experience-based rationales for why and how the factors supported each other and created individual models of their experiences of ICT at the Olympics. The study relied on participant-centered, in-depth qualitative interviews using Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) software. Based on an integration of ICT, communication theories, social capital concepts, and calls from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and mega-sporting event industry, the dissertation sought to answer four research questions. It started with a broad approach to the array of previous scholars’ ICT factors in order to identify what factors were present and relevant in fans’ experiences. It also sought to understand why and how the factors worked together by analyzing the ways factors related to and supported each other in Olympic fans’ experiences and producing a composite meta-structure of the factors’ relationships. Additionally, through thematic analysis, the research explored where and when in fans’ experiences the factors emerged and were active. Finally, the study identified the functions that each ICT factor served in fostering positive intergroup contact and communication and offered suggestions for practitioners and organizers of intergroup contexts. The study aimed to make theoretical contributions by addressing gaps and calls in ICT literature, as well as practical contributions by providing insight about how to organize intergroup contexts to foster positive contact and communication. In addition to addressing its research questions, the study provided a comprehensive list of previous scholars’ ICT factors, a preliminary, tentative model of ICT for ideal intergroup contexts adapted from Pettigrew’s (1998) model of group membership transformation for problematic contexts, and promising future directions given the unique, ideal, and unexplored features of the Olympics. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Communication 2017

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T13:16:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1250883 bytes, checksum: 533fd5d9899ed0a3656fe022e2275b1b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-06 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / In the face of globalization and international agreements, the politics of the Brazilian government began to prioritize in their educational system, care for the disabled in regular classes in regular education - National Education Plan (Goal 4, 2012). Then comes a new scenario in daily school where the social aspect of relations, prejudice has a prominent place. In this context, deploying up promoting public policies aimed at inclusion of equal opportunities and conviviality. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate prejudice and intergroup contact in the Nucleus of Support to People with Special Needs (NAPNE's) related to educational inclusion in regular class. To accomplish this, was justified as the theoretical reflections extend toward theory of prejudice, which this work appropriates the knowledge about the theory of social representations conveyed in this medium - public politics of inclusion - the light of the theory of contact and of intergroup relations, understanding that strategies based on contact can open new horizons in terms of trade that exists between what is intrapsychic, interpersonal, intergroup or societal. The sample comprised 118 members - teachers and administrators - the inclusion of core TECNEP/ SETEC/ MEC program called NAPNE s, the Brazilian Federal Institutes, with 75,4% female, 41,5% aged 30 - 39 years old, with less than 10 years of professional experience (58,5%) , and 70,3% prepared to work with the disabled. We used the descriptive method with qualitative and quantitative explanatory approach with a descriptive character. The instrument used was a semi-structured questionnaire addressing aspects of performance; support received, the degree of satisfaction with the facilities and the main difficulties or obstacles. Variables were measured on the Likert scales and Bogardus (1925), and finally, sociodemographic questions. These data were processed using the SPSS software and EVOC, and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed 70,3% of members participating in intergroup relations, but 85,6% dissatisfied with school facilities and only 14,4% satisfied with the institutional support received, at the school for lack of contact in relationships (90,6%) with Persons with Special Needs showing almost nonexistent. Segregation was rejected (92,3%). In referring to the results of the analysis means a lack of support of all kinds to the cores, nonexistent effective contact, members are eager to participate in the process agreeing with the commonality of the room, and that the public politics of inclusion in the way is causing institutional bias, allowing for operational adjustments. Research shows that the way to bring effects that would result in decreased bias in the ratio of acceptable cultural and social differences in modern society is the planned and structured intergroup contact, and that the cores can influence the process of inclusion when there are more frequent in intergroup contacts. / Diante da globalização e dos acordos internacionais, a política do governo brasileiro passou a priorizar, em seu sistema educacional, o atendimento aos deficientes em classes comuns do ensino regular - Plano Nacional de Educação (Meta 4, 2012). Surge então um novo cenário no cotidiano das escolas, onde no aspecto social das relações, o preconceito tem um lugar de destaque. Nesse contexto, implantam-se políticas públicas promotoras de inclusão voltadas para a igualdade de oportunidades e convivialidade. Assim, o objetivo geral deste estudo foi investigar o preconceito e o contato intergrupal nos Núcleos de Apoio as Pessoas com Necessidades Específicas (NAPNE s), relacionados à inclusão escolar em classe comum. Para alcançar este objetivo, justificou-se como aporte teórico ampliar as reflexões frente à teoria do preconceito, do qual este trabalho se apropria dos conhecimentos acerca da teoria das representações sociais veiculadas neste meio políticas públicas de inclusão - a luz da teoria do contato e das relações intergrupais, por entender que estratégias baseadas no contato podem abrir novos horizontes, numa relação de trocas que existe entre o que é intrapsíquico, interpessoal, intergrupal ou societal. A amostra composta por 118 integrantes professores e administrativos - dos núcleos de inclusão do programa TECNEP/SETEC/MEC, denominados de NAPNE s, dos Institutos Federais brasileiro, com 75,4% do sexo feminino, 41,5% com idades entre 30 - 39 anos, com menos de 10 anos de atuação profissional (58,5%), e 70,3% preparados para o trabalho com deficientes. Aplicou-se o Método descritivo explicativo com abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa, tendo um caráter descritivo. O instrumento utilizado foi um questionário semi estruturado contemplando aspectos relativos à atuação; o apoio recebido; o grau de satisfação com as instalações e as principais dificuldades ou obstáculos. As variáveis foram mensuradas em escalas do tipo Likert e de Bogardus (1925), e por fim, questões sociodemográficas. Estes dados foram processados utilizando os softwares SPSS e EVOC, e analisados através de estatística descritiva. Os resultados mostraram 70,3% dos integrantes participando das relações intergrupais, porém 85,6% insatisfeitos com as instalações escolares e apenas 14,4% satisfeitos com o apoio institucional recebido, na escola há falta de contato nas relações (90,6%) junto as Pessoas com Necessidades Específicas se mostrando quase inexistente. A segregação foi rejeitada (92,3%). No que se referem aos resultados das análises entende-se que falta apoio de toda ordem aos núcleos, inexiste um contato efetivo, os integrantes estão ávidos em participar do processo concordando com a comunalidade da sala, e que esta política pública de inclusão na forma como se encontra provoca preconceito institucional, ensejando ajustes operacionais. A pesquisa mostra que a forma de trazer efeitos que resultariam em diminuição do preconceito numa relação de diferenças culturais e sociais aceitáveis pela sociedade moderna seja o contato intergrupal planejado e estruturado, e que, os Núcleos podem influenciar no processo da inclusão quando há maior frequência nos contatos intergrupais.

