Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T20:23:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernando Rodrigues Pandelo.pdf: 848764 bytes, checksum: 2aacd96229f78d90130598b5e88341bf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-12 / The objective of this material is to present, discuss and analyze the theoretical work of Paul Israel Singer regarding the solidarity economy . The author attributes a significant role to the cooperatives, while rejecting the revolutionary political struggle of the proletariat by the conquest of state power as a strategy for the implementation of socialism. We demonstrate through this study that the fundamental thesis about the transition of the socialist, remained in his theoretical work on the "solidarity economy", specifically: 1) the rejection of the proletariat‟s revolutionary political struggle; 2) and the conditioning of the political struggle (for the democratization) in relation to the economic struggle for self-production. In the theoretical works about the solidarity economy , in opposition to the revolutionary socialist theory, the author reinforces the utopian socialist concept and transforms the struggle for self-production within capitalism into a socialist struggle / Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar, discutir e analisar a produção teórica de Paul Israel Singer sobre a economia solidária . O autor atribui papel preponderante ao cooperativismo, ao mesmo tempo em que rejeita a luta política revolucionária do proletariado pela conquista do poder de Estado como estratégia para a implantação do socialismo. Procuramos demonstrar ao longo deste estudo que as teses fundamentais acerca da transição socialista mantiveram-se em sua produção teórica relativa à economia solidária , em especial: 1) a rejeição da luta política revolucionária do proletariado; 2) o condicionamento da luta política pela democratização do Estado à luta econômica pela autogestão produtiva dos meios de produção. Nas obras sobre a economia solidária, em oposição à teoria socialista revolucionária, o autor tenta revigorar a concepção socialista utópica e converte em luta socialista, a luta pela autogestão produtiva no interior do capitalismo

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T14:58:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernando Rodrigues Pandelo.pdf: 848764 bytes, checksum: 2aacd96229f78d90130598b5e88341bf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-12 / The objective of this material is to present, discuss and analyze the theoretical work of Paul Israel Singer regarding the solidarity economy . The author attributes a significant role to the cooperatives, while rejecting the revolutionary political struggle of the proletariat by the conquest of state power as a strategy for the implementation of socialism. We demonstrate through this study that the fundamental thesis about the transition of the socialist, remained in his theoretical work on the "solidarity economy", specifically: 1) the rejection of the proletariat‟s revolutionary political struggle; 2) and the conditioning of the political struggle (for the democratization) in relation to the economic struggle for self-production. In the theoretical works about the solidarity economy , in opposition to the revolutionary socialist theory, the author reinforces the utopian socialist concept and transforms the struggle for self-production within capitalism into a socialist struggle / Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar, discutir e analisar a produção teórica de Paul Israel Singer sobre a economia solidária . O autor atribui papel preponderante ao cooperativismo, ao mesmo tempo em que rejeita a luta política revolucionária do proletariado pela conquista do poder de Estado como estratégia para a implantação do socialismo. Procuramos demonstrar ao longo deste estudo que as teses fundamentais acerca da transição socialista mantiveram-se em sua produção teórica relativa à economia solidária , em especial: 1) a rejeição da luta política revolucionária do proletariado; 2) o condicionamento da luta política pela democratização do Estado à luta econômica pela autogestão produtiva dos meios de produção. Nas obras sobre a economia solidária, em oposição à teoria socialista revolucionária, o autor tenta revigorar a concepção socialista utópica e converte em luta socialista, a luta pela autogestão produtiva no interior do capitalismo

Finding appropriate and unique repertoire for the developing singer is a daunting task and ongoing challenge in the teaching profession. There are limited resources to help guide teachers in selecting varied, yet suitable repertoire that falls outside of the standard Western European musical canon. The early years, ages 17–21, are crucial to establishing a healthy and well-rounded vocal approach to singing, while also introducing the student to a wide variety of music. African-American art song is a great option for developing singers. Repertoire should allow a student to grow musically, vocally, and artistically according to the singer’s specific stage of learning and interests. Selecting repertoire through established criteria that considers the student’s personal and cultural interests (in addition to pedagogical needs) allows for a good foundation to support a healthy vocal development. Consideration of numerous elements, such as historical, musical, physical, emotional, and vocal characteristics offers a framework for a comprehensive approach in the selection process. In Literature for Teaching: A Guide for Choosing Solo Vocal Repertoire from a Developmental Perspective, Christopher Arneson provides a wonderful base for further study, and application into repertoire selection. Through the utilization of Arneson’s suggestions, I have created a rubric that quantifies key criteria important to the evaluation of repertoire. Through this rubric, a clear evaluation and assigned difficulty level is provided for each song in the collection. This compilation of songs is only the beginning to a proposed anthology entitled: African-American Art Song for the Developing Singer. Each song offers a historical and pedagogical summary that includes the following: composer and poet biographies, text and translations, basic form, original key and other keys available, performance notes, range, tessitura, suggested voice type, tempo suggestions, difficulty level, and other available editions. This unique anthology of African-American art song offers teachers with a resource that evaluates appropriate repertoire for developing singers, between the ages of 17–21, that is clearly accessible.

