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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
181

School division/district amalgamation in Manitoba: a case study of a public policy decision

Yeo, David P. 25 April 2008 (has links)
On November 8, 2001, the Government of Manitoba announced that the number of school divisions and districts in the province would be reduced from 54 to 37. With that policy announcement, Manitoba embarked upon the most significant restructuring of school board governance arrangements since the late 1950s. The purpose of the research was to examine the school division amalgamation initiative as a case study in policy-making by the Government of Manitoba. The study investigated the nature of this initiative, including its origin, development, eventual conclusion and implementation. The fundamental question addressed by the study was this: Why was school division amalgamation an idea whose time had come in Manitoba? Discussion of amalgamation had been active within the Progressive Conservative administration of Gary Filmon since the early 1990s, but despite the recommendation in 1995 of a provincially established Boundaries Review Commission to move forward with government directed amalgamation, the idea languished until a newly-elected provincial government under Gary Doer, leader of the New Democratic Party, assumed power in 1999. The theoretical framework used in addressing the question posed relied primarily upon the work of John Kingdon (Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies) who contends that there must be a timely convergence of three key aspects of policy formation: problems, solutions and politics. Therefore, the study examined the key role of elected officials in promoting certain policy ideas and their impact on the decisions of government at specific times. It also compared and contrasted the differing policy approaches taken by the Filmon and Doer regimes on this question, and assesses the opportunities and constraints which explain the differences found. The study relied on extant public documents and other primary sources, and especially the expressed view or position of certain elected officials and supporting staff gained through one-on-one in-depth interviews. The focus of the analysis was an attempt to assess the interplay of problem, solution, and politics, and whether or not it reveals what Kingdon has called a “window of opportunity” for decisive action by government. The study showed that, indeed, the window of opportunity for amalgamation occurred with the convergence of three forces by 2001: pervasive indicators of a problem; promotion of amalgamation as a policy solution previously tried in Manitoba and elsewhere; and the election of a new government in 1999 which was receptive to pursuing some degree of change with respect to school division governance and organization.
182

Debatten som blev en kampanj - en studie om HPV-vaccinets mediedebatt

Linnér, Elvira, Åkerlund, Caroline January 2014 (has links)
Studien syftar till att ge ökad kunskap om mediedebattens diskurs, i synnerhet utifrån ett riskperspektiv. Målet med denna studie är att undersöka hur mediedebatten om HPV-vaccinet ser ut, och varför den ser ut som den gör. Vilka aktörer som är aktiva i debatten, hur de argumenterar och vilka budskap de använder är områden som besvaras för att uppfylla vårt mål. Studiens huvudfråga undersöks genom en kritisk diskursanalys samt argumentationsanalys. Huvudresultaten visar att debatten kan liknas vid en kampanj, eftersom debattens aktörer till största del representeras av elitpersoner, människor som har makt att driva igenom eller påverka beslut inom området. Till hjälp använder de sig av argument som kan tyda på en hälsorisk hos den enskilda individen. En trolig orsak till att medierna satte HPV-vaccinet på agendan kan vara ett flertal omvärldsfaktorer som; massvaccinationen mot svininfluensan, Kalla faktas program om vaccinet, internet och sociala medier, nyhetsrapporteringen samt barn och kvinnors roll i samhället. Detta är omvärldsfaktorer som kan ha förstärkt hälsorisken med HPV-vaccinet och gjort att diskursen ser ut som den gör.
183

Framställning och genomslag : En kritisk diskursanalys för att problematisera programmets uppbyggnad

