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Thesis (doctoral)--Göteborgs universitet, 1993. / Extra t.p. with thesis statement and English abstract inserted. Errata slip inserted. Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-332).

Thesis (M.Sc. (Environmental Science)), Rhodes University, 2007.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Virginia, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available online through Digital Dissertations.

Submitted by ANA KARLA PEREIRA RODRIGUES (anakarla_@hotmail.com) on 2017-09-21T12:25:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 8996844 bytes, checksum: 230052a1cd509613b42ffe5e052964b5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-21T12:25:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 8996844 bytes, checksum: 230052a1cd509613b42ffe5e052964b5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-02 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The mysterious hinterlands made the imagination and the quotidian of the people who have lived in their frontiers. The delighted creatures, with the greatest courage and force, impossible for the humans, have been habited there, between the thorns of the vegetation and the wilderness of the plains. During the period started with the dry of 1932 and finished with the murder of the peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira in 1962, the rural workers met the new time, which turn their universe. The objective of this paper was discourse how agrarian people lived the modernization of the rural world. The modernization was composed with the projects of renovation, expansion, democratization and emancipation, like Néstor Canclini (2000[1989]) said. It happens in the same time of the processes of rationalization, read disenchantment of the world, to cite Max Weber (2004[1920]) and Antônio Pierucci (2005[2003]), of the growing of the futurist regime of historicity, according with Reinhart Koselleck (2006[2003]) and François Hartog (2014[2003]), of enlargement of the public sphere, in the way of Jürgen Habermas (2014[1962]). The change was made with the games of powers, in the middle of which appears the concept of reaction. This concept opened itself for the possible behaviors and representations in the scenario where the changes were happening. It talks about the values, the habits, the traditions of that people, but with the conflicts which involves the default partially shared for them, according with Edward Thompson (2011[1963]) and Roger Chartier (2002[1985]). Those reactions appears in the middle of the territories which involves the different historic cultures that was been playing, like Elio Chaves Flores (2007) said. The documentation was composed of the criminal and civil processes press in the Revista do Foro; of the agricultural supplements of the newspaper A União; of the magazine Parahyba-Agrícola; of the brochures; of the regionalist romances; and with the reports, laws, and another references with the punctual use. This research had assumed the topic that didn’t existe ignorance in the streets where the peasants walks in the politics world, that population bargain all the time the ways of that process, doing a political culture with their traditions and the references of the new time. The search shows the different lectures that the rural population did and like they movement themselves with those. This world occupied for politics bosses, banditries and clerics was dividing places with the public power. With this, the life of those characters changed a lot, they lost power and walked in a rational way. But the modern institutions also made a diagnosis of those changes, reading they like a homogeny group in the same category and smaller than the others. The construction of the modern calendar was involved for the representations fights, which changed the ways during the moment when the projects arrived in the quotidian of the rural population. So, the agriculture press was an important support for the rationalization of those questions and for the constructions of them like a public topic. Thus, the experiences of the cattle breeders, cotton and sugar cane growers show the symbolic violence and the conflicts which made this process. During this time, the peasants won, time after time, a bigger space in the public world, growing the agrarian question in the first position of the national themes and bargain, inside and outside the institutional ways, another forms to live the modern world. For that, the little properties, sometimes, construct fences around the land and the livers expulsed of the mills bargain the payment for their investments. With this, the different curves of the migrations and the growing of the demographic numbers proves how was wrong to discourse about rural exodus, the agrarian reform transform itself in a project into the legislative houses of the country and the peasant leagues show the movements of the rural population with the instruments of the modern, in the opposite way than the bigger properties did. In other words, the modernization was an important scenario for the democratization, which didn’t walk in a regular street, but in the middle of a lot of run overs and new routes, at least until 1964, when the civil-military coup let that process over. / Os sertões misteriosos povoavam a imaginação e o cotidiano da gente que habitava as suas fronteiras. Entre os espinhos da vegetação e a vastidão das campinas, viviam criaturas encantadas dotadas de força e coragem inalcançáveis aos seres humanos. Ao longo do período compreendido pela seca de 1932 e o assassinato do líder camponês João Pedro Teixeira em 1962, agricultores e vaqueiros experimentaram o novo tempo, o qual virou seu mundo de ponta a cabeça. O objetivo dessa dissertação foi discutir como a população agrária viveu a modernização do mundo rural. A modernização tomava como rédeas os projetos renovador, expansionista, democratizador e emancipacionista, conforme Néstor Canclini (2000[1989]), mas também se fez acompanhar dos processos de racionalização, leia-se desencantamento do mundo, para citar Max Weber (2004[1920]) e Antônio Pierucci (2005[2003]), de ascensão do regime de historicidade futurista, conforme Reinhart Koselleck (2006[2003]) e François Hartog (2014[2003]), e de alargamento da esfera pública, na esteira de Jürgen Habermas (2014[1962]). A mudança se revestiu de jogos de poder, em meio aos quais foi esboçado o conceito de reação, esse abria para os comportamentos e as representações possíveis no cenário que estava posto, considerando os valores, os hábitos, as tradições daquela gente, mas também os conflitos que envolviam os padrões apenas parcialmente compartilhados por eles, nas margens de Edward Thompson (2011[1963]) e Roger Chartier (2002[1985]). Essas reações se davam em meio aos territórios que envolviam as diferentes culturas históricas que estavam em jogo, observe-se Elio Flores (2007). A documentação foi composta dos processos civis e criminais impressos na Revista do Foro; dos suplementos agrícolas do jornal A União; da revista Paraíba Agrícola; dos folhetos; dos romances regionalistas; para além dos relatórios, mensagens, leis, entre outras referências de uso mais pontual. Essa pesquisa assumiu o argumento de que não houve ingenuidade na forma como a gente camponesa se movimentou no mundo político, essa população barganhou a todo tempo os rumos desse processo, construindo, em meio às suas tradições e às referências do novo tempo, uma cultura política. A pesquisa mostrou a variedade de leituras do moderno que a gente camponesa inventou e a partir das quais ela se deslocou. O seu mundo povoado de chefes políticos, bandidos e padres passou a dividir espaço com o poder público e os rumos desses personagens dotaram-se de outros contornos, com menos poder e de forma mais racional. Mas também as instituições modernas diagnosticaram essas mudanças, homogeneizando esses personagens sobre categorias estanques e menores em relação aos significados que eles de fato tinham. A construção da agenda modernizadora foi permeada por lutas de representação, os quais mudavam de rota na medida em que os projetos alcançavam o cotidiano da população camponesa. Em meio a isso, a imprensa agrícola foi um suporte importante para a racionalização dessas questões e para a condução delas enquanto pauta pública. Ainda nessa medida, as experiências dos criadores de gado, cultivadores de algodão e plantadores de cana mostraram as cenas de violência simbólica e os conflitos que permearam esse processo. Ao longo desse tempo, a população camponesa conquistou cada vez mais espaço no mundo público, elevando a questão agrária ao primeiro posto das pautas nacionais, e barganhou, por dentro e por fora dos caminhos institucionais, formas de viver o mundo moderno. Para isso, pequenos proprietários, por vezes, cercavam terrenos outrora comuns e moradores expulsos das usinas negociavam o pagamento pelas suas benfeitorias. Ao passo disso, os diferentes contornos das migrações e os crescentes dados demográficos desautorizavam que se falasse em êxodo rural, a reforma agrária se tornou projeto nas casas legislativas do país e as ligas camponesas expuseram as muitas movimentações da gente camponesa com as ferramentas do moderno, na contramão de como agiram as elites, que, não raro, rompiam com os preceitos da legalidade. Em outras palavras, a modernização foi um cenário importante para a democratização, que não seguiu um caminho estanque, mas esteve envolto de muitos atropelos e novos rumos, pelo menos até o ano de 1964, quando o golpe civil-militar levou esse processo a termo.