Der vorliegende Beitrag ist eine Skizze, die das bereits in der knappen Zeitspanne von 1881 bis etwa 1900 mehrfach wechselnde Verhältnis zwischen russischen und italienischen Operntruppen in Petersburg zu umreißen versucht.

[pt] A composição pode ser o espaço de imersão intimamente ligada ao viver. Quando se trata de mulheres que criam, reforçando temas femininos, temos a música assumindo o compromisso de fazer política, ultrapassando as fronteiras de gêneros e mostrando que o subalterno pode falar em um mercado dominado por um conservadorismo machista. Esta tese tem por objetivo reconstituir criticamente a história de algumas cantoras compositoras do Brasil a partir de entrevistas com representantes de sete estilos musicais que se impuseram no cenário musical brasileiro na segunda metade do século XX. Partindo da expressão cantautora, utilizada para designar esse tipo de artista na maioria dos países de língua neolatina, mas não no Brasil, o objetivo é reiterar a faceta autora de cantoras consagradas e discutir os seguintes pontos: suas experiência em um mercado dominado predominantemente pelo gênero masculino; se o canto as fazem criar ou se as criações as levam a cantar; quais suas inspirações; o que as move em direção à composição; e o que, afinal, elas falaram e que, segundo elas, não foi dito pelos homens. Essas e outras questões esclarecerão a multiplicidade dessas artistas e mostrarão a importância das cantautoras para a cultura brasileira. / [en] The composition might also be the immersive space closely linked to living. When it comes to women who create, reinforcing feminine themes, music starts to make politics, crossing gender boundaries, and showing that the subaltern can speak in a market dominated by male chauvinism. This Ph. D. dissertation aims to critically reconstruct from interviews the history of some Brazilian songwriters representing seven musical styles that prevailed on the Brazilian music scene in the second half of the 20th century. Based on the expression cantautora, used to designate a female singer and songwriter in most neolatin languages-speaking countries, but not in Brazil, the objective is to emphasize the author role of those established singers and discuss the following points: their experience in a predominantly dominated market by the male gender; whether singing makes them create or whether creations lead them to sing; what are their inspirations; what moves them towards composition; and what, after all, they said and which, according to them, was not said by men. These and other questions will illustrate the multiple talents of these artists and show the importance of cantautoras for Brazilian culture.

Despite the voluminous literature on North-South macroeconomic interactions and the key role of terms of trade variations in growth transmission from one region to another, a significant research gap persists for two reasons. First, there has been very little empirical work on testing of the relationships between growth patterns and terms of trade movements. Second, the empirical studies dedicated to testing the Prebisch-Singer Thesis (PST) focused on testing the long-run tendency for the terms of trade of primary commodities to deteriorate and neglected the joint nature of the predictions arising out of a complete formulation of PST. This dissertation seeks to properly specify the PST, provide a generalization of it to the case of imbalanced trade, and extend it to a three-region framework through a structuralist North-South model. Multiple paths of growth divergence/convergence and terms of trade deterioration/improvement emerge depending on the structural changes influencing the income-elasticity differentials. I carry out two sets of empirical analyses. First, I use aggregate data on North-South terms of trade indices to test the presence and significance of a downward trend. Second, I use panel data analysis and rolling regressions to show the evolution of income-elasticity differentials. The results suggest that the growth rates of developing countries during the 1980s declined in both absolute and relative terms partly as a result of the downward trend in terms of trade and partly as a result of income elasticity differentials reflecting the productive and technological asymmetries between the developed and developing economies. However, these structural asymmetries have not remained constant: the results show that they changed both over time and over cross-sections of different groups of countries. In general the countries that diversified towards manufactured exports had better chances of eliminating the elasticity differentials, and thus attaining relatively higher rates of growth. The cross-country study is complemented by a comparative case study of Turkey and Malaysia. The results show that industrial and trade policies, if carefully designed and effectively implemented, can counter potential costs of external market dynamics while taking advantage of the opportunities for advancing dynamic comparative advantages.

