The purpose of this narrative study was to describe the role and potentials of drama groups for enhancing and maintaining well-being for female drama group members living with HIV in Uganda. Six semi-structured interviews were carried out and analyzed through a thematic analysis. The analysis was made within a theoretical framework based upon Sen's notion of the capability approach and social psychological theories of the self. The results showed that the activities carried out by the drama group empowered the women through increasing their access to important capabilities such as inclusion and self-respect. It further indicated that the women needed other forms of support before being able to benefit from these activities. However, some capabilities were still inaccessible to the women due to obstacles as poverty and harmful gender norms. / Syftet med den här narrativa studien var att beskriva dramagruppers roll och potentialför att förbättra och upprätthålla välmåendet för kvinnliga dramagruppmedlemmar somlever med HIV i Uganda. Sex semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes ochanalyserades genom en tematisk analys. Analysen gjordes inom ett teoretisk ramverkbaserat på Sen's idé av the capability approach som kombinerades medsocialpsykologiska teorier om självet. Resultatet visade att aktiviteterna som utfördes idramagruppen stärkte kvinnorna genom att öka deras tillgänglighet till viktigakapabiliteter såsom social inkludering och självrespekt. Vidare tydde resultaten på attkvinnorna var i behov av annat slags stöd innan de kunde gagnas av dessa aktiviteter.Dock var vissa kapabiliteter fortfarande oåtkomliga för kvinnorna, vilket orsakades avbegränsningar som fattigdom och skadliga könsnormer.

Despite the award of the Nobel Prize to Miguel Angel Asturias in 1967, he appears to have gone into decline with the rise of the nueva novela latinoamericana. Emir Rodrguez Monegal's influential but negative view in "Los dos Asturias" ignores several important points already raised by G.Yepes-Boscan's "Asturias, un pretexto del mito". Asturias' two major innovations are a functional incorporation of Latin American myth allied to audacious experimentation with language, and these are the acknowledged central features of the "new" novel. El Senor Presidente and Hombres de maz together prefigure all the varied manifestations of the nueva novela, an example of which is Asturias' own Mulata de tal.

The aim of this paper is to develop a new concept for the EU in order to define and measure poverty no longer on the basis of income1, but on so called capabilities to argue for a capability oriented social policy. The capability approach (CA) was originally developed by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen2 and can be interpreted as critique of the utilitarian tradition of standard economics. In Sen's view, mainstream economic analysis operates on a very narrow base and does not include central information about the human condition. The main points of Sen's critique shall be discussed by way of introduction in section one. In offering an alternative framework of economic evaluation, Sen is very much inspired by the work of Adam Smith (1723-1790) and tried to bring him back into the economic and social discussion. The connections between Smith and Sen and the main elements of the CA will be discussed in section two. (...) (author´s abstract) / Series: Working Papers / Institut für Sozialpolitik

