Recently there has been considerable interest in Cornish ethnicity reflected both by a rise in the numbers in Cornwall who identify as Cornish and by academic research. Cornish studies have constructed a regional narrative embracing Celticity and an economy based on primary industries, particularly mining, from which has evolved a distinctive culture. This study adopting an ethnographic approach, extends Cornish studies by considering a number of elements which have not previously been addressed. These include investigating how identity may be played out in a particular place to see whether there may be differences in how ethnicity is performed within Cornwall, looking at how it may be practiced collectively in the context of civil society and examining the relationship between ethnicity and place identity. Three settings within Penzance have been selected to represent some of the issues prevalent in twenty first century Cornwall. They include a study of festivals celebrating ethnicity and place identity, an investigation of how kinship and ethnicity are the basis for social cohesion on a social housing estate and an analysis of a dispute over harbour re-development reflecting tensions between regeneration and conservation. Investigating the civil society associated with each of these settings has identified a number of discourses which influence place images, are the focus for debate and reflect different ways in which ethnicity is articulated and performed. Influences on Cornish identity have been exposed which have not been previously explored by Cornish Studies including the relationship between civil society and the state, the importance of place mythology and the impact of inward migration. The study concludes that collective identities, ethnicity and place images are constantly in flux driven by discourses debated within the micro-politics of civil society and that the overarching narratives of Cornishness contain tensions and cleavages which help explain the fractured nature of much of public life in Cornwall.

The civil society and civic engagement is a prerequisite for democracy (Putnam, 1994), and in the form of the popular movements it has in many ways defined the Swedish democracy. This thesis focuses on the locality Holmsund located in the municipality of Umeå, Holmsund has a history that are in ways defined by activeness from civil society in similarity with many other places in Sweden (Ambjörnsson, 2001). Through interviews with people active connected to voluntary associations in Holmsund, and the use of narrative analysis this thesis tries to understand how what roles civil society has in Holmsund today; with specific interest in the rural context. Central to this is the understanding of space as relational and in many ways defined by power relations, and in particular relationship between centre-periphery. The combination of the centre-periphery relationship and the neo-liberal restructuring of the Swedish economy from being characterized by wealth distribution to wealth contributing in order to prosper has among other things lead to a decrease in services and increase inequality, both in urban peripheral places or as in this case, rural places. A part of how voluntary associations perceive their role in a rural and local context, is a role of counteracting the effects of inequality but mainly voluntary association are occupied with creating a good living environment within their local community. A part of the increasing inequality is that it enhances the identification with the local context which creates a common social reality among the inhabitants which serves as ground for organization. Through place attachment there seem to be an identification in between a significant presence and importance of civil society and the place Holmsund, this contributes to Holmsund being constructed as a civic community.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:20:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JulianaSD_DISSERT.pdf: 727476 bytes, checksum: 98cd9382f9f50ff500705277c1ee124a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-09-30 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The relation between State and civil society is not a very recent discussion, but it does not mean that debate is exhausted, since is in the historical context that the novelty is seized. Thinking like this, we may analyze how the relation between state and civil society happened in Acre during the decade of 1970. But, to understand how this relation is established in faraway Acre, we have available to the reader historical analyses, in a tireless attempt to clarify minimally aspects that characterize acreana society. To do this, we take on as a departure point, in