The purpose of this thesis is to contrast the academic discussion on whether the affluent countries have a responsibility or not to provide food aid for the LDCs, to the views of food aid recipients. In addition to the issue of responsibility I also discuss the responsibilities of individuals contra governments, and what type of aid (if any) that is best to ensure food security. In order to gather information on the recipients’ points of views I have conducted a minor field study in The Gambia and interviewed former food aid recipients. In the academic discussion Thomas Pogge, Peter Singer, Dale Jamieson and David Miller are represented. The results of the field study shows that most of the recipients argue that the affluent countries in the world have a moral responsibility to assist the LDCs since they have the ability to assist.In contrast to the academic discussion, it becomes clear that the interviewees base their arguments on a different moral foundation than some of the theorists, and that they have different perspective on how to eradicate poverty and ensure food security.

With over 30 million people infected with HIV today, it has become an epidemic. Without a cure, HIV continues to be a threat to health and development. In 1994, the TRIPS Agreement, administered by the World Trade Organization came into effect. The Agreement which aims inter-alia to increase patenting in order to promote research and development has been questioned in it's effects on affordable access to HIV medications in the least-developed and developing countries. In this thesis, the TRIPS Agreement's purposes are thus analysed according to two ethical theories and their modern versions, deontology and utilitarianism/consequentialism. This analysis is made in order to seek the ethical responsibilities that the World Trade Organization has in relation to the TRIPS Agreement. The thesis findings conclude through the careful consideration of each ethical theories, and by asking additional questions than those offered in the theories, that the WTO has the ethical responsibility to reform the TRIPS Agreement so as to, at the least, not include pharmaceutical products.

The purpose of this treatise is to investigate the efficacy of vocal warm-ups/vocalises and their role in teaching vocal technique and health for the solo singer. In addition, it will provide a brief history of vocalises and methods of the “Bel Canto” era. Current literature addresses warm-ups for choral ensembles and choral singers. It does not adequately address solo/individual warm-ups and their impact on vocal technique, health and performances. Laryngologists and voice professionals were interviewed to better understand the role of vocalises in the study of voice and professional performance. These interviews were conducted in person, by telephone and via electronic mail correspondence. Voice teachers and singers were surveyed on their current vocal warm-up practices both in the voice studio and in performance. Surveys are to be administered in three ways: 1) hard copy surveys delivered at the National Association of Teachers of Singing National Conference 2008; 2) selected nationally known teachers and singers received via ground mail a copy of the survey; 3) an online survey. This study was directed to obtain answers to the following questions: 1) Is there a standard methodology for vocal warm-ups?; 2) If so, how has this methodology evolved over time?; 3) What is the current use of vocal warm-ups and vocalises by voice instructors and professional voice users?; 4) How does the use of vocal warm-ups and vocalises influence the effectiveness of vocal performance?; 5) Does the use of vocal warm-ups or vocalises contribute to the health of the singer, thus resulting in an excellent vocal performance?; 6) Does practicing vocal warm-ups or vocalises have a positive effect on overall vocal health? This study aims to broaden the current understanding of vocalises and their impact on the teaching and performing of classical voice. / text

This dissertation examines Peter Singer's proposed ethical value of the "person" in Rethinking Life and Death . Chapter 1 introduces and outlines Singer's proposal, which argues for abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, and assisted suicide. His proposal consists of four key points. First, there is the foundation for his proposal--rejecting creation for evolution. Second, there is the substance of his proposal--replacing the value of the "human" with the value of the "person." Third, there is the criteria for his proposal--using "indicators" and "relevant characteristics" to identify the kinds of beings who qualify as "persons." Fourth, there are the consequences of his proposal--promising an ethical "Copernican Revolution." Chapters 2-5 critically evaluate the four key ideas from Singer above. The evaluation of the respective key idea in each chapter covers five steps: (1) the context of Singer's proposal; (2) the content of Singer's proposal; (3) positive evaluation; (4) negative critique; and (5) conclusion. The research methodology for the dissertation is to treat Singer's ethical proposal on the "person" as a hypothesis to be tested by his own truth standards of logical consistency, empirical evidence, and practicality. Following these four key chapters, Chapter 6 provides "Summary and Conclusions." The conclusion of this dissertation is that Peter Singer's proposal on life and death is not to be commended because its key elements are not supported by his own standards for testing truth. In fact, when examined by his own truth tests, Singer's program should be rejected because its foundation is faulty, its substance is illusory, its criteria are circular, and its consequences would be grave. / This item is only available to students and faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. If you are not associated with SBTS, this dissertation may be purchased from <a href="http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb">http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb</a> or downloaded through ProQuest's Dissertation and Theses database if your institution subscribes to that service.