Orientador: Daniel Joseph Hogan / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T02:59:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Galizoni_FlaviaMaria_D.pdf: 861363 bytes, checksum: 1de39800e046c9baaf5d95619ca84eff (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: O objetivo desta tese é compreender os processos de gestão da água que populações rurais excluídas construíram, analisando as dinâmicas comunitárias de apropriação, regulação, uso e conservação do recurso. Apresenta resultados de pesquisas etnográficas realizadas em comunidades rurais no vale do Jequitinhonha, serra da Mantiqueira e vale do São Francisco, Minas Gerais. Expõe a percepção da água como um bem comum por comunidades de lavradores e seus conflitos com a tendência de governos e empresas definirem a água como um bem econômico, indicando que essa divergência provoca atritos entre culturas locais e políticas públicas. Conclui que, no espaço rural, a priorização do uso da água como um bem econômico limitou o seu uso múltiplo e costumeiro feito pelas populações locais e desembocou em exclusão social e conflitos pelo recurso / Abstract: The objective of this thesis is to understand the water administration processes built by excluded rural populations, analyzing the community dynamics of appropriation, regulation, use and conservation of the resource. Presented are results of ethnographic research done in rural communities in the Jequitinhonha valley, the Mantiqueira range and São Francisco river valley in the state of Minas Gerais. Exposed is the perception, by farming communities, of water as a common good and their conflicts with the tendency of government and companies to define water as an economic good, indicating that divergence provokes friction between local cultures and public policy. It is concluded that, in the rural space, the prioritization of water as an economic good limited the multiple and customary uses made by the local population and resulted in social exclusion and conflicts for the resource / Doutorado / Ciencias Sociais / Doutor em Ciências Sociais