Dans le cadre de ce travail de thèse nous nous attachons à articuler l'approche structurale des représentations sociales avec les champs des émotions et des rapports intergroupes. Ce travail se compose ainsi de deux axes de recherche. Le premier axe (n = 340) s'intéresse à l'impact de l'infirmation ou de la confirmation de cognitions centrales ou périphériques sur les émotions dans l'optique d'éclairer le rôle que pourraient jouer ces dernières dans le cadre de la dynamique représentationnelle. Les deux recherches réalisées à cette occasion nous amènent à considérer que le système périphérique serait générateur d'émotions et que celles-ci se situeraient alors au cœur du processus conduisant les individus à réagir à une modification de leur environnement immédiat. Le second axe (n = 920) se focalise sur les liens entre l'approche structurale et les rapports intergroupes. Il témoigne de l'importance de la fonction identitaire des représentation sociales en indiquant que le fait de partager ou non un élément central d'une représentation sociale agirait sur la manière dont les individus s'auto-catégorisent et catégorisent autrui comme membre du groupe. Finalement, au travers de la prise en compte de l'approche structurale, ce travail souligne l'intérêt d'une articulation entre la théorie des représentations sociales et des champs d'étude généralement appréhendés indépendamment de cette dernière. / Within the framework of this PhD thesis we attempt to articulate the structural approach of social representations with the fields of emotions and intergroup relations. Thus, this work gets organized around two main lines of research. The first part (n = 340) focuses on the impact of the invalidation or the confirmation of central or peripheral cognitions on emotions with the goal of enlightening the role that the latter might play within the representational dynamic. Both research conducted in this occasion bring us to consider that the peripheral system would generates emotions that would lie at the heart of the process leading people to react to changes in their immediate environment. The second part (n = 920) focuses on the links between the structural approach and intergroup relations. It highlights the importance of the social identity function of social representations by indicating that fact of sharing (or not) a central element of a social representation would influence the way people self-categorize and categorize others as members of the group. Finally, through the consideration of the structural approach, this work emphasizes the interest of establishing connections between the social representation theory and other fields of study that are generally considered as independant.

This is an ethnographic case study, based in participant observation, which investigates and analyzes how the everyday relationships between Europeans, South Americans expatriates & Angolan nationals, are structured in a common transnational labor community in Angola, named Cambambe. This study investigates if there are any features of post-colonial power relations that affect and shape the interactions between those three communities. Thus, if the contemporary forms of relationship, as expressed by this community, can still be compared to that old hard power stereotype namely labor relations from the colonial past, or if those have changed with modernity. In doing so, this study equally analyzes not only how the interactions between the three communities is expressed in terms of identity, culture and ethnic belonging, but also how such expressions bring about tangible consequences for the groups relating to their social and institutional positions inside the working community. Furthermore, this study examines if the three group populations are able to go beyond their ethnic and cultural boundaries in order to create common zones of togetherness and empowerment, and if so, how these zones are shaped. To do so, the analysis observes how the intergroup perceives power into their relational context, focusing in four dimensions, namely; rationality, perceived justice, material resources and identity. Moreover, this is a multidisciplinary analysis which makes use of the theoretical lenses provided by the post-colonial theory, psychology of intergroup relations and power theories in international relations, to shed light into the understanding of contemporary labor communities and in the position of the post-colonial subjects in society in a North to South perspective.