Communitarianism and harmony ideology have their proponents and critics, particularly as viewed through the lens of conciliation-based dispute resolution. Both features being prominent in the Tibetan Diaspora in India, I hypothesized that the strengths and weaknesses of these orientations could be assessed through the rationale behind the norms of social control operative in the community, and the efficiency and effectiveness of those norms in terms of voluntary compliance. I found that the informal Tibetan mechanisms for dispute resolution were effective and efficient in supporting Indian systems of law enforcement, while allowing a ritualistic affirmation of community. Contrary to proponents of legal centralism and court justice, I found that liberalist values underpinning litigative process were disruptive of social expectations, and had the potential to exacerbate rather than relieve social tensions. The harmony norms that predispose pro-social behavior within Tibetan settlements failed to protect the interests of community members, however, when the challenge came from local Indian groups operating on the basis of their own standards of particularistic allegiance. Legal ethnography best describes the methodology used for this research. Fieldwork drew on: 1) Interviews with twelve settlement officers whose mandate specifically includes mediation of disputes; 2) In-depth interviews with two disputants fighting cases before the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission; and 3) Interviews with over 70 informants (including senior and mid-level exile government officials and settlement residents), together with archival material, to situate findings and verify interpretations. This research contributes a unique non-Western body of data in support of Law and Society scholars, such as Amitai Etzioni and Phillip Selznick, who have argued for devolution of law-like responsibilities to local levels where internalized norms are an everyday means of social control. It also argues against the pejorative interpretation of harmony ideology as depicted by legal centralists such as Laura Nader. By reframing harmony as a function of norm rationale, efficiency and effectiveness, the research offers new variables for assessing the costs and benefits of community. Finally, the Tibetan case studies provide an important comparative for cosmopolitan states that are debating how to accommodate diversity and legal pluralism.

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In Charlotte Bronte's novels, the importance accorded to female homosocial relationships - such as friendship and the mother-daughter relationship - challenges the conventional structure of the Victorian realist novel, in which the focus of the female protagonist's development is almost exclusively on the eventual achievement of heterosexual marriage Structurally. heterosexual marriage at closure re-establishes the status quo that has been threatened or destabilised during the unfolding of the plot. Yet what Bronte's novels reveal, is that the status quo thus re-established also confirms patriarchy as a system in which the bonds between men are consolidated to maintain social, political and economic power as a male prerogative By contrast, the ideology that promotes marriage as the sine qua non of women's existence positions women as rivals and the representation of female homosocial relationships in the nineteenth-century novel is either relegated to the margins of the text or erased entirely. In Bronte's novels, the structural relationship between this conventional displacement of female homosocial relationships and the silencing and containment of female desire in heterosexual marriage at closure is consistently explored and subverted. In an increasingly complex process of rewriting the Victorian novel from a female perspective, Bronte's novels construct alternative plots that privilege the representation of female homosocial relationships even as they imitate conventional plot structure In so doing. the gendering of narrative voice as female lays claim to a female discourse of desire. which is rooted in female homosociality and inclusive of lesbian desire. Compulsory (female) heterosexuality which is exclusively domestic and maternal. IS therefore challenged by an alternative representation of female desire as defiant of the ngid categories Imposed by heterosexuality. because it is fiurd and multiple in Its expression This thesis explores the process of recuperation through which Bronte both places the representation of female hornosocial relationships at the centre of her novels and reveals patriarchal structures of control at work / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In die romans van Charlotte Bronte konfronteer the sentraliteit van vroulike homososiale verhoudings - soos vriendskap en die moeder-dogter