Magister Commercii - MCom / People residing in rural areas generally struggle with many socio-economic problems, such as transport, health access, employment opportunities, poverty, inequality, access to essential services and facilities (e.g., piped water, electricity) as well as access to financial services. The global community has over the years came up with progressive measures directed at economic development and improvement of living standards, with one of them being financial inclusion (FI). FI is seen as one of the strategies to eradicate poverty, reduce unemployment and inequality as well as enhancing an inclusive economic growth. This study investigated financial inclusion in rural households of South Africa, using the Finscope data (2011 and 2016), with the aim of examining the extent of financial inclusion in rural households.

Submitted by Aline Batista (alinehb.ufpel@gmail.com) on 2018-04-25T22:28:13Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Tese_Fernanda_dos_Santos.pdf: 3378422 bytes, checksum: c0252515dbd893c986f93186c3b6452f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-27T20:15:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese_Fernanda_dos_Santos.pdf: 3378422 bytes, checksum: c0252515dbd893c986f93186c3b6452f (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-11-10 / Sem bolsa / Objetivo: identificar a prevalência de quedas e seus fatores associados entre idosos residentes na zona rural. Metodologia: estudo transversal com idosos residentes na zona rural do município de Pelotas. Este estudo faz parte de um projeto intitulado “Prevalência e fatores associados à Síndrome da Fragilidade na população idosa”. A amostra foi composta de 820 idosos cadastrados nas Unidades Básicas de Saúde com a modalidade de Estratégia Saúde da Família, no período de julho a outubro de 2014. Para avaliar as quedas utilizou-se um questionário com questões fechadas e semiestruturadas e os programas Epi Info 6.05d e STATA® 11.1 para as análises. A existência de associação entre o relato de quedas em 12 meses e seus fatores associados foi verificada por análise bivariada (Teste de Qui-Quadrado e Exato de Fischer, conforme a indicação), e multivariada, empregando-se a Regressão Logística. O projeto foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa (466/12) sob o número 649.802. Resultados: a maioria dos idosos que sofreram queda não foi atendida por profissionais de saúde (69,8%), não relatou trauma físico (52,1%) e não teve fratura (86,4%). A metade da amostra referiu medo de voltar a cair (50,0%). Teve predominância do sexo feminino (56,1%), cor da pele branca (90,2%) e faixa etária 60-69 anos (54,9%). As variáveis independentes sexo feminino (RP: 1,401; p valor 0,016), ter HAS (RP: 1,184; valor p 0,023) e ter DM (RP: 1,576; p valor 0,011) mantiveram associação com o desfecho na Regressão Logística. A prevalência de quedas foi de 27,9%. Conclusão: acerca dos resultados cabe aos profissionais da saúde um olhar mais atento sobre os idosos que apresentam essas doenças crônicas, especialmente no âmbito de ESF, que tem um acesso mais pleno às condições de vida de cada paciente de sua área e trabalha de forma longitudinal com eles. / Objective: to identify the prevalence of falls and their associated factors among elderly people living in rural areas. Methodology: cross-sectional study with elderly residents in the rural area of the city of Pelotas. This study is part of a project titled "Prevalence and factors associated with Fragility Syndrome in the elderly population". The sample consisted of 820 elderly people enrolled in the Basic Health Units with the Family Health Strategy modality, from July to October 2014. To evaluate the falls, a questionnaire was used with closed and semi-structured questions and the Epi Info programs 6.05 from STATA® 11.1 for analysis. The existence of an association between the reporting of falls in 12 months and their associated factors was verified by bivariate analysis (Chi-Square and Exact Fischer Test, as indicated), and multivariate analysis using Logistic Regression. The project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee (466/12) under number 649.802. Results: the majority of the elderly who suffered falls were not attended by health professionals (69.8%), did not report physical trauma (52.1%) and did not have a fracture (86.4%). Half of the sample reported fear of falling again (50.0%). The predominance was female (56.1%), white skin color (90.2%) and age group 60-69 years (54.9%). The independent variables female gender (RP: 1.401, p value 0.016), had SA (RP: 1.184, p value 0.023) and had DM (RP: 1.576; p value 0.011) maintained association with the outcome in Logistic Regression. The prevalence of falls was 27.9%. Conclusion: about the results, it is incumbent upon health professionals to take a closer look at the elderly who present these chronic diseases, especially in the scope of FHT, which has a fuller access to the living conditions of each patient in their area and works longitudinally with them.

