In this master’s thesis, which takes the format of an introductory chapter, publishable paper, and conclusion, I examined camp programs for Indigenous youth that are run by Christian organizations in Canada, with the goals of bringing attention to this phenomenon and provoking dialogue on possibilities (or impossibilities) of reconciliation in these contexts. I employed an exploratory case study methodology, using semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, and internet-mediated document analysis, to address the following research questions: i) What are the key characteristics of summer camps for Indigenous youth run by Christian organizations in Canada?; ii) To what extent are Indigenous staff members or volunteers and Indigenous cultures included at summer camps for Indigenous youth that are run by Christian organizations in Canada?; and iii) What does or could reconciliation look like in the context of these camps?, and present results and conclusions based on the collected data. This work is particularly timely and significant in light of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015) and broader work for decolonization and improved relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Whereas reconciliation in Cambodia has mostly received academic attention in terms ofanalyzing state-institutions, this thesis explores the role of civil society actors. Of particularinterest is the impact, grass-root efforts can have on promoting an inclusive group identitythrough educational means. This will be researched through the analysis of attitudes towardselements of an inclusive group identity held by pre-service teachers, who were interviewedbefore and after they took part in a so-called genocide education workshop organized by theDocumentation Center of Cambodia. These attitudes will be examined in terms of theirjustifications, and if the workshop influenced their quantity as well as quality. In addition, bytaking into account justifications of attitudes supporting an inclusive group identity, threecommon denominators will be identified that can help strengthening the impact of futureeducational efforts within the framework of reconciliation. Of particular interest in this regardwill be the finding highlighting the relation of functionalist perception of perpetrators thatproofed to be supportive of the interviewees` acceptance of an inclusive group identity.

Thesis advisor: Marc K. Landy / In August of 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act and fulfilled his campaign promise to “end welfare as we know it.” Conventionally, the passage of welfare reform has been understood as a product of the ‘Republican Revolution,’ a backlash against government in which the party “took back” both chambers of Congress and discharged the ten provisions of the ‘Contract with America.’ This account treats welfare reform as a deeply political affair: President Clinton was thus put into the position of needing to pass conservative welfare reform. While this theory is not inaccurate, this senior honors thesis holds that it is incomplete. Therefore, any account of the passage of welfare reform needs to engage with the more complex dimensions of policy formation. I suggest that the PRWORA was signed into law by virtue of public opinion aligning with elite opinion. The latter required ‘dissensus politics’ to be overcome. I argue that this transpired, and further that a loose consensus was formed among the elites with respect to the contents of meaningful reform due to social science evidence emanating from the various states. Lastly, I contend that the ancillary features of the legislation were negotiated, for which the nation’s governors played an instrumental role. These matters reveal timeless truths about American politics and policy formation. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2017. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Departmental Honors. / Discipline: Political Science. / Thesis advisor:

Dans le domaine sidérurgique, l'ajustement des commandes de préréglage est un problème courant. L'objectif des systèmes de commande est d'obtenir des produits de qualité imposée. On observe cependant fréquemment des variations de comportement d'un lot à l'autre, ce qui nécessite de modifier les paramètres des modèles employés pour les préréglages suivants. Cela est particulièrement vrai pour le convertisseur à oxygène où les informations rassemblées pendant une coulée spécifique servent à ajuster les points de consigne de la coulée suivante.Dans cette thèse, nous présentons une méthode de validation de données s'appuyant sur un modèle incertain. Les incertitudes portant sur les mesures des variables et sur la connaissance des paramètres du modèle sont simultanément prises en compte pour fournir des estimées cohérentes qui pourront être mises à profit par le système de contrôle-commande du convertisseur à oxygène. L'estimation paramétrique étant sensible à la présence de mesures aberrantes , la méthode proposée a été rendue robuste à la présence de ces informations erronées par la prise en compte, dans la méthode d'estimation, de la notion de distribution statistique contaminée.Le modèle du convertisseur a été établi sur la base des principes de conservation de masse et d'énergie, mais aussi sur des relations d'équilibre chimique pour lesquelles certains paramètres sont assez mal connus ce qui justifie pleinement l'approche utilisée. Les estimations des variables et des paramètres fournissent une image plus juste de l'état réel du système ce qui en facilite la conduite. Appliquée au convertisseur à oxygène, cette méthode permet l'actualisation du modèle de calcul de charge utile au préréglage. De plus, le suivi de l'évolution de certains paramètres du modèle permet d'évaluer un niveau de dégradation du système (par exemple, l'endommagement du réfractaire de la poche / In the steel industry, tuning the control system set-points in order to reach given product specification is a common problem. The control system objective is to obtain products satisfying the given specifications. There are however frequent changes in the behavior from one batch to another, thus requiring the modification of model parameters used for the following presets. This is particularly true for the Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) where the information collected during a specific batch serves to adjust the set-points of the next batch.In this thesis, we proposed a method allowing simultaneously robust data reconciliation and model parameter estimation. This approach is original because the current data validation methods make the assumption that the system model is known perfectly. Here, the uncertainties on the measurements of variables and on the knowledge of the model parameters are simultaneously taken into account to provide consistent estimates that can be utilized by the control system of the BOF, especially for the determination of the set-points. Parameter estimation being sensitive to the presence of outliers, which is common in this type of process operating in highly disturbed environment, the proposed method has been made robust to the presence of these errors by including in the estimation method, the notion of contaminated statistical distribution.The model of the converter was based on the principles of mass and energy conservation, but also on chemical equilibrium relationships for which some parameters are not well known that fully justifies the proposed approach. The variable and parameter estimates provide a more accurate picture of the actual state of the system which facilitates its control. Applied to the BOF, this method allows the updating of the model used for the preset. In addition, monitoring the evolution of some model parameters can be used to evaluate the degradation level of the system (eg, damage to the refractory of the converter)