Linde, Joel, Gudmundsson, Simon January 2014 (has links)
Denna uppsats behandlar SVT:s Uppdrag granskning. Vi var intresserade av att titta närmare på detta program eftersom det har en särställning i Sverige som ett av de mest sedda samhällsprogrammen. Vi frågade oss vilken agendasättande roll Uppdrag granskning har i vårt samhälle och hur deras reportage utformas för att få genomslag och nå ut till publiken. Utnyttjar Uppdrag granskning sin särställning på bästa sätt för att informera och upplysa? Våra teorier har alltså mycket att göra med mediers agendasättande funktion. Vi har även tittat på angränsande teorier om ”moral panics”, och lutar oss samtidigt till viss del mot utvalda delar av nyhetsvärderingsteori. Vi har genomfört en kritisk diskursanalys (CDA) av två reportage av Uppdrag granskning. Det ena har fått stort genomslag i svensk tryckt press, medan det andra knappt har omnämnts. Vi ville studera hur redaktionen har arbetat för att utforma reportagen och påverka deras genomslag. Därför har vi tittat på bland annat användningen av dramaturgi och diskurs, samt hur avsnitten gestaltas för att tala till tittarna. För att komplettera vår undersökning har vi även tittat på vilket genomslag reportagen har fått i form av uppmärksamhet i svensk tryckt press. Vi har sedan sökt en förklaring av detta genomslag med hjälp av våra fynd från diskursanalysen samt parametrarna för nyhetsvärdering. När vi började vår analys upptäckte vi snabbt vissa skillnader mellan reportagen. Den tydligaste var att det reportage som fick störst genomslag också berörde ett ämne som var aktuellt och som är lätt att ta ställning till. Det förekom också tydliga symboler och metaforer som lätt kunde användas av andra medier för att skapa rubriker. Vi lade märke till att personer identifierades på olika sätt till följd av bland annat när och hur länge de förekom i reportaget samt hur reportrarna förhöll sig till dem. De ställde ledande frågor som resulterade i att vissa personer identifierades på ett sätt som tydligt passade in i en dramaturgisk modell: de goda och de onda. För att få genomslag i medierna framstår det som viktigt att en syndabock pekas ut, och gärna att denna är en enskild person, samt att reportaget innehåller tydliga symboler och metaforer och att konsumenten känner igen ämnet.
184

Susirinkimų efektyvumo problemos savivaldybėse / Efficiency problems of meetings in municipalities

Spundzevičienė, Auksė 04 July 2014 (has links)
Magistro baigiamajame darbe išanalizuoti susirinkimų organizavimo Lietuvos savivaldybėse aspektai ir nustatytos efektyvumo problemos, pasiūlyti rekomendaciniai problemų sprendimo būdai. Įvadinėje darbo dalyje analizuojamos efektyvumo ir veiksmingumo sąvokos valdymo proceso kontekste. Pirmojoje darbo dalyje teoriniu aspektu analizuojami pagrindiniai susirinkimų planavimo, organizavimo ir tinkamo jų vedimo, priimtų sprendimų įforminimo bei įgyvendinimo aspektai. Empirinėje darbo dalyje pateikiama tyrimo metodologija, analizuojami tyrimo, atlikto Lietuvos savivaldybėse, rezultatai, pateikiamos tyrimo išvados bei pristatomi pasiūlymai susirinkimų proceso tobulinimui. / The Master’s thesis analyzes the aspects of meeting organization in Lithuanian municipalities and determines efficiency problems, as well as provides recommendations for improvement. The introduction of the thesis analyzes the concepts of efficiency and effectiveness in the context of management. The first section of the thesis theoretically analyzes the main aspects of planning and organizing meetings, as well as how to hold a meeting, record a decision that was adopted, and implement it properly. The empirical part of the meeting provides research methodology, analyzes results of the research that was accomplished in Lithuanian municipalities, provides research conclusions, and presents recommendations for improving the process of meetings.
185

School division/district amalgamation in Manitoba: a case study of a public policy decision

Yeo, David P. 25 April 2008 (has links)
On November 8, 2001, the Government of Manitoba announced that the number of school divisions and districts in the province would be reduced from 54 to 37. With that policy announcement, Manitoba embarked upon the most significant restructuring of school board governance arrangements since the late 1950s. The purpose of the research was to examine the school division amalgamation initiative as a case study in policy-making by the Government of Manitoba. The study investigated the nature of this initiative, including its origin, development, eventual conclusion and implementation. The fundamental question addressed by the study was this: Why was school division amalgamation an idea whose time had come in Manitoba? Discussion of amalgamation had been active within the Progressive Conservative administration of Gary Filmon since the early 1990s, but despite the recommendation in 1995 of a provincially established Boundaries Review Commission to move forward with government directed amalgamation, the idea languished until a newly-elected provincial government under Gary Doer, leader of the New Democratic Party, assumed power in 1999. The theoretical framework used in addressing the question posed relied primarily upon the work of John Kingdon (Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies) who contends that there must be a timely convergence of three key aspects of policy formation: problems, solutions and politics. Therefore, the study examined the key role of elected officials in promoting certain policy ideas and their impact on the decisions of government at specific times. It also compared and contrasted the differing policy approaches taken by the Filmon and Doer regimes on this question, and assesses the opportunities and constraints which explain the differences found. The study relied on extant public documents and other primary sources, and especially the expressed view or position of certain elected officials and supporting staff gained through one-on-one in-depth interviews. The focus of the analysis was an attempt to assess the interplay of problem, solution, and politics, and whether or not it reveals what Kingdon has called a “window of opportunity” for decisive action by government. The study showed that, indeed, the window of opportunity for amalgamation occurred with the convergence of three forces by 2001: pervasive indicators of a problem; promotion of amalgamation as a policy solution previously tried in Manitoba and elsewhere; and the election of a new government in 1999 which was receptive to pursuing some degree of change with respect to school division governance and organization.
186