verhouding - die konvensionele struktuur van die Victoriaanse realistiese roman. Volgens hierdie konvensionele struktuur is die fokus van die vroulike protagonis se ontwikkeling bykans uitsluitlik gerig op haar uiteindelike toetrede tot 'n heteroseksuele huwelik. Struktureel gesproke herstel die heteroseksuele huwelik by die sluiting van die roman die status quo wat bedreig of gedestabiliseer is gedurende die ontplooing van die roman. Wat Bronte se romans egter aan die lig bring, is dat die status quo wat so herstel word, ook die patriargale sisteem bevestig - waarbinne die bande tussen mans gekonsolideer word ten einde sosiale politieke en ekonomiese mag as 'n manlike prerogatief te waarborg Die ideologie wat die huwelik voorhou as die sine qua non van die vrou se bestaan posisioneer vroue as mededingers, en hierdeur word die uitbeelding van vroulike homososiale verhoudings in die negentiende-eeuse roman verskuif na die buitewyke van die teks, of word dit algeheel uitgewis. In Bronte se romans word die strukturele verwantskap tussen hierdie konvensionele verplasing van vroulike homososiale verhoudings en die demping of beheer van vroulike begeerte in die heteroseksuele huwelik voortdurend in die roman se sluiting ondersoek en ondermyn In 'n proses wat 'n toenemend ingewikkelde herskrywing van die Victonaanse roman vanuit 'n vroulike qesiqspunt inhou. stel Bronte se romans alternatiewc verwikkelinqsplanne saam wat voorrang gee aan die uitbeelding van vroulike hornososiale verhoudings terwyl hierdie storieplanne konvensionele struktuurplanne naboots. Ole manier waarop die verteller se stem so vervroulik word gee uiting aan 'n vroulike diskoers van begeerte wat gewortel IS In vroulike hornososialiteit en wat lesbiese begeerte insluit Verpliqte (vroullke) heteroseksualiteit. wat uitsluitlik huislik en moederlik IS, word dus gekonfronteer deur 'n alternatiewe uitbeeldinq van vroulike begeerte wat die rigiede kateqoriee opqele deur heteroseksualiteit verwerp en meer vloeibare en veelsoortiqe vorme van ultdrukklng daarstel Hierdie tests ondersoek die herstellinqsprcses waardeur Bronte die uitbeeldinq van vroulike hornososiale verhoudinqs sentraal plaas In haar romans, terwyl sy terselfdertyd die werkswyses van patriargale beheerstrukture aan die lig bring.

This thesis is a re-evaluation of a movement founded to provide what Samuel Smiles called “the road to learning” for workers in the nineteenth century. Mechanics’ institutes emerged during the 1820s to both criticism and acclaim, becoming part of the physical and intellectual fabric of the age and inspiring a nationwide building programme funded entirely by public subscription. Beginning with a handful of examples in major British cities, they eventually spread across the Anglophone world. They were at the forefront of public engagement with arts, science and technology. This thesis is a history of the mechanics’ institute movement in the British Isles from the 1820s through to the late 1860s, when State involvement in areas previously dominated by private enterprises such as mechanics’ institutes, for example library provision and elementary schooling, became more pronounced. The existing historiography on mechanics’ institutes is primarily regional in scope and this thesis breaks new ground by synthesising a national perspective on their wider social, political and cultural histories. It contributes to these broader themes, as well as areas as diverse as educational history, the history of public exhibition and public spaces, visual culture, print culture, popular literacy and literature (including literature generated by the Institutes themselves, such as poetry and prose composed by members), financial services, education in cultural and aesthetic judgement, Institutes as sources of protest by means of Parliamentary petitions, economic history, and the nature, theory and practice of the popular dissemination of ideas. These advances free the thesis from ongoing debate around the success or failure of mechanics’ institutes, allowing the emphasis to be on the experiential history of the “living” Institute. The diverse source base for the thesis includes art, sculpture, poetry and memoir alongside such things as economic data, library loan statistics, membership numbers and profit / loss accounts from institute reports. The methodology therefore incorporates qualitative (for example, tracing the evolution of attitudes towards Institutes in contemporary culture by analysing the language used to describe them over time) and quantitative (for example, exploring Institutes as providers of financial services to working people) techniques. For the first time, mechanics’ institutes are studied in relation to political corruption, debates concerning the morality of literature and literacy during the nineteenth century, and the legislative processes of the period.

