abstract: Efforts to privilege STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) disciplines, initiatives, and industries in American discourse are arguably the foremost expressions of scientific authority in contemporary educational policy. Citing a diverse body of STEM literature, I discuss the histories and rationales that sustain the promotion of STEM. In doing so, I appropriate two concepts -Michel Foucault's Regime of Truth and Hayden White's Emplotment- for the purpose of analyzing the complex interests embodied by STEM discourse. I argue that the Sputnik Narrative is the prevailing story in STEM advocacy discourse. I claim that STEM advocates typically emplot this history as a Romance. Furthermore, I classify two major bases of appeal (rationales) that appear within this literature to justify STEM projects and proposals, "competition" and "equity." Throughout my writing, I cite discursive strategies for challenging and reimagining STEM history. My goal in indicating these sites of narrative possibilities is broaden the discursive field to new, perhaps liberating possibilities. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.A. Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education 2014

Made available in DSpace on 2015-10-19T11:50:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ceron2012.pdf: 1043758 bytes, checksum: c64cdfac67f625402cd19203b97ba550 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-22 / This dissertation has investigated the information as a constitutive force in society in the context of the debate on defense policy in Brazil since the 1988 Constitution. The problem to be faced is how the information available on Defense subsidizes the debate of defense policy in Brazil. The proposed methodology includes the analysis of legislation and recent academic work on aspects of information policy. The changes in defense policy, as part of democratization of the Brazilian state, are studied from the point of view of information policy with a view to increasing participation in the debate. It is hoped that this research contributes to the discussion of policies and regimes of information within Information Science / Esta dissertação busca investigar a informação como força constitutiva na sociedade no contexto do debate da política de defesa no Brasil a partir na Constituição de 1988. O problema a ser enfrentado consiste em saber como as informações disponíveis sobre Defesa subsidiam o debate da política de Defesa no Brasil. A metodologia proposta inclui a análise da legislação e da atividade acadêmica recente sobre o aspecto da política de informação. As mudanças na política de defesa, como parte da democratização do Estado brasileiro, são estudadas sob o ponto de vista da política de informação tendo em vista a ampliação da participação da sociedade no debate. Espera-se com esta pesquisa contribuir para a discussão de políticas e regimes de informação no âmbito da Ciência da Informação

Submitted by Claudinei Pracidelli (cpracide@ipen.br) on 2016-06-22T13:19:02Z No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-22T13:19:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Nesta pesquisa, objetivou-se entender os efeitos da possível melhoria da infraestrutura laboratorial dos laboratórios da Rede de metrologia de defesa e segurança (RDS) do Programa Sibratec e da atuação da gestão em rede na oferta de apoio e de serviços metrológicos às empresas do setor de defesa e segurança, dentro dos propósitos do projeto. Procurou-se também identificar a existência de lacunas na oferta de serviços de calibração/ensaio para suprir a demanda das indústrias de defesa e segurança, bem como analisar a adequação do projeto RDS a essas demandas das indústrias de defesa e segurança, tendo como propósito contribuir com informações para ações futuras. A pesquisa desenvolvida é do tipo qualitativo, com características de pesquisa exploratória, fundamentada em estudo de caso. Foi estruturada em duas partes, envolvendo coleta de dados primários e de dados secundários. Para a coleta dos dados primários foram elaborados dois questionários, sendo um (Questionário A) destinado aos cinco representantes dos laboratórios na RDS e outro (Questionário B) aos contatos das 63 empresas do setor de defesa e segurança que necessitam de serviços de calibração e de ensaios pertinentes às áreas de atuação dos laboratórios da RDS. Foram obtidas respostas de quatro representantes dos laboratórios da RDS e de 26 empresas do setor de defesa e segurança. Os dados secundários resultaram de pesquisa documental. A análise dos resultados foi feita tendo por base cinco dimensões definidas com o objetivo de organizar e melhorar o entendimento do cenário da pesquisa. São elas, abrangência do projeto, regionalidade, gestão em rede, rastreabilidade metrológica e importância e visibilidade da RDS. Os resultados indicaram que a atuação da RDS não interferiu, até então, na rastreabilidade metrológica dos produtos das empresas do setor de defesa e segurança participantes da pesquisa. / Tese (Doutorado em Tecnologia Nuclear) / IPEN/T / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

The purpose of the evaluation is to determine, in a measure, the costs of the program, the interest shown in it, and the benefits derived from it. It is the further desire of the investigator to learn to what extent the program now fits into our educational system, and what changes may be necessary for the future use of the program in our educational system.