Processus de mise en oeuvre du développement durable par les collectivités Suivi-évaluation et adaptation du SD21000

Ponrouch, Adrien 17 April 2008 (has links) (PDF)
Les collectivités locales ont de plus en plus à faire face à l'attente citoyenne, et à l'injonction institutionnelle, de prendre en compte et de mettre en oeuvre le développement durable. Cette attente participe d'un mouvement plus large : entreprises et autres organisations - y compris l'Etat - sont appelées à contribuer aux enjeux (sociaux, environnementaux et économiques) mis à l'ordre du jour par la Conférence des Nations Unies sur l'Environnement et le Développement (CNUED) à Rio, en 1992. Les collectivités sont des acteurs de premier plan dans la contribution aux défis du développement durable. L'étendue de leurs compétences fait directement écho à la variété des défis concernés, tout comme leur rôle d'animation d'une démocratie participative et de l'action collective territoriale. Le territoire est un cadre incontournable de la recherche de solutions localement pertinentes qui intègrent les problématiques globales, en raison de la proximité entre différents acteurs dont il est nécessaire de coordonner l'action. Dans le contexte de l'organisation territoriale française, la spécialisation et l'enchevêtrement des compétences entre échelons politico-administratifs rendent nécessaire la collaboration interinstitutionnelle. Aucune collectivité et aucun acteur n'a, en effet, les connaissances et les compétences requises pour faire face seul aux enjeux du développement durable. L'Agenda 21 de Rio enjoint les collectivités à mettre en oeuvre un Agenda 21 local, stratégie et plan d'action déclinant les thématiques abordées par la CNUED. En France, la diffusion de l'Agenda 21 local, en tant qu'innovation, a participé d'un travail de traduction par un réseau d'acteurs hétérogène, en parallèle à son inscription difficile dans le paysage institutionnel. Théoriquement bien défini, d'application volontaire, l'Agenda 21 local reste une démarche relativement marginale. Les démarches existantes n'intègrent que partiellement l'ensemble des enjeux (procéduraux, concernant les modalités de décision et d'action ; substantifs, concernant les sujets à traiter). La Stratégie Nationale de Développement Durable affiche l'objectif de 500 Agendas 21 locaux en 2008, ce qui pose la question de l'évaluation de ces démarches. Consubstantielle de l'Agenda 21 local, l'évaluation reste l'une des difficultés majeures pour les collectivités et les acteurs tiers. Nous privilégions l'évaluation en tant que processus ancré, en continu, dans le management stratégique des collectivités. La pertinence de l'identification de leurs enjeux significatifs par les collectivités apparaît dans ce cadre comme une question majeure. Se pose alors la problématique d'une " normalisation " des Agendas 21 locaux, tant dans sa légitimité que dans sa pertinence et ses modalités. Nous proposons d'adapter la méthodologie SD21000, développée pour l'entreprise, aux collectivités. Fruit d'un consensus large, cette méthodologie offre une grande compatibilité avec les orientations données par ailleurs aux collectivités, tout en étant opérationnelle et susceptible d'intervenir au niveau stratégique (et non en tant qu'outil d'usage ponctuel et circonscrit). Le développement d'un outil adapté à ce contexte passe par l'identification d'enjeux et de parties intéressées propres aux collectivités, et par une évaluation dans trois champs de gestion des enjeux : interne, institutionnel (compétences et politiques), coordination stratégique territoriale. Il s'agit pour la collectivité comme pour les tiers, de baser l'identification des enjeux significatifs sur un processus rationnel, systématique et transparent ; de mettre en exergue le profil des projets en fonction de la performance dans les trois champs définis ci-dessus ; d'identifier et de prendre en compte de manière systématique les attentes des parties intéressées, et leur niveau d'influence sur la maîtrise collective des enjeux. Des voies de progrès sur l'ensemble de ces aspects peuvent ainsi être définies, plaçant l'évaluation dans une finalité didactique et d'amélioration continue. Trois collectivités nous ont fourni des terrains de recherche-intervention où tester et améliorer in vivo l'outil proposé. L'approche développée semble à la fois contribuer au cadre conceptuel et méthodologique du pilotage des Agendas 21 locaux, en interne aux collectivités et pour les tierces parties. Elle souligne la nécessité de méthodes adaptées aux collectivités et au management stratégique territorial, dans un mouvement plus large de convergence des principes et outils de management des organisations publiques et privées, auquel semble contribuer le développement durable. L'outil développé constitue un produit fini d'aide au pilotage, susceptible d'améliorations, qui a vocation à être utilisé conjointement avec d'autres outils pertinents, permettant aux collectivités de mieux élaborer et justifier leurs choix et leur action.
187