Les violences sexuelles perpétrées sur les enfants conduisent de plus en plus d’hommes en prison. Les interventions institutionnelles sur ces questions rappellent fortement l’indignité qui frappe ces individus-là : lourdeur des peines prononcées, surveillance et rétention de sûreté, par exemple. À partir de données issues d’une recherche empirique, j’analyse comment s’organise la société contemporaine par rapport à ce type de comportement. Le travail de terrain se déroule principalement par entretiens. D’abord avec des détenus condamnés pour ces faits. Puis avec des agents de détention (psychologues, psychiatres, conseillers d’insertion et de probation, surveillants, et juge de l’application des peines). Enfin avec des agents chargés de la prévention et de la répression : des gendarmes spécialisés sur les auditions de mineurs victimes (brigade de prévention) et des gendarmes enquêteurs spécialisés sur la traque de « pédophiles » sur Internet (brigade territoriale et de recherche). L’analyse des discours recueillis permet d’identifier les processus qui co-construisent la pluralité des points de vue. Et de comprendre comment les rapports de force se constituent autour de la question des comportements de violence sexuelle sur les enfants aujourd’hui. Aux résultats, il apparaît une lutte des représentations entre les différents agents rencontrés et les condamnés autour de la figure du « pédophile ». Les analyses de ces représentations croisées permettent d’expliquer, notamment, dans quelle mesure la force des dispositifs de prise en charge des condamnés affecte leurs capacités d’agir et déclenche, chez eux, une aspiration profonde à entrer dans l’espace du légitime et du « normal ». / Sexual violence on children lead more and more men in prison. Institutional responses to these questions are strongly reminiscent of the indignity that affects those people: heaviness of the sentences, surveillance and preventive detention for example. Based on data from an empirical research, I wish to understand how modern society is organized in relation to such behavior. The field work mainly takes place through interviews. First with prisoners convicted for those facts.And then with detention officers (psychologists, psychiatrists, councilors of rehabilitation and probation, supervisors, judge of the sanctions application). Finally with agents responsible of repression: specialized Gendarmes on the hearings of juvenile victims (prevention squad) and specialized investigators Gendarmes on the hunt of "pedophiles" on the Internet (Territorial and Research Brigade).The analysis of obtained speeches allows to identify the processes that co-construct the plurality of viewpoints. And to understand how power relations are constituted around the question of sexual violence behaviors on children today. To the results, it appears a struggle between different representations of agents met and the convicted around the profile of "pedophile".The analyzes of these mutual perceptions permits to explain, in particular, how the strength of the devices support of the condemned affects their ability to act and initiates in them, a deep desire to enter the space of legitimate and the "normal".

Submitted by Gustavo Gomes (gustavolascasas@gmail.com) on 2013-08-23T14:24:23Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Uma an??lise da usabilidade do portal do Tribunal de Contas do Estado.pdf: 3801976 bytes, checksum: adc8d2a934435e1b3eb2cb79471e36a4 (MD5) license_rdf: 22192 bytes, checksum: 16508d913bcfe515c0f9e2bdf06ca16d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Roger Guedes (roger.guedes@fjp.mg.gov.br) on 2013-08-23T16:00:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Uma an??lise da usabilidade do portal do Tribunal de Contas do Estado.pdf: 3801976 bytes, checksum: adc8d2a934435e1b3eb2cb79471e36a4 (MD5) license_rdf: 22192 bytes, checksum: 16508d913bcfe515c0f9e2bdf06ca16d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-08-23T16:00:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Uma an??lise da usabilidade do portal do Tribunal de Contas do Estado.pdf: 3801976 bytes, checksum: adc8d2a934435e1b3eb2cb79471e36a4 (MD5) license_rdf: 22192 bytes, checksum: 16508d913bcfe515c0f9e2bdf06ca16d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Funda????o Jo??o Pinheiro / E not??vel o desenvolvimento do controle social na gest??o publica brasileira, que toma-se poss??vel mediante a disponibiliza????o de informa????o acerca dos atos governamentais pelo pr??prio