Zugl.: Diss. Univ. Duisburg-Essen, 2006.

How can political science account for the decision of African states to strengthen their ties with China, often at the expense of other alliances and often in the face of economic risks? This thesis explores this question in the context of relations between Ethiopia and China, especially in the context of investments made by Chinese sovereign wealth funds in the Ethiopian economy. To begin to answer this question this thesis recasts the China-Africa debate to focus on African, i.e. Ethiopian, agency. The focus is on how Ethiopia's political leaders make foreign policy decisions and on the factors that shape their preferences. This focus reveals the influence of cognitive variables on their foreign policy decisions; the influence of their guiding ideology, 'revolutionary democracy,' is especially key. An analysis of Ethiopia's formal institutions demonstrates they are inadequate to explain the policy choices of Ethiopian leaders; they have been designed to reflect the concepts of revolutionary democracy. Using the language of prospect theory, a descriptive theory of decision-making under risk, this thesis contends that Ethiopian leaders select foreign policy options by weighing their possible outcomes as gains or losses relative to revolutionary democracy as their reference frame. Ethiopian leaders sanctioned China's finance of the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation despite the monopoly it gave to China and its impact on Ethiopia's debt. They formed a front company between Ethiopia and China's military industrial complexes despite its negative effects on economic development. They opened Ethiopia’s regions to Chinese capital although capital flows only to state-owned enterprises. Yet in each case, ideological objectives were advanced. This examination demonstrates how non-structural factors play a critical role in a bureaucratized state. Theoretical frameworks that account for these factors, like prospect theory, are therefore valuable to more robust understandings of Ethiopia, and Africa's, deepening relations with China.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O objetivo geral desta dissertação foi analisar o perfil das publicações realizadas sobre capital natural na região metropolitana de Curitiba (RMC). A pesquisa foi baseada no modelo analítico proposto por Meadows, na abordagem dos três capitais (capital natural, capital social e capital construído), utilizando-se especificamente da “lente" capital natural. Tal análise buscará estabelecer relações e correlações entre a produção científica e o contexto territorial escolhido, demonstrando a forma como o capital natural da região é retratado dentro da produção científica sobre a mesma. Como metodologia, a pesquisa se baseia na revisão sistemática e na análise de conteúdo, utilizando-se de método misto para caracterizar quantitativa e qualitativamente a produção científica realizada na RMC no período de 1992 à 2017. A partir da categorização do capital natural em oito categorias, foi possível inferir sobre as principais tendências temáticas e temporais de pesquisa, além de avaliar este perfil a partir dos indicadores de qualidade, fator de impacto, SJR e SNIP. Notou-se uma maior tendência temática sobre o tema biodiversidade, justificado pelo elevado número de mananciais e remanescentes florestais na região, porém quando observado o número de citações as publicações sobre ar/clima possuem maior visibilidade na comunidade científica. / The general objective of this dissertation was to analyze the profile of publications on natural capital in the metropolitan region of Curitiba (RMC). The research was based on the analytical model proposed by Meadows, in the approach of the three capitals (natural capital, social capital and built capital), using specifically the "lens" natural capital. This analysis will seek to establish relationships and correlations between the scientific production and the chosen territorial context, demonstrating how the natural capital of the region is portrayed within the scientific production on the same. As a methodology, the research is based on systematic review and content analysis, using a mixed method to quantitatively and qualitatively characterize the scientific production carried out in the MRC from 1992 to 2017. From the categorization of natural capital into eight categories , it was possible to infer about the main thematic and temporal trends of research, besides evaluating this profile from the indicators of quality, impact factor, SJR and SNIP. There was a greater thematic tendency on the biodiversity theme, justified by the high number of sources and forest remnants in the region, but when the number of citations is observed, air / climate publications have greater visibility in the scientific community.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O objetivo geral desta dissertação foi analisar o perfil das publicações realizadas sobre capital natural na região metropolitana de Curitiba (RMC). A pesquisa foi baseada no modelo analítico proposto por Meadows, na abordagem dos três capitais (capital natural, capital social e capital construído), utilizando-se especificamente da “lente" capital natural. Tal análise buscará estabelecer relações e correlações entre a produção científica e o contexto territorial escolhido, demonstrando a forma como o capital natural da região é retratado dentro da produção científica sobre a mesma. Como metodologia, a pesquisa se baseia na revisão sistemática e na análise de conteúdo, utilizando-se de método misto para caracterizar quantitativa e qualitativamente a produção científica realizada na RMC no período de 1992 à 2017. A partir da categorização do capital natural em oito categorias, foi possível inferir sobre as principais tendências temáticas e temporais de pesquisa, além de avaliar este perfil a partir dos indicadores de qualidade, fator de impacto, SJR e SNIP. Notou-se uma maior tendência temática sobre o tema biodiversidade, justificado pelo elevado número de mananciais e remanescentes florestais na região, porém quando observado o número de citações as publicações sobre ar/clima possuem maior visibilidade na comunidade científica. / The general objective of this dissertation was to analyze the profile of publications on natural capital in the metropolitan region of Curitiba (RMC). The research was based on the analytical model proposed by Meadows, in the approach of the three capitals (natural capital, social capital and built capital), using specifically the "lens" natural capital. This analysis will seek to establish relationships and correlations between the scientific production and the chosen territorial context, demonstrating how the natural capital of the region is portrayed within the scientific production on the same. As a methodology, the research is based on systematic review and content analysis, using a mixed method to quantitatively and qualitatively characterize the scientific production carried out in the MRC from 1992 to 2017. From the categorization of natural capital into eight categories , it was possible to infer about the main thematic and temporal trends of research, besides evaluating this profile from the indicators of quality, impact factor, SJR and SNIP. There was a greater thematic tendency on the biodiversity theme, justified by the high number of sources and forest remnants in the region, but when the number of citations is observed, air / climate publications have greater visibility in the scientific community.