External threats The aim of this study is to create a theoretical understanding of the Swedish national security perspectives which contributed to the variety of initiatives that have taken place in the Swedish military defense bills of 2004/05:5 and 2014/15:109. Our purpose is to do a qualitative text analysis whereby we create ideal types based upon the international relation theories liberalism and realism, which we then apply onto our selected propositions to analyze whether our ideal types can be traced- to discover if there have been any ideological changes. In our final discussion of the analysis we can see that the Swedish security objectives have changed due to changed threats in the world, which have resulted in both an increased need for international cooperation and also an expanded Swedish military defense in 2014. We can also see a theoretical shift in these propositions since some countries which previously had a more liberalistic character are now adopting a more realistic act.

The MA thesis "Volunteering in Armed Forces" focuses on describing and analysing the phenomenon of volunteering in relation to the voluntary service in the reserves of the armed forces. This topic is highly relevant in the Czech context, as there are long-term efforts made by the Czech Armed Forces to strengthen and enhance this specific component of national defense. In 2012 a new concept of reserves, the Active Reserve Concept (Koncepce aktivní zálohy) was finally approved by the Czech government. The first objective of this thesis is to shed some light on the general motivation of the volunteers to join the reserves and to show whether the incentives are mainly economic, socio-psychological or whether other factors are at play. In order to do this, the volunteering as such must first be defined as a phenomenon influencing the entire society. Then it is also necessary to show how volunteering related to national defense differs from other forms of volunteering. Next, the thesis illustrates how the system of active reserves works in a number of selected countries (Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States), where this model is applied for a long period of time and became widely accepted. The author points out the differences in national characteristics and other differences from the...

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資源委員會的特種礦產統制（1936-1949 ） 資源委員會是抗戰時期舉辦國防工業，充實抗戰力量最重要工作有二：一是舉辦工、 礦、電各業以應政府抗戰之需；一是運銷事宜。所謂的出口礦產即鎢、銻、錫、汞等 特種礦產。 抗戰期間，中國因為財政的匱乏，軍需的不足，亟需各前提的國際社會並不能真正伸 出援手。中國要以本國所特有國的借款。在中國所蘊藏的資料中，鎢、銻藏量高居世 界第一的藏量則較不重要，但因它們都是有關軍需工業的重要資料下，以換取中國所 需的軍火及各項工業產品。 中國戰時輸出特礦，一則提昇本身的抗戰力，一則幫助之虞。所以資源委員會特統制 特種礦產，自有其不可磨滅的 本文的討論，除前言，結論外，分為四章。 第一章，探討統制特種礦產的原因。先由中國既有的資源基礎，再由中國財政，運需 兩方面，分析統制特礦的主要觀念。 第二章，討論中國和各國借款的簽訂以及統制機關的確認特種礦產為抵押品的各國借 款；第二神職人員敘述中國為因應償還之歷史。 第三章，討論特礦統制工作的推展。以生產，運輸，推廣。 第四章，檢討資源委員會統制特種礦產的成效。 本文所使用的資料，以庋藏於中央研究院近史所以及國為主，其次為資源委員會出版 的月刊、季刊、公報。 第一節由統制法規之頒布與各地之反應談起，第二∼四節， 則以價格為討論之中心，分述資委會統制活動中產收，運輸，銷售三種業務的推展情 形及其所遭遇之困難。 第五章，檢討資委會統制特種礦產之成效，並探究影響資委會統制成效的最大的環境 因素。

Este trabalho analisa as perspectivas de defesa e segurança de Brasil e Venezuela contextualizando com as dinâmicas políticas sul-americanas e mundiais tendo o objetivo de estabelecer as diretrizes básicas de cada estrutura assim como apontar para os pontos de convergência existentes entre ambos com o objetivo de compreender possibilidades futuras de ações coordenadas. Para tanto foi selecionado o período que vai de 1998 até 2010, para o caso venezuelano, e 2003 a 2010, para ocaso brasileiro. / This paper examines the prospects for defense and security issues of Brazil and Venezuela, contextualizing with the political dynamics of South America and worldwide with the goal of establishing the basic guidelines of each structure as well as targeting the points of convergence between both, in order to understand future possibilities of coordinated actions. Therefore we selected the period from 1998 to 2010 for the Venezuelan case, and from 2003 to 2010, going down to Brazil.

The permissible use of defensive force is a central tenet of the traditional legal and philosophical justification for war and its practice. Just War Theory holds a nation’s right to resist aggressive attack with defensive force as the clearest example of a just cause for war. Just War Theory also stipulates norms for warfare derived from a conception of defensive force asserted to be consistent with the moral reality of war. Recently, these aspects of Just War Theory have been criticized. David Rodin has challenged the status of national defense as an uncontroversial just cause. Jeff McMahan has charged that Just War Theory’s norms that govern warfare are inconsistent with the norms of permissive defensive force. In this thesis I defend the status of national defense as a clear case of a just cause. However, my defense may require revision of Just War Theory’s norms that govern warfare.