L’objectif de notre thèse de doctorat est d’analyser les commissions d’historiens dans les processus de rapprochement en Pologne. Deux cas d’étude sont privilégiés : la commission polono-allemande sur les manuels scolaires et le groupe polono-russe sur les questions difficiles. Ce travail se base sur deux sources principales : une série d’entretiens et des recherches dans les archives. A ce corpuss’ajoutent des sources complémentaires : observations participantes et analyse de discours politiques, de sondages et de la presse.Les points de vue de part et d’autre divergent, voire s’opposent. Les historiens cherchent alors, selon Ricoeur, un récit qui peut favoriser le rapprochement. Ce dialogue sur l’histoire correspond tout à fait à ce qui est demandé aux commissions d’historiens. Dès lors, pourquoi ces commissions ont-elles été créées ? Comment fonctionnent-elles et pourquoi continuent-elles de fonctionner ? Nous formons les hypothèses que, premièrement, ces commissions ont été créées dans un objectif de rapprochement, voire de réconciliation. Deuxièmement, leur fonctionnement — et sa prolongation— dépend de trois variables : le contexte, les mandats, les acteurs.Notre thèse s’articule en cinq points. Les trois premières parties portent sur chacune des trois variables évoquées : contexte, mandats, acteurs. La quatrième partie porte sur les sphères d’influence de ces commissions et les débats qu’elles engendrent : politique et religion, débats publics, débats scientifiques. La dernière partie se concentre sur les projets de ces commissions :l’ouvrage commun ou les centres de dialogue du côté polono-russe, le manuel commun d’histoire du côté polono-allemand. / The objective of my PhD thesis is to analyse historical commissions in the processes of rapprochement in Poland. Two cases studies are selected: the Polish-German school book commission and the Polish-Russian group for difficult matters. This work relies on two main sources:a series of interviews and research conducted in the archives. Other sources are complementary to this main corpus: participatory observations, analysis of political discourses, opinion polls and themedia.From one part to another, the points of view differ, or even oppose themselves. Historians then lookfor, according to Ricoeur, a narrative which could favour rapprochement. This dialogue on history matches exactly with what is asked for the historical commissions. Then, why are these commissions created ? how do they work and why do they continue to function ? The first hypothesis assumes that these commissions are created in an objective of rapprochement, or even reconciliation. The second one assumes that their functioning – and its continuation – depends on three variables:context, mandates, actors. My thesis is structured on five points. The first three parts concern each of the three variables cited:context, mandates, actors. The fourth part relates to the spheres of influence of the commissions and the debates they induce: politics and religion, public debate, scientific debate. The last partfocuses on the projects of the commissions: the common book or the centres for dialogue on the Polish-Russian side, the common historical schoolbook on the Polish-German one.

