Thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 257-282).

Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / On title page: Master of Philosophy (Information and Knowledge Management). Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed May 15, 2007). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-239).

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Baylor University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-153).

That work objective to analyse the limites of acting from organization of civil society in definition of treaties and international solution. To much, developed an analysis about elements that permeate acting of participate phenomenons that emerge in scene of current process of globalization (chapter I). In second moment ( Chapter II) demonstrate the impact and limits acting of actors don't nationalized in international having the power spheres to decide, starting of analysis of dialogue instruments and participation of civil society ,conceived in level of economic cooperation organization of United Nations and having the power to decide authorities of MERCOSUL . The actuation transnationalized of citizen activism determined the insertion of news standard of cooperation and to decision in sphers of international organization, enlarging the prospect of construction of universal covering of citizenship rights. / O presente trabalho objetiva analisar os limites da atuação das organizações da sociedade civil na definição de tratados e resoluções internacionais. Para tanto, foi desenvolvida uma análise sobre os elementos que permeiam a atuação dos fenômenos participativos que emergem no cenário do processo atual de globalização (Capítulo 1). Num segundo momento (Capítulo 2), demonstra-se o impacto e os limites da atuação dos atores não estatais nas esferas decisórias internacionais, a partir da análise de instrumentos de diálogo e participação da sociedade civil, concebidos no âmbito de organizações de cooperação econômica das Nações Unidas e nas instâncias decisórias do MERCOSUL. A atuação transnacional do ativismo cidadão determinou a inserção de novos padrões de cooperação e decisão na esfera das organizações internacionais, ampliando a perspectiva de construção de coberturas universais de direitos da cidadania.

This thesis examines the role of local civil society organisations (CSOs) in representing and addressing local needs in hybridized peacebuilding processes in South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). To do so it examines how local CSOs contribute to peacebuilding efforts, as well as who and what influence those contributions. Further, it considers the potential reach of such interventions at the community, provincial and national levels. The research for this thesis examines three locally founded and operated civil society organisations in Bukavu, South Kivu, whose efforts directly respond to known local causes of conflict in the region. Its findings demonstrate how they translate the needs and knowledge of community-level actors to external and international partners, from whom they receive funding and knowledge that support their ability to deliver peacebuilding projects that respond to those community-level needs. While their external international partners were found to maintain material power in relation to these peacebuilding interventions, the local CSOs were shown to hold significant discursive power in this role of translators and intermediaries in these processes. These findings challenge homogenous constructions of the local presented by post-liberal peacebuilding literature. They recognize the diversity of the local including individuals or groups who have been directly impacted by an ongoing violent conflict in a fixed geographical location whose experiences of war are shaped by their identities, and who share long-term interests in potential peace. Understanding the local in this way acknowledges a spectrum of actors contributing to peacebuilding in South Kivu and invites a reconsideration of binary constructions of hybridity. Acknowledging the important role that civil society and other intermediaries play in peacebuilding offers a foundation of understanding hybridity as a process of translation rather than shock.

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Reconstruction theology is widely regarded as one of the most influential approaches to contemporary African Christian theology – alongside others such as inculturation theology, liberation theology, African women’s theology, evangelical theology and Pentecostal theology. In this thesis I offer a critical assessment of one of the main exponents of such reconstruction theology, namely the Kenyan theologian Jesse Mugambi. I explore the question of how his position on the notion of reconstruction should be understood. One point of entry into understanding Mugambi’s views on reconstruction is to explore his position on the relationship between the church and the coming reign of God. In the history of Christianity this relationship has been understood in widely divergent ways. The task of this thesis will therefore be to examine, position, analyse and assess Mugambi’s particular view in this regard. This will be done on the basis of a close reading of Mugambi’s publications such as African Christian Theology: an Introduction (1989), From Liberation to Reconstruction: African Christian Theology after the Cold War (1995), Christian Theology and Social Reconstruction (2003), and numerous chapters in publications by African theologians.