governo. Com o desenvolvimento das tecnologias de informa????o e a cria????o de portais de governo o exerc??cio do controle por parte do cidad??o vem tomando-se tarefa menos ??rdua. Observado este contexto, o presente trabalho prop??e uma an??lise da usabilidade do portal do Tribunal de Contas do Estado de Minas Gerais, no que se refere aos aspectos formais de disponibiliza????o da informa????o, com vistas a proporcionar reflex??es acerca do estabelecimento de um canal de comunica????o efetivo entre o governo e os cidad??os para o controle social. A pesquisa apontou evidencias de a????es voltadas para melhorar a usabilidade dos portais de governo e verificou que a Administra????o Publica tem trabalhado na disponibiliza????o de informa????es e servi??os a sociedade atrav??s do uso da tecnologia da informa????o e comunica????o. Contudo, conclui-se que o controle social atrav??s do uso dessa tecnologia requer ainda um esfor??o conjunto do governo e da pr??pria sociedade, al??m de um maior respaldo legal que garanta a efetiva implanta????o de procedimentos e a????es neste sentido. / It's remarkable the social control development at the Brazilian public management system,made possible through information about governamental acts by the government itself. With the evolution of infonnation technology and the creation of govern web portals, the control by the citizens becomes an easier task. Based in this context, this work proposes an analysis of the usability of the portal of the Court of Accounts of the State of Minas Gerais, with regard to the formal aspects of making the information available, with a view to providing ideas about the establishment of an effective channel of communication between the government and citizens for social control. The research showed evidence of actions geared to improve the usability of government portals and found that the Government has worked in the provision of information and services to society through the use of infonnation technology and communication. However, it appears that social control through the use of this technology still requires a joint effort of government and of society itself, as well as a greater legal support to ensure the effective implementation of procedures and actions in this direction. / Governo e Pol??tica

Submitted by Maria Medeiros (maria.dilva1@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-09-10T14:18:42Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TADEU FERNANDO DA SILVA - DISSERTAÇÃO (PROFIAP-CCJS) 2016.pdf: 1247696 bytes, checksum: e5767cfb47e0319b481a6aa1965f4efc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-10T14:18:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TADEU FERNANDO DA SILVA - DISSERTAÇÃO (PROFIAP-CCJS) 2016.pdf: 1247696 bytes, checksum: e5767cfb47e0319b481a6aa1965f4efc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / O estudo que será apresentado tem como principal objetivo compreender a atuação dos membros do Conselho de Acompanhamento e Controle Social do Fundo de Manutenção da Educação Básica e de Valorização dos Profissionais da Educação – CACS-FUNDEB, numa perspectiva de aprimorar as práticas de Controle Social no âmbito do município de Cerro Corá/RN. De caráter explicativo e abordagem quantitativa, adotou-se a estratégia de levantamento a fim de corroborar ou refutar as hipóteses delineadas nesta pesquisa, partindo-se do método indutivo de investigação. Desta forma, aplicou-se o instrumento de pesquisa em forma de questionário com os membros do conselho gestor a fim de descrever o seu perfil e a forma de atuação no conselho municipal relacionados aos processos de formulação, deliberação, implementação e avaliação de políticas públicas no contexto do conselho gestor em que atuam. O espaço amostral desta pesquisa contempla 15 (quinze) membros titulares e suplentes de um universo de 22 (vinte e dois) membros conselheiros. Assim, o estudo corrobora com a hipótese de que os conselheiros gestores padecem de sérias limitações quanto aos conhecimentos necessários para que se possam atingir os requisitos exigidos ao pleno funcionamento de um conselho gestor de políticas públicas. E ainda, que estas limitações são oriundas, em grande parte, da operacionalização incipiente do próprio conselho municipal. Os resultados desta pesquisa, portanto, contribuem para a conclusão de que a prática do controle social, partindo do estudo realizado junto a um Conselho Municipal gestor de políticas públicas está comprometida pela forma como o referido conselho