Demokratizuojant Lietuvos Respublikos švietimo sistemą, Lietuvoje nuo 1991 metų įteisintas specialiųjų poreikių vaikų integruotas ugdymas. Vykstant pokyčiams Lietuvoje prasidėjo permainos, teikiant pedagoginę, socialinę, medicininę, teisinę pagalbą neįgaliems vaikams ir suaugusiems optimaliai integruojant juos į visuomenę. Akcentuotina tai, jog SUP mokinių adaptacijos bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje problemos nėra išsamiai tyrinėtos. Be to, daugelyje tyrimų orientuojamasi ne į pačių neįgaliųjų savijautą mokykloje, pasitenkinimą savo bendraklasiais bei mokymosi procesu, o į pedagogų, tėvų ar bendraklasių nuomonę. Kitaip tariant, iš tyrimo konteksto dažnai „iškrinta“ patys SUP mokiniai, nors kaip tik jų jausenos ir būsenos mokykloje yra pačios svarbiausios. Tyrimo objektas: specialiųjų poreikių mokinių adaptacija bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje. Hipotezė: SUP poreikių mokiniai bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje adaptuojasi sunkiau nei mokiniai neturintys mokymosi sunkumų. Darbo tikslas: išanalizuoti integruotai besimokančių 3-4 klasėse specialiųjų poreikių mokinių adaptacijos bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje ypatumus. Tyrimo imtis: 25 SUP mokiniai ir 25 kontrolinės grupės mokiniai, besimokantys 3-4 klasėse. Atlikus integruotai besimokančių specialiųjų ugdymosi poreikių mokinių adaptacijos bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje tyrimą, kurio pirmame etape savo mintis bei išgyvenimus ir problemas išreiškė patys SUP mokiniai rašinėliuose „Aš ir mano mokykla“, o antrame etape pravedus sociometrinį tyrimą, norint... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Since 1990, democratizing the education system of the Republic of Lithuania, the integrated education of children with special needs has been validated. Lithuania began to change the course of change in the provision of educational, social, medical and legal assistance to disabled children and adults to optimize their integration into society. It should be emphasized that SEN pupils’ adaptation problems in comprehensive school have not been thoroughly investigated. In addition, most researches focus not on the disabled pupil's feelings at school, satisfaction with their classmates and learning process. Mostly they focus on the opinion of teachers, parents or classmates. In other words, SEN pupils often ‚fall out‘ from the context of research, though exactly their feelings and conditions at school are the most important. The object of the research: Learners‘with special needs adaptation in a comprehensive school. Hypothesis: SEN pupils adapt in a comprehensive school more difficult than students without learning difficulties. The aim: to analyse the adaptation features of 3 - 4 formers with special needs studying in a comprehensive school integrally. The sample of the research: 25 SEN pupils and 25 control group pupils, studying in classes 3 - 4. At the first stage of the adaptation research of pupils with special needs studying at a comprehensive school integrally, SEN pupils expressed their thoughts, experiences and problems in their essays ‘Me and My School‘ . At the... [to full text]

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Thesis advisor: Rebecca Nedostup / Seeing as how the leadership of both the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China have claimed a sense of inheritance and legitimacy from the political philosophy of Sun Yat-sen, it seems a paradox how different the political situations are in their respective domains. It is the intent of this thesis to discern how prioritizing different elements of Sun Yat-sen's political theory resulted in divergent decisions made by the leaders of the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party, which in turn help explain conditions found in the Republic of China on Taiwan and the People's Republic of China. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2011. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: College Honors Program. / Discipline: History Honors Program. / Discipline: History.

Inclusion in relation to special educational needs (SEN) has become an imperative in the educational policies of many countries. However, the implementation of inclusive practice is not straightforward and has been the focus of many studies. In Physical Education (PE), Mosston’s Spectrum of Teaching Styles is an integral component of many educational systems but has not been studied in relation to teachers’ understanding of inclusion and inclusive practice. Mosston’s Spectrum of Teaching styles has been promoted in Greece since 2006 and this study investigates the relationship between the beliefs and practices of specialist primary PE teachers in Greece in relation to inclusion and Mosston’s Spectrum of Teaching Styles. The study has a single-case research design with embedded units and was conducted in mainstream primary schools with 15 participant PE teachers. Data was collected using semi-structured observations of participants’ PE lessons followed by semi-structured interviews focusing on their understanding of inclusion, of inclusive practices and their knowledge and use of Mosston’s Spectrum of Teaching Styles. The findings suggest that some of the teachers’ beliefs about inclusion resonate with current understandings as reported in the literature whereas other teachers refer to older understandings of inclusion and disability. Very few teachers had a detailed knowledge of Mosston’s Spectrum of Teaching Styles but were found to use them to some extent during their lessons. While not commonly associated with inclusion, the teaching styles from Mosston’s Spectrum that were used did not prevent the use of inclusive practices by the teachers. This study relates Mosston’s Spectrum of Teaching Styles to a single dimension of inclusion and challenges the value it is accorded in Physical Education policy in Greece where inclusive practice is promoted by particular educational policies. The findings lead to suggestions for enhancement of both policy and practice in the context of Physical Education in Greece and more widely.

