Dagens samhälle bygger på ett kapitalistiskt system utefter en så kallad linjär ekonomi där resurser utvinns, produkter produceras, för att sedan konsumeras och slängas. Detta system har genererat en ekonomisk tillväxt på bekostnad av vår miljö. För att skapa ett hållbart system som inte medför farliga utsläpp och andra miljöproblem har Sverige tillsammans med andra länder påbörjat ett arbete mot ett hållbart samhällsekonomiskt system, en cirkulär ekonomi. I och med den stora samhällsomställning som den cirkulära ekonomin innebär är det relevant att studera vilken miljöpolitik detta samhällsekonomiska system förmedlar. Studien använder ideologierna degrowth, ecological modernization och ecomodernism utifrån en idéanalys i syfte att analysera de bakomliggande miljöideologiska antaganden som den svenska staten förmedlar i och med omställningen mot en cirkulär ekonomi. Studiens visar att Sveriges cirkulära ekonomi kan identifieras med ideologin ecological modernization som anser att det ekonomiska system vi har  dag behöver inkludera en miljöfaktor för att nå ett grönare samhälle som inte skadar miljön. Tidigare forskning visat på att Sverige sedan en tid tillbaka redan bedriver en miljöpolitik enligt ideologin ecological modernization. Detta tyder på att ecological modernization tagit fäste i Sveriges miljöpolitik.

This doctoral thesis identifies and analyzes narratives of Greenland's future that emerged in the context of developing and modernizing the dependency's natural resources industries in the 1900s until the 1960s. After almost two centuries of Danish colonial rule, the turn of the 20th century witnessed a profound change in Greenland's governance. Although contested at first, the notion of cultural progress increasingly linked developing a modern industry to a productive economy under Danish auspices. Ideas of modernity that connected rationalities of the market with political power and science were unparalleled in the colonial discourse on Greenland's future. How were the development of Greenland's natural resource industries and its role in Danish governance debated? Which narratives emerged in this context? As the studies in this compilation thesis suggest, the rationalities of science, markets, and power became entangled in an unprecedented way during these decades, creating new ways to imagine Greenland's future. The first paper analyzes the application of a private stakeholder group of Copenhagen's financial and economic elite for access to Greenland as a private, for-profit venture to extract and trade with the colony's living resources in 1905. The motif of an Arctic scramble was constructed through the authority of science, still resonating in the debate on rare earth mining today. The second paper identifies the business relationships between the group's members, connecting major Danish financial institutes and private economic interests in the late 19th and early 20th century. The third paper focuses on the commercialization of Greenlandic fisheries in the 1910s until the late 1920s and the fisheries scientist Adolf Severin Jensen (1866-1953). Jensen's work is an example of how applied sciences connected both scientific and political agendas, carried out in a colonial setting. The fourth paper focuses on the narrative analysis of (Danish-language) Greenlandic newspaper coverage of Qullissat between 1942 and 1968. Representations of the coal mine and nearby settlement on Greenland's west coast, which were closed down in 1972, are at the center of this study. While the coal mine was presented as a Danish success to establish an independent energy supply and to introduce modernization measures, it was presented as a Greenlandic failure to adapt to modern demands of economic productivity in the years leading up to its closure.

Thesis abstract The aim of this thesis is to describe the role of school songs in the modernization of Chinese music. Since the establishment of modern Chinese education school songs have become an important part of Japanese-based teaching materials as well as a tool for introducing and transferring political ideology. The tunes of the early school songs were adapted from Western romantic songs and Japanese school songs, and as I argue, this have shaped the Chinese musical taste towards a greater popularity of music including western compositional elements and thus westernization of music in general. In addition to describing the musical specifics of Chinese school songs, the work focuses on more general questions about the modernization and westernization of Chinese music. Compositions written by Shen Xingong (1869-1947), Li Shutong (1880-1942) and Zeng Zhimin (1879-1929), prefaces to various editions of collected school songs, and articles on the relationship of these songs to the education system in China is the primary focus of the current study. Key words: modernization; Chinese music; school songs; early 20 century