vem atuando diante de todos os problemas por este órgão enfrentado, bem como pela atuação individual e coletiva dos membros que o compõe. / The study that will be presented aims to understand the role of the Board of Monitoring and Social Control of Basic Education Maintenance Fund and Value of Education Professionals - CACS-FUNDEB, with a view to improve the Social Control practices within the municipality of Cerro Cora/RN. Explanatory character and quantitative approach, adopted the survey strategy to corroborate or refute the hypotheses outlined in this research, starting from the inductive method of investigation. In this way, we applied the research instrument in the form of questionnaire with members of the management board in order to describe the profile and modus operandi in the city council related to the processes of formulation, decision, implementation and evaluation of public policies board manager context in which they operate. The sample space of this research includes fifteen (15) members and alternate members of a universe of 22 (twenty two) board members. Thus, the study confirms the hypothesis that managers suffer counselors serious limitations on the necessary knowledge so that they can meet the requirements for the full operation of a management board of public policy. And yet, these limitations are derived in large part, from the incipient operation of the own city council. The results of this research, therefore, contribute to the conclusion that the practice of social control from the study conducted with a Municipal Council manager of public policy is compromised by the way the board has been working on all the problems by this body faced, as well as the individual and collective action of the members that compose it.

Criminology’s most recent theoretical tradition involves examination of the developmental onset, continuity, and desistance from offending behavior across the life course. A prominent life course perspective organized around social bonding was proffered by Robert J. Sampson and John H. Laub in dual volumes that include Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through Life (1993), and Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives (2003). Because Sampson and Laub’s age-graded theory is based on a sample of White males born in the 1920s and 1930s, and matured during a historical period of vast economic growth, the universal theoretical processes emphasized in their theory may be overstated. Such assumptions may not generalize to more heterogeneous samples that includes minorities and individuals that vary in their levels of offending. The present research evaluates the generalizability of the age-graded theory through examination of data collected from a representative and contemporary sample of adolescents followed into adulthood. In addition, this study seeks to examine an alternate turning point from deviant conduct, specifically religiosity/spirituality. Building on prior studies that explore the role of religiosity on change processes across race and ethnicity (Chu & Sung, 2009; Stansfield, 2017), the current investigation addresses open questions relating to the nature of the religion-desistance relationship. Multilevel mixed effects models are utilized to estimate over time the separate impact of religious behavior and religious beliefs on deviant conduct, to further assess a religious turning point effect across subgroups disaggregated by race/ethnicity, and to evaluate the influence of religiosity on change from deviant outcomes characterized as violations of secular and ascetic standards. Analyses of religiosity/spirituality on these differing forms of deviance across race/ethnicity are also conducted. In contrast to the hypothesized relationships, study findings reveal very little evidence of a religious/spiritual turning point effect in enacting change from deviant behaviors in the main models. Similar results indicate that religiosity indicates minimal differences in change from deviant conduct when the sample is disaggregated across race and ethnicity. Findings point to the nuances of the religion-desistance relationship, and depends upon processes that may involve attendance to church services or spiritual beliefs, and may be conditional on the type of deviance outcome examined—whether in violation of a secular or ascetic standard. Along with a discussion of these findings, limitations of the study, directions for future research, and implications for policy are provided.