Through a research partnership with the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) and using mixed methods participatory action research this Dissertation critically engages with dominant Western-based knowledge systems of well-being from a decolonizing standpoint to better understand the determinants of Indigenous health and well-being. This study specifically asks: what are the main factors effecting different dimensions of well-being for Indigenous peoples living in urban centres, how does engaging in traditional land-based activities and cultural ways of life affect well-being, and to what extent does intergenerational trauma impact well-being? Thirteen key informant interviews were conducted with FNHA members involved in the development of the First Nations Perspective on Health and Wellness (FNPOW) to garner knowledge about the thoughts, feelings, belief systems, values, and knowledge frameworks that are embedded in this perspective. A multi-level statistical model was developed informed by the First Nations Perspective on Health and Wellness, the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey and 2011 National Household Survey, to produce health and wellness outcomes. Using a strength-based approach to well-being this study shows that the FNPOW advocates self-determination, and implementing the perspective in research work offers a pathway to generating measures of health and wellness rooted in Traditional knowledge systems, and a pathway to decolonizing bodies. These outcomes are a form of social capital reflective of Indigenous values that can be utilized as a resource to strengthen community capacity to support Indigenous self-determination. / Graduate

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-23T14:09:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcio lourenco Garcia.pdf: 625641 bytes, checksum: f15317f0972aa358195a532cd754706d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-04 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A tragédia grega, no esquema hegeliano, é situada como um sinal eloquente do momento final da religião da arte, pois, é nessa etapa que se efetua um doloroso cisma entre as leis do Estado e as leis da família. Então, na tragédia, a necessidade do conceito, ainda inconsciente-de-si, se aproxima do conteúdo de vida do destino do herói trágico, assim como a linguagem do aedo deixa de ser impessoal (como na epopéia) e participa ativamente desse conteúdo como ator. Este participa ativamente do drama e interfere no mesmo, sua linguagem denota o pathos do herói. A tragédia antiga começa, pois, a realizar a unidade dos deuses tão reclamada pelos filósofos da antiguidade, e irá desembocar na comédia onde se processará a absolutização do Si e a passagem da consciência feliz para a consciência infeliz. A progressiva manifestação do Espírito pode ser traduzida pelo movimento de saída da substância imediata, visto na religião da arte, que suprassume os momentos da obra-de-arte abstracta e da obra-de-arte vivente, a resultar na obra-de-arte espiritual. Esse movimento consiste no sair da substância em direção ao Si, pois, este reivindica o reconhecimento da sua singularidade pelo coletivo. Ademais, o Si criador da singularidade na religião da arte e no desembocar da tragédia, é instrumento para o autoconhecimento do Espírito, em seus momentos, no tempo, porquanto, sua consciência-de-si revela-se a si mesma mediante as potências universais ofendidas e que reclamam vingança, pois tal religião da arte é como que um espelho do conteúdo do Espírito. Este conteúdo efetivamente presente é, pois, em-si, uma coisa, e, para a consciência, outra. O direito de cima e o de baixo recebem a significação de que o primeiro representa a potência que sabe e que se manifesta à consciência, e, o segundo toma a significação da potência que se subtrai à consciência e se esconde no mundo subterrâneo das Erínias. Esta mesma religião da arte também aguça o espírito e faz alçar a imaginação e a fantasia de todos os espectadores até às alturas da consideração de sua peculiar vida na cidade, do direito humano e do direito divino um sendo o caráter feminino, e o outro, o masculino no caudal da necessidade lógica e que é o próprio destino do Espírito total. A tragédia mostra para a consciência-de-si que não há existência que não seja já de per si cindida e que tal oposição vem a ser o máximo bem de toda a unidade do Espírito / The Greek tragedy, in the Hegelian scheme, is situated as an eloquent sign of the final moment of the religion of art, then, is this step that takes place a painful schism between the state law and the family law. Then, in the tragedy, the need of the concept, still unconscious-of-itself, approaches the content of the life of the tragic hero s fate, as well as the language of minstrel ceases to be impersonal (as in epic) and actively participates in this content as actor. He actively participates in the drama and can interfere in the drama, its language indicates the pain of the hero. The ancient tragedy begins, then, to realize the unity of the gods as claimed by the philosophers of antiquity, and will culminate in a comedy in which happens the process of the absolutism of the Self and the passage of the happy consciousness for the unhappy consciousness. The progressive manifestation of the Spirit can be translated by the movement of get out of immediate substance, viewed in the religion of art, which supersedes the moments of the abstract work of art and of the living work of art, resulting in the spiritual work of art. This movement means the output of the substance for himself, because it claims the recognition of their uniqueness by the collective. Moreover, the Self is the creator of the singularity in the religion of art and, in the development of tragedy, is tool for self-knowledge of the Spirit in its moments, in the time, because his self-consciousness reveals itself through the universal powers offended and to seek revenge, because such a religion of art is like the mirror of the Spirit. This content is actually present, therefore, in itself, is a thing, and to the consciousness another. The right upper and the lower receive the significance that the first represents the power that knows, which manifests itself to consciousness, and, the second takes the meaning of power that escapes the consciousness and hides in the underworld of the Erinyes. This same religion of art sharpens the mind and imagination of all spectators to get up a flight to the heights of the consideration of his life in the city, the human and divine right - the first one as the female character, and, the second, the male - in the flow of logical necessity and that is the fate of total Spirit: the tragedy shows that there is no existence that is not already divided in itself and that this opposition is to the highest good of all the unity of the Spirit