Eine ökonomische Analyse der Mediendemokratie der Rational-Choice-Ansatz und die Stimmenmaximierung

Dylla, Daria W. January 2007 (has links)
Zugl.: Köln, Univ., Diss., 2007
188

Lokale Agenda 21 zwischen Wunsch und Wirklichkeit : Nachhaltige Entwicklung, ihre Aufnahme in Recht und Praxis /

Nolte, Frank. January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Würzburg, 2005.
189

A construção da agenda de gênero no sistema educacional brasileiro (1996-2007)

Madsen, Nina 08 1900 (has links)
Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Departamento de Sociologia, 2008. / Submitted by wesley oliveira leite (leite.wesley@yahoo.com.br) on 2009-09-18T17:13:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_NinaMadsen.pdf: 2480762 bytes, checksum: c6ebaae84a7c305d98f03a4cb4ca05b0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Guimaraes Jacqueline(jacqueline.guimaraes@bce.unb.br) on 2010-06-29T20:32:58Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_NinaMadsen.pdf: 2480762 bytes, checksum: c6ebaae84a7c305d98f03a4cb4ca05b0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2010-06-29T20:32:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_NinaMadsen.pdf: 2480762 bytes, checksum: c6ebaae84a7c305d98f03a4cb4ca05b0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08 / O trabalho apresenta uma pesquisa exploratória que mapeia o processo de construção da agenda de gênero dentro do sistema educacional brasileiro, no período entre 1996 e 2007. Ao mesmo tempo, propõe um marco teórico desenvolvido a partir das três dimensões da teoria de justiça de Fraser (1997, 2005): redistribuição, reconhecimento e representação, e a partir da adaptação dessas dimensões ao campo da educação primeiro sugerida por Caviedes, Fernández & Barrientos (2006). A proposta é compor um modelo tri-dimensional que, ao analisar ou formular a educação como política pública do Estado, abarque as dimensões econômica, cultural-simbólica e política de maneira integrada (entendendo que cada dimensão dialoga e interfere nas demais) e transversal (entendendo que essa leitura deve perpassar todo o sistema, em todas as suas instâncias e formulações). A pesquisa exploratória foi feita em três níveis: internacional, nacional e local. No plano internacional, foram examinados alguns documentos balizadores da agenda internacional de educação e da agenda internacional de gênero. No plano nacional (Estado Nacional Brasileiro, no nível da União), a pesquisa foi direcionada às instituições (através das entrevistas com técnicas e coordenadoras identificadas e com a Ministra Nilcéa Freire), aos documentos que conformam as bases legais da educação, às políticas nacionais de educação e às políticas de gênero na educação. Finalmente, no plano local (escolas), realizaram-se entrevistas com diretores, professora e alunas, de forma a identificar por que caminhos a agenda de gênero formulada pelo Estado alcança este espaço. Como resultado, identificou-se a co-existência de duas agendas de gênero e educação paralelas: uma primeira inaugurada em 1996, com a nova LDB e com a série de reformas educativas realizadas pelo Estado Brasileiro ao longo dos anos 1990, que responde aos compromissos internacionais assumidos pelo país; e uma segunda, inaugurada em 2004, com a formulação do I PNPM e com a criação da SECAD no Ministério da Educação. O percurso dessas agendas, sua posição no interior do Estado, bem como seu grau de complexidade e seu entendimento do que são e de onde se localizam as desigualdades de gênero, não são os mesmos. Enquanto a primeira, que começa a se desenhar em 1996, parte do centro para as extremidades, ou seja, das bases legais que definem a educação como política pública, para a formulação de políticas nacionais de educação; a segunda circula pelas extremidades, pelas políticas de gênero em educação e pela incidência pontual em algumas políticas nacionais de educação, sem haver conseguido, até agora, chegar ao centro. _________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT / The present work presents an exploratory research that maps the formulating process of a gender agenda for the Brazilian educational system, covering the period from 1996 to 2007. It also proposes a theoretical frame based on Fraser’s (1997, 2005) dimensions of justice – redistribution, recognition and representation – and on the adaptation of this theory to the field of education first suggested by Caviedes, Fernández & Barrientos (2006). The aim is to compose a tri-dimensional model that analyses and/or formulates education as a public policy in view of a perspective that embraces economic, cultural-symbolic and political dimensions in an integrated and crosscutting way. The exploratory research was conducted in three different levels: international, national and local. In the international level, some selected key documents for education and for the promotion of women’s rights were examined. In the national level (National State level), the research addressed both institutions and documents that compose the legal ground of education, the national policies for education, and gender policies in education. Finally, in the local level (schools), interviews were conducted with school staff in order to identify the entry paths of State educational policy in the local space. As a result, the research identified the co-existence of two parallel gender agendas in education: a first one that starts in 1996 with the new LDB e with the series of educational reforms carried out by the Brazilian State throughout the 1990s; and a second one, which starts in 2004 with the formulation of the I PNPM and the creation of SECAD in the Ministry of Education. The course of these two agendas, their position inside the structure of the National State, as well as their complexity levels, and their understanding of the gender inequalities encountered in the educational system are not the same. While the first one goes from the centre to the margins of the system, starting at the legal ground to the national policies on education; the second one circulates in the margins, in the formulation of gender policies for education, and in the eventual incidence in national policies for education, without having managed, so far, to achieve the centre.
190