AGUIAR, Priscylla Lima de. Controle social na gestão de Manuel Cordeiro Neto na Secretaria de Polícia e Segurança Pública/CE (1935-1941). 2014. 126f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em História, Fortaleza (CE), 2014. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-09-22T15:44:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dis_plaguiar.pdf: 2502452 bytes, checksum: 3f4bf698b0ae204df697bba461393141 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-09-22T17:04:18Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dis_plaguiar.pdf: 2502452 bytes, checksum: 3f4bf698b0ae204df697bba461393141 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-09-22T17:04:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dis_plaguiar.pdf: 2502452 bytes, checksum: 3f4bf698b0ae204df697bba461393141 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / The analysis of the first management of Manuel Cordeiro Neto on police and public security Secretary of the State of Ceará was fundamental to understand the discourse and practice of the police. The central objective of the research was concentrated on reflecting the extent of police determine the use of the work of prisoners and correctional "unoccupied" on public works construction and reform as a measure riddled in a policy directive based on design and in the ideals of rational and instruction work, aimed at construction and organization of the State and the deployment of forms of social control in Ceará andmainly in the city of Fortaleza in 1935 to 1941. The methodology used is based on parameters established by social history, analyzing documentary sources of the APEC and newspapers O Povo e O Nordeste. In Ceará, the social control mechanism were adopted not only in the urban space, but also in the country where one of the biggest expressions of police repression, i.e. the extinction of the community Caldeirão. Understanding the city and the countryside as historical experiences, we inquired as to function and the power of the police were perceived in social relations, starting from the analysis of the identities of the prisoners, their motivations correctional prisons, the maintenance of social institutions and the construction and renovation of the buildings of the police apparatus; as reflected in society a social control based on the speech of labour and education; and to what extent this control mechanism has been effective. / A análise da primeira gestão de Manuel Cordeiro Neto na Secretaria de Polícia e Segurança Pública do Estado do Ceará foi fundamental para entender o discurso e a prática da polícia. O objetivo central desta pesquisa concentrou-se em refletir na medida policial de determinar o uso do trabalho de presos correcionais e “desocupados” nas obras públicas de construção e reforma como uma medida eivada de uma diretriz política calcada na concepção e nos ideais de trabalho racional e instrução, visando à construção e organização do Estado e a implantação de formas de controle social no Ceará e, principalmente, na cidade de Fortaleza de 1935 a 1941. A metodologia utilizada baseia-se nos parâmetros informados pela história social, com os quais se buscou analisar as fontes documentais do APEC e dos jornais O Povo e O Nordeste. No Ceará, os mecanismo de controle social não foram adotados somente no espaço urbano, mas também no campo onde se deu uma das maiores expressões de repressão policial, ou seja, a extinção da comunidade do Caldeirão. Entendendo-se a cidade e o campo como experiências históricas, indagamos como a função e o poder da polícia foram percebidos nas relações sociais, a partir da análise da identidade dos presos correcionais, das motivações de suas prisões, da manutenção de instituições de caráter social e da construção e reforma dos prédios do aparato policial; como repercutiu na sociedade um controle social baseado no discurso do trabalho e da instrução; e em que medida esse mecanismo de controle foi eficaz.

Made available in DSpace on 2009-11-18T18:56:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Clemos.pdf: 994584 bytes, checksum: 3f88eac331b350df7eb3c09b2655df24 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / The crisis that affected the capitalist states during the last decade of the 20th century, put an end to the period of greatest expansion of the state, demanding alterations that brought, especially in economic terms, the ideals of the liberal state. The main goal of these changes was to optimize the administration of the public service by introducing into it more efficiency, transparency, and morality because the state had shown to be incapable of attending the demands of the society and its way of doing was inefficient and did not reach out to the public interest. In Brazil, like in other part of the world, recent scandals of corruption and misuse of public funds put in doubt the efficiency of the financial control system. Like any other political system Brazil has a complex set of external and internal control, institutions that work to prevent misuse of public funds and identify responsibilities if bad use occurred. All these elements highlight the mechanisms of control of the public administration, which came to be seen as essential instruments for the improvement of the management