This paper deals with a unique form of collaboration in Sweden between a public institution and civil society in the form of Södertörn's firefighting union and civil volunteers. This is a unique collaboration form in Sweden and is active in Hovsjö, a neighborhood in Södertälje. Collaboration as a term is generally seen as a positively charged concept that is widely used, but what does it mean in this context? To make a scientific deep dive in the collaborative form, a distinction is made between the theoretical terms of co-creation and co-production. These terms functions as two separate ideal forms of collaboration with different characteristics which make out the analytical lens of the paper to understand and classify the collaboration form. Co-creation refers to a collaboration form in which the end user has a role in the collaborative form which involves active involvement in the stages of production, that is the design of the concept itself. Co-creation as a concept and its use is reserved for collaborative forms where the end user is involved as co-initiator or designer. Co-production on the other hand refers to a collaboration form in which the end user has a clearer role as service provider and another actor sets the agenda. Interviews were conducted with representatives from Södertörn's firefighting union and a civil volunteer. The overall assessment of the collaborative form is that it can be categorized as coproduction, due to the relation between the actors involved in the collaboration form. Södertörn's firefighting union, who is the initiator, is leading and controlling the collaboration form. There is no common value creation in the design of the collaborative form, instead the value occurs in the execution phase, in terms of the rescue service who owns the agenda. The collaboration form is there for classified as co-production. Despite the dominant position of co-production, the analysis of the form of collaboration and its actors has not revealed any tensions between the two. All actors' views on the form of collaboration as well as the other actor are of a positive nature.

Submitted by Edileide Reis (leyde-landy@hotmail.com) on 2013-05-24T13:49:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tenaflae da Silva Lordêlo.pdf: 1393238 bytes, checksum: 8ff40f8bf90e63873a1277040be83efe (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-24T13:49:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tenaflae da Silva Lordêlo.pdf: 1393238 bytes, checksum: 8ff40f8bf90e63873a1277040be83efe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Os canais digitais da Comissão Permanente de Legislação Participativa (CLP), disponíveis no website (www.camara.gov.br/clp), funcionam como meio de interação entre a sociedade civil e o sistema político. Os argumentos e processos oriundos desta interação são baseados em argumentos vinculados as compreensões de valores historicamente construídos. A aplicação de ferramentas tais como fóruns on-line e os processos de captação de sugestões de projeto de leis abre, por meio do poder legislativo em democracias liberais, a possibilidade de divisão efetiva do poder por meio de uma infra-estrutura tecnológica. A CLP através da experiência da Associação de Juízes Federais do Brasil (Ajufe), proponente da sugestão de projeto de lei 01/2001, a qual foi sancionada pelo presidente da republica em 2006 e transformada na Lei 11.419/06, demonstrou uma viabilidade efetiva, da presença da sociedade civil organizada, na tomada de decisão dos negócios referentes à condução do Estado. Assim a CLP se transformou em possibilidade viável para a realização das iniciativas populares, frente aos outros mecanismos de participação previsto na Constituição Brasileira de 1988. Mesmo diante deste resultado expressivo é necessário analisar qual a aplicação que a CLP, instituição do Poder Legislativo, faz destas ferramentas e as possibilidades de abertura para a sociedade civil atuar no sistema político. Tal análise é feita por uma compreensão da relação histórica entre sociedade civil e sistema político, pela compreensão da infraestrutura tecnológica e da própria CLP. A metodologia do presente trabalho é o estudo de caso norteado por um roteiro de perguntas para a coleta de dados, apoiado por entrevistas, documentos referentes a CLP, participação em fóruns e processos de acompanhamentos de tópicos debatidos. Assim os canais digitais da CLP colocam-se na pauta dos estudos de comunicação e política, sobretudo, no que diz respeito à relação das novas tecnologias do desenho do Estado, da emergência de novos sujeitos sociais, dispostos a colocar suas demandas e sugestões diretamente ao sistema político. / Salvador