This study examines the Biafran secession of 1967-1970 and how the secessionist government constructed a Biafran identity in its campaign to gain international support for Biafra’s permanent separation from Nigeria. The introductory chapter outlines the role of identity in Nigeria’s twentieth-century political history and discusses the scholarly literature addressing questions of national and ethnic identity and on the Biafran secession. The thesis then provides a historical framework for discussing the evolution of Nigerian political identities and the failures of Nigerian leaders to build a Nigerian nationalism among the region’s numerous identifiable groups in the colonial and early independence eras. Subsequent chapters analyse the Biafran government’s attempts to elide the inherent instability of identity and overcome the dynamic process of identity formation in Nigeria by constructing and promoting a fixed Biafran identity based on cultural characteristics and historical experiences that allegedly distinguished and united the diverse peoples of the secessionist region.

This diploma work is focused on evaluation of opportunities to improvement and modernization of production process of castings in company ŽĎAS a.s. As base are in theoretical part informations about business process management and change management (Deming's improvement cycle, theory of constraints, reengeneering, concept of quality management). Practical part analyses concrete opportunity to modernization of molding section and compares it with technology which is now used.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the operational equipment in current use at the Marshall Pottery Company and make a comparison of this equipment and modern, up-to-date equipment available and in use by other manufacturers. An attempt was made to formulate a long-range plan for developing and modernizing basic production processes and facilities at the Marshall Pottery Company.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2015-12-11T11:30:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 henriquerodriguesdeandradegoulart.pdf: 1996937 bytes, checksum: 7aa53055c5b9d51c6dc0b2b5e8dcf7bf (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2015-12-11T15:02:45Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 henriquerodriguesdeandradegoulart.pdf: 1996937 bytes, checksum: 7aa53055c5b9d51c6dc0b2b5e8dcf7bf (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-11T15:02:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 henriquerodriguesdeandradegoulart.pdf: 1996937 bytes, checksum: 7aa53055c5b9d51c6dc0b2b5e8dcf7bf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-05 / FAPEMIG - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais / A presente pesquisa se dedica a estudar como ocorreu a importação do modelo de segurança pública da cidade de Nova York pela Polícia Militar de Minas Gerais. O foco do estudo será nas formas de conformação e de adaptação do modelo e das teorias que inspiraram sua construção no ambiente de trabalho da PMMG. Nas teorias que influenciam a criação e reforma da polícia contemporânea, citaremos a teoria da administração gerencial e a teoria das oportunidades como fontes principais. Em relação ao modelo a ser importado, analisaremos a construção da política de segurança pública da polícia de Nova York, suas reformas e dilemas. Tomaremos como base a percepção de que um modelo não pode ser importado e aplicado na íntegra em uma realidade social, econômica e cultural totalmente diversa daquela de sua construção. Por fim, nos posicionaremos de forma crítica quanto a este aspecto do que chamaremos de “discurso modernizador da PMMG”. / This research is devoted to study how occurred the importation of the model of public security of the city of New York by the Military Police of Minas Gerais. The study will focus on ways of shaping and adapting the model and theories that inspired its construction in the PMMG workplace. About the theories that influenced the creation of contemporary police and its reforms, we will quote the theory of management administration and the theory of opportunities as main sources. Regarding the model to be imported, we will analyze the construction of public security policy of the NYPD, his reforms and dilemmas. We will build on the perception that a model cannot be imported and fully implemented on social, economic and cultural realities different from that of its construction. At last, we will position ourselves critically in this regard that we call the “PMMG modernizing speech".