of the public resources, targeting the collective interest. Therefore, along with the traditional mechanisms of power suppression, such as the system of checks and balances, social control arises. This, when used together with the monitoring exercised by public inspection agencies, is defined as horizontal accountability activated by civil society, in which citizens and institutions gather efforts in order to promote a more effective charge of responsibility from public agents and politicians in case of misconducts. This study aimed to identify the opportunities and limitations of social control exercised by the complaint under the TCE-RJ. The results point to the need to develop measures to guarantee the anonymity of denouncers, to simplify the forms of access the TCE-RJ and to improve information spread to the citizen. / A crise que assolou os Estados capitalistas na última década do século XX pôs fim ao período de maior expansão do Estado, gerando a necessidade de reformas que trouxessem, principalmente do ponto de vista econômico, o ideário do Estado Liberal. Tais reformas tinham como objetivo principal a otimização da administração da coisa pública, aproximando a gestão estatal da gestão privada, carreada pelos princípios da eficiência, transparência e moralidade, vez que o Estado como administrador demonstrou ser incapaz de atender às demandas, tendo em vista a ineficiência dos meios utilizados para alcançar o interesse público. No Brasil, como em outras partes do mundo, os recentes escândalos de corrupção e abuso dos fundos públicos põem em dúvida a eficácia do sistema de controle financeiro. Como qualquer outro, o sistema político brasileiro tem um complexo conjunto de controle interno e externo, instituições que atuam para evitar a má utilização dos dinheiros públicos e identificar responsabilidades se tiver ocorrido mau uso. Essa comunhão de fatores colocou em evidência os mecanismos de controle da administração pública, que passaram a ser vistos como instrumentos essenciais para uma melhor utilização dos recursos públicos objetivando o interesse coletivo. Assim, ao lado dos mecanismos tradicionais de limitação do poder, como a representação e o sistema de freios e contrapesos, surge o controle social. Este, quando agregado ao monitoramento exercido por agências estatais de fiscalização, é classificado como accountability horizontal socialmente provocada, modalidade na qual cidadãos e instituições unem esforços para uma responsabilização mais efetiva de agentes públicos/políticos por eventuais condutas irregulares. O presente estudo objetivou identificar quais as possibilidades e as limitações do controle social exercido através da denúncia no âmbito do TCE-RJ. Os resultados apontam para a necessidade de se desenvolver medidas que garantam o anonimato dos denunciantes, que simplifiquem as formas de acesso ao TCE-RJ e que melhorem a divulgação de informações ao cidadão.

SANTIAGO, Maria Inês Cochrane. A influência do Programa de Educação Fiscal no comportamento dos alunos do Ensino Médio: o caso das escolas Liceu de Acaraú e Maria Luiza Barros de Itarema-CE. 2010. 92f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Avaliação de Políticas Públicas, Fortaleza (CE), 2010. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-09-30T13:59:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2010-DIS-MICSANTIAGO.pdf: 791840 bytes, checksum: 92b524e100a0dea86950b6449d1bdb17 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-09-30T17:00:53Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2010-DIS-MICSANTIAGO.pdf: 791840 bytes, checksum: 92b524e100a0dea86950b6449d1bdb17 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-09-30T17:00:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2010-DIS-MICSANTIAGO.pdf: 791840 bytes, checksum: 92b524e100a0dea86950b6449d1bdb17 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Esta pesquisa procurou analisar o contexto do surgimento do Programa de Educação Fiscal com foco nas mudanças decorrentes da Reforma do Estado. Observou-se como o Programa é uma parte integrante de uma necessidade de mudança sócio-cultural e de mudança na relação entre Estado e sociedade. Isto parece advir com a Constituição de 1988 e com a forte influência de crises econômicas e mudanças a nível internacional. O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar em que medida o Programa de Educação Fiscal no Estado do Ceará conscientiza os alunos do ensino Médio sobre a relevância dos tributos. Neste sentido, buscou-se compreender como os alunos encaram determinados temas ligados a discussão sobre os impostos, ou de que forma estão sendo conscientizados da importância do exercício da cidadania por meio da participação na fiscalização dos gastos públicos com recursos oriundos da receita de impostos. Tal procedimento justifica-se pelo fato de a avaliação de programas abranger não apenas o discurso oficial daqueles que o administram, mas também como os sujeitos são afetados ou encaram essas iniciativas oficiais. Os resultados obtidos mostram que existem diferenças relevantes de opinião dos alunos quanto à visão da importância dos tributos, na medida em que se observou uma escola onde o Programa de Educação Fiscal está implementado e outra onde o Programa ainda não foi instituído.