La gestión de residuos sólidos es una problemática ambiental compleja. En nuestro país, la legislación ambiental que regula la materia reconoce el protagonismo de las personas que han hecho del reciclaje de los residuos sólidos una fuente de autoempleo: los recicladores y recicladoras peruanos. Este es un grupo económico en crecimiento y especiales condiciones de vulnerabilidad. Al actual reconocimiento, en el plano legal, que alcanza su labor se ha arribado luego de décadas de discriminación de la sociedad a la que sirven. Considerados hoy como parte de la solución ambiental denominada gestión integral de residuos sólidos y el primer eslabón de la cadena del reciclaje, cualquier iniciativa que trabaje el tema de gestión de residuos sólidos, debe conocer a detalle a este actor. El objetivo general de la presente investigación fue evaluar si el Programa Pro Reciclador de la ONG Ciudad Saludable en su intervención en la Ciudad de Lima desarrolla las capacidades de los recicladores y recicladoras formales mediante el análisis de su gestión y estrategias de intervención. La finalidad es contribuir a la implementación de las Políticas Públicas que buscan reducir la pobreza en el Perú, en el marco del desarrollo sostenible. Pro Reciclador enfrenta la problemática compleja que rodea al reciclador, desde que opta por abandonar la recolección en las calles para formalizarse legalmente y ser reconocido y admitido en un programa de segregación en la fuente y recolección selectiva de residuos sólidos municipal. Persigue contribuir a mejorar las oportunidades económicas y la calidad de vida de los recicladores y recicladoras promoviendo su inclusión con condiciones laborales dignas en la cadena de valor del reciclaje. En julio del 2014, al momento de iniciar el presente estudio, Pro Reciclador se ejecutaba en seis distritos de Lima, siendo doce las asociaciones de recicladores formales participantes, involucrando un total de 238 recicladores. / Tesis

Amartya Sen y Martha Nussbaum son dos de los principales teóricos que le dieron origen a la propuesta del desarrollo humano, también entendido como el enfoque de las capacidades y ampliación de libertades. Sus presupuestos filosóficos se han ido acentuando con el tiempo, siendo los más destacados aquellos que hacen referencia a la teoría aristotélica acerca del buen vivir. Desde esta perspectiva, el desarrollo de las capacidades del ser humano tiene por fin último la εὐδαιμονία, entendida como el florecimiento humano o la felicidad. Desde el enfoque, se propone que los individuos tengan acceso a las oportunidades básicas que le permitan tener libertad de elección para optar por el tipo de vida que tiene razones para valorar. En este sentido, la democracia y la deliberación pública cobran un rol fundamental para alcanzar los fines del desarrollo humano, en el marco de la ampliación de la libertad política. El principal objetivo de esta tesis reside, en este sentido, en una ampliación de la línea de investigación del enfoque de desarrollo humano en relación a la democracia y la deliberación pública. Para ello, en el desarrollo de esta investigación también se hará una fundamental referencia a las investigaciones de Iris Marion Young, quien por su parte, realiza una propuesta más inclusiva de la democracia. / Tesis

This dissertation analyses the contribution that Amartya Sen’s idea of justice can make to inform development policies. Particularly, it examines to what extent Sen succeeds in presenting a useful theoretical framework for orienting political action towards justice-enhancing change. In The Idea of Justice (2009), Sen argues that ideal theories of justice which aim at identifying the nature of a perfectly just society—what he calls ‘transcendental’ theories—are not appropriate either for examining prevalent injustices or for rectifying them. Sen therefore proposes a ‘comparative framework’ of justice capable of providing useful practical guidance to advance justice or reduce injustice, a task for which ‘transcendental’ Rawlsian-like theories are redundant. This dissertation critically assesses these two claims advanced by Sen. Taking John Rawls’ Theory of Justice as an illustration, it argues that ideal theories are indeed essential, even if not sufficient, for the reduction of injustice. Therefore, it advances that it is necessary to complement ideal and nonideal approaches to justice. It then advocates for a ‘dual Rawlsian/Senian framework’. Yet this dissertation argues that, even if coupled with an ideal theory, Sen’s nonideal theory remains insufficient to orient injustice-reduction actions because it fails to take into account the overarching social nature of injustice and its perpetuation. In the light of this shortcoming, this dissertation stresses the need to conceptualise injustice as something different from simply the lack of justice and to understand it in a more dynamic and relational way. Ultimately, this implies further complementing a dual framework with a broader conceptualisation of injustice. The dissertation illustrates this argument with the social policy of Oportunidades in Mexico. It concludes that, in order to create a more just society, injustice-reduction policies need to go beyond the removal of capability-deprivations and address the ways in which injustice is reproduced through social interactions.