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-01-22T18:31:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 romimarciabencke.pdf: 1848276 bytes, checksum: c53572cdff6d9e8b2714277782ce7730 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-01-25T18:56:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 romimarciabencke.pdf: 1848276 bytes, checksum: c53572cdff6d9e8b2714277782ce7730 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-25T18:56:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 romimarciabencke.pdf: 1848276 bytes, checksum: c53572cdff6d9e8b2714277782ce7730 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-01-28 / A partir da Teoria da Modernização desenvolvida por Inglehart e Welzel (2009), que chama atenção para a relevância dos valores sociais no desenvolvimento humano busca-se testar a hipótese de que existe uma relação entre ecumenismo e valores de autoexpressão. Partindo dos conceitos de valores sociais (autoexpressão e sobrevivência), ecumenismo e modernidade, a coleta de dados para a dissertação consistiu em uma pesquisa documental em uma organização ecumênica e duas igrejas protestantes, bem como um survey com agentes eclesiais de uma destas igrejas. Os resultados do survey, assim como a análise dos documentos suportam a relação positiva entre o ecumenismo e valores sociais vinculados ao desenvolvimento humano emancipador. A partir dos achados da dissertação, pode-se afirmar que o ecumenismo contribui para que o cristianismo estabeleça um diálogo com a modernidade. / Stemming from Modernization Theory developed by Inglehart and Welzel (2009) which discusses the importance of social values in human development, the thesis puts forward the hypothesis of an existing relationship between ecumenism and self-expression values. By using concepts such as social values (self-expression and survival), ecumenism and modernity, data collection consisted of documentary research in an ecumenical organization and two protestant churches as well as a survey with pastoral agents of one of the protestant churches. Both survey results and the qualitative analysis of documents support the positive relationship between ecumenism and social values related to liberating human development. Based on the findings of this thesis, it can be claimed that ecumenism contributes to Christian dialogue with modernity.

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O Licenciamento ambiental é um dos instrumentos da Política Nacional de Meio Ambiente, estabelecida pela lei 6.938 de 1981. Nos últimos 30 anos, o país passou por inúmeras transformações econômicas, políticas e sociais. No cenário de grande potencial hidrelétrico do país, demanda crescente por energia, fortalecimento e consolidação da legislação e do sistema de gestão ambiental, participação de novos atores econômicos interessados em prover a expansão do parque de geração de energia, maior participação dos movimentos sociais na esfera pública e uma memória não muito distante de graves problemas socioambientais ocasionados pela construção de hidrelétricas; é que se dão os conflitos que perpassam todo o processo de licenciamento ambiental de hidrelétricas e do qual se ocupa essa dissertação. Entre os anos de 2004 e 2008, muitos atores econômicos e sociais envolvidos com a temática do licenciamento ambiental no país se posicionaram publicamente, sobretudo a respeito dos conflitos relacionados à concessão das licenças ambientais para empreendimentos hidrelétricos. A reflexão sociológica a qual se propôs este projeto de pesquisa utiliza a Teoria da Modernização Ecológica como instrumental teórico e busca entender o estado da arte do licenciamento ambiental de hidrelétricas no Brasil. / The Environmental license is one of the tools of the National Environmental Policy, established by the law 6.938 of 1981. Over the past 30 years, the country has had lots of economical, political and social changes. The socio-environmental conflicts that permeate the environmental licensing process of UHEs, which constitute the subject of this dissertation, happen in a context characterized by the great hydroelectric potential of the country, the increasing demand for energy, the strengthening and consolidation of the legislation and of the environmental management system, the growing participation of the social movements in the public sphere, a recent memory of socio-environmental problems resulting from the construction of hydroelectric power stations and the participation of new economic agents interested in promoting the expansion of the energy generation park. Between 2004 and 2008, many economical and social agents that were involved with environmental licensing subjects in Brazil publicly expressed their positions, mainly in relation to the conflicts related to environmental license concession for hydroelectric enterprises. The sociological analysis of this research project uses the Ecological Modernization Theory as a theoretical instrument. It also aims to understand the environmental licensing process for hydroelectric power stations in Brazil.