This diploma thesis deals with the post-conflict development in Rwanda and its main aim is to evaluate the tools adopted after the genocide in 1994 for the purpose of preventing recurrence of any similar conflict in the future. The thesis mostly concentrates on the process of justice (on the international, national and local level) and on the process of reconciliation of the polarized society in Rwanda as two key components of the post-conflict reconstruction. On the basis of the results derived from the detailed analysis of the tools from security, social, economic and political area, the thesis answers the asked question if the future conflict in Rwanda is nowadays hardly probable (thanks to effective and successful activity of the adopted measures) or if there is, on the contrary, some ethnic tension in Rwanda which could become the reason for repeating of any wave of violence in short- or medium-term.

The thesis deals with comparison of family policy systems in the Czech Republic and Sweden in order to assess the overall profamily environment in these countries. Thesis analyzes the specific tools to support families and evaluates their effectiveness in terms of whether they are able to secure the young generation with some financial resources and create conditions for reconciliation of family and work. Swedish family policy is in this regard considered successful, as evidenced here a relatively high birth rate due to adverse demographic trends in other countries, such as the Czech Republic. Work in fact seeks the causes of the family policy success in Sweden and its shortcomings in the Czech Republic, points out the differences in systems of family policies due to different historical development, which reflects the volume of financial funds for families with children, and indicates as a key variable in the success of family policy area of reconciling work and family lives, where the Czech Republic currently lags far behind.

Submitted by admin tede (tede@pucgoias.edu.br) on 2017-11-22T12:14:50Z No. of bitstreams: 1 JACINTA ALVES DE LIMA.pdf: 1530083 bytes, checksum: ab368dca741e184cd612dba1858539bf (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-22T12:14:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JACINTA ALVES DE LIMA.pdf: 1530083 bytes, checksum: ab368dca741e184cd612dba1858539bf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-19 / In this dissertation, we discuss Cícero Romão Batista: from popular canonization to official canonization, and his main objective is to analyze internal and external conflicts with Catholicism that contextualized both the rupture of the Catholic Church with the priest and the recent reconciliation (2015) Towards him, envisaging a possible canonization. The role of the pilgrimages in Juazeiro do Norte stands out in this context, one of the indicators that converges towards a probable official canonization. This research is based on biographical and documentary sources in archives of the Center for Psychology of Religion in Juazeiro do Norte, and also in several duly cited authors. This work is composed of the identification and history of Padre Cícero Romão Batista, including the main characters without whom his story would not be the same. It then demonstrates the reasons both for the rupture of the Church, through its local representative in the past, and for reconciliation, a current cause made effective in 2015, and the possible canonization in the future. It is understood that reconciliation is the first step towards the canonization, since this is the opportunity to open the process for this purpose, following all the steps required and duly proven to be countersigned and come to fruition. / Nesta dissertação discorre-se sobre Cícero Romão Batista: da canonização popular à canonização oficial, e tem como objetivo principal analisar os conflitos internos e externos ao Catolicismo que contextualizaram tanto a ruptura da Igreja Católica com o Sacerdote à recente reconciliação (2015) para com ele, vislumbrando uma possível canonização. Destaca-se, nesse contexto, o papel das romarias em Juazeiro do Norte, o quanto dos indicadores que convergem para uma provável canonização oficial. Esta pesquisa tem embasamento em fontes biográficas e documentais, em arquivos do Centro de Psicologia da Religião de Juazeiro do Norte, e, também, em diversos autores devidamente citados. Este trabalho é composto pela identificação e histórico do Padre Cícero Romão Batista, incluindo os principais personagens, sem os quais sua história não seria a mesma. Em seguida, demonstra-se as razões tanto da ruptura da Igreja, por meio de seu representante local, no passado, quanto da reconciliação, causa atual efetivada em 2015 e a possível canonização no futuro. Entende-se que a reconciliação é o primeiro passo rumo à canonização, pois assim se tem a oportunidade de abrir o processo para esse fim, seguindo todas as etapas exigidas e devidamente comprovadas para que seja referendado e chegue ao bom termo.