Gestão participativa e política substantiva

Rosar, Daniel Bampi January 2007 (has links)
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Agrárias. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Agroecossistemas. / Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-23T07:31:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 244102.pdf: 760974 bytes, checksum: 896315daeebbdf4e27885bd3970e4e4f (MD5) / Este trabalho versa sobre a dinâmica participativa - orientada na democracia participativa - e, as relações sociais do grupo participante, o que compõem um fazer político nas relações cotidianas - aqui chamado de política substantiva. Seu objetivo é constatar se há duas formas distintas nestas práticas políticas e, apresentar algumas relações possíveis entre elas. O campo estudado foi o de um projeto - intitulado Projeto Ibiraquera - desencadeado pelo Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, que procura construir estratégias de ecodesenvolvimento junto à população situada no entorno da Lagoa de Ibiraquera, litoral sul de Santa Catarina, divisa dos municípios de Garopaba e Imbituba. Procurando uma gestão integrada e participativa dos recursos naturais, foi constituído o Fórum de Agenda 21 local de Ibiraquera como instância oficial de participação social. Esta pesquisa foi realizada através de um estudo de caso, onde o autor sistematizou as investigações que realizou sobre o tema, baseado em observação participante e dados obtidos em outras pesquisas de que participou. Os resultados apresentados são produtos de um envolvimento que o autor teve na sua participação neste projeto, com formas e intensidades variadas, desde o ano de 2002 até o momento em que se encerra essa dissertação. Durante o percurso da investigação, o autor identificou um sistema de comunicação baseado nas relações próximas, de amplo conhecimento mútuo e o convívio em espaços comuns (ranchos de pesca, bares, etc.), como formador de "visões de mundo" e decisões coletivas. E, um sistema de hierarquia determinado pelas relações familiares, econômicas e de conhecimento. Por outro lado, o processo participativo propõe uma democratização das relações políticas, em sintonia com um processo de modernização, e a normatização dessas relações em estatutos. Isso não significa que elas acontecem de forma estanque, e o que pode ser constatado é que nessa coexistência há também uma correlação, onde uma acaba interferindo na prática da outra, de forma que não é possível dissocia-las em formas puras. Geralmente as relações de política substantiva, aparecem na literatura associadas com processos que devem ser superados, como clientelismo, autoritarismo e hierarquias. Isso corresponde numa ausência de modelos teóricos que dêem conta de integrar as duas dinâmicas, analisando além desses aspectos negativos, outros que possam ser interessantes para as experiências de democracia participativa. Partindo do pressuposto de que os grupos participantes já têm uma articulação interna das relações sociais, o autor acredita que a eficiência e legitimidade de um processo participativo aumenta caso ele passe a considerar a política substantiva, ao invés ignorá-la, ou mesmo, combatê-la.

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