Background Most environmental epidemiological studies are conducted in high income settings. The association between ambient temperature and mortality has been studied worldwide, especially in developed countries. However, more research on the topic is necessary, particularly in India, given the limited evidence on the relationship between temperature and health in this country. The average global temperature is increasing, and it is estimated that it will go up further. The factors affecting vulnerability to heat-related mortality are not well studied. Therefore, identifying high-risk population subgroups is of particular importance given the rising temperature in India. Objectives This research aimed to investigate the association of daily mean temperature and rainfall with daily deaths (Paper I), examine the relationship of hot and cold days with total and cause-specific mortality (Paper II), assess the effects of heat and cold on daily mortality among different socio-demographic groups (Paper III) and estimate the effect of maximum temperature on years of life lost (Paper IV). Methods The Vadu Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) monitors daily deaths, births, in-out migration and other demographic trends in 22 villages from two administrative blocks in the rural Pune district of Maharashtra state, in western India. Daily deaths from Vadu HDSS and daily weather data (temperature and rainfall) from the Indian Meteorological Department were collected from 2003 through 2013. Verbal autopsy data were used to define causes of death and classified into four groups: non-infectious diseases, infectious diseases, external causes and unspecified causes of death. Socio-demographic groups were based on education, occupation, house type and land ownership. In all papers, time series regression models were applied as the basic approach; additionally, in Paper III, a case-crossover design and, in Paper IV, a distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) were used. Results There was a significant association between daily temperature and mortality. Younger age groups (0-4 years) reported higher risk of mortality due to high and low temperature and heavy rainfall. In the working age group (20-59 years), mortality was significantly associated only with high temperature. Mortality due to non-infectious diseases was higher on hot days (>39°C), while mortality from infectious diseases and from external causes were not associated with hot or cold days. A higher heat-related total mortality was observed among men than in women. Mortality among residents with low education and those whose occupation was farming was associated with high temperature. We found a significant impact of high temperature on years of life lost, which confirms our results from the previous research (Papers I-III). Conclusion The study findings broadened our knowledge of the health impacts of environmental exposure by providing evidence on the risks related to ambient temperature in a rural population in India. More specifically, the study identified vulnerable population groups (working age groups, those of low education and farmers) in relation to high temperature. The adverse effect of heat on population is preventable if local human and technical capacities for risk communication and promoting adaptive behavior are built. Furthermore, it is necessary to increase residents’ awareness and prevention measures to tackle this public health challenge in rural populations.

This research took an ethnographic view in understanding the relationship between rural people and ZANU-PF in post-2000 Bindura South electoral constituency in Zimbabwe. I seek to understand the complexity with which rural people come to make political choices through discussing ZANU-PF’s techniques in the maintenance of political power despite the loss of political legitimacy. The complicity between ZANU-PF and rural people is uncomfortably created through these techniques which include mobilizing historical claims, youth violence on villagers, partisan distribution of economic resources, surveillance and spying to create subjects who conform to ZANU-PF’s political will. I have argued that rural people’s circumstances should be understood through an analysis of their everyday lives and livelihoods. Findings have shown that rural people make political choices because they are life choices there are slight possibilities for alternative political action in rural Zimbabwe.