general not differentiating of the given structure at national level, the conformation of this society was guided in a passive revolution, in another way, by high transformismo, relegating to the civil society, which is incipient, p?fia a simple participation in the hegemonic policy direction. All this brings us to the thought that both state bureaucracy structure and the civil society organization, were influenced decisively for a traditional political elite. In addition, we begin the work with the lifting bibliographic reference searching and then we analyze the empirical reality, such as newspapers, official media publications and private, a few documents and last, interviews with political actors associated with the process consolidation of civil society in the 1970 decade. The interviewees were selected, firstly for their location in the region, and for their outstanding contribution to the consolidating process of recent Acre history. Thus, the interviews followed up on a semi-structured way, leading up, also, for the informations that the interviewees would have to pass on. The systematization and analysis of these surveys have shown us that, in the period before of the Acre Federal State lifting had, of course, a transformismo by high, but at 1970decade, the society with a more heterogeneous social formation, is not allowed, or at least, organize itself, to counter a systematic imposition. Thus, the hegemonic area of dispute between State and civil society occurs from the "reconciliation" with the adoption of public policies that amenizasse the dispute between both spheres, and to build up some bodies, settling a acreana civil society. / A rela??o entre Estado e sociedade civil ? uma discuss?o n?o muito recente, mas isso n?o quer dizer que o debate esteja esgotado, uma vez que ? no contexto hist?rico que a novidade ? apreendida. Pensando nesta perspectiva, empreendemos analisar como se d? a rela??o entre o Estado e a sociedade civil no Acre no per?odo da d?cada de 1970. Mas, para entendermos como se estabelece essa rela??o no long?nquo Acre, colocamos ? disposi??o do leitor an?lises hist?ricas, numa incans?vel tentativa de esclarecer minimamente os aspectos que caracterizam a sociedade acreana. Para isso, assumimos como ponto de partida que, n?o se diferenciando, em linhas gerais, da estrutura??o dada em ?mbito nacional, a conforma??o dessa sociedade pautou-se numa revolu??o passiva, em outras palavras, transformismo pelo alto, relegando ? sociedade civil, que j? ? incipiente, uma p?fia participa??o na dire??o pol?tica hegem?nica. Isso nos remete ao pensamento de que tanto a estrutura??o da burocracia estatal, quanto a organiza??o da sociedade civil sofreram influ?ncias decisivas de uma elite pol?tica tradicional. A par disso, iniciamos o trabalho com o levantamento bibliogr?fico e, em seguida, partimos para an?lise da realidade emp?rica, tais como jornais, publica??es da imprensa oficial e imprensa privada, alguns poucos documentos e, por ?ltimo, entrevistas com atores pol?ticos ligados ao processo de consolida??o da sociedade civil na d?cada de 1970. Os entrevistados foram selecionados primeiramente, pela sua localiza??o na regi?o, e por sua relevante contribui??o ao processo de consolida??o da historia no Acre. Assim, as entrevistas seguiram-se de forma semi-estruturada, conduzindo-se, tamb?m, pelas informa??es que os entrevistados teriam de nos passar. A sistematiza??o e a an?lise desses levantamentos revelam-nos que, no per?odo que antecede ? eleva??o do Acre Estado Federado houve, de certo, um transformismo pelo alto; entretanto, na d?cada de 1970, a sociedade com uma transforma??o social mais heterog?nea, n?o permitiu, ou pelo menos, se organiza, para contrapor a uma sistem?tica imposi??o. Assim, o espa?o de disputa entre Estado e sociedade civil se d? a partir da concilia??o com a ado??o de pol?ticas p?blicas que amenizasse a disputa entre as ambas esferas, bem como a constitui??o de alguns organismos, conformando uma sociedade civil acreana. Palavras-chave: Acre. Estado. Sociedade civil.

Orientador: Maximiliano Martin Vicente / Banca: Tânia Márcia Cezar Hoff / Banca: Regina Célia Baptista Belluzzo / Resumo: Este trabalho investiga os modos de organização do ativismo digital, ou ciberativismo, bem como os processos comunicativos implícitos nessa prática. Especificamente, enfoca-se aqui uma iniciativa ciberativista que se utiliza das estratégias e táticas de boicotes para instaurar possibilidades de negociação entre a sociedade civil, as corporações e os governos, diante de conflitos de interesses decorrentes das relações entre essas dimensões sociais. Buscou-se, primeiramente, entender os fundamentos básicos da organização social e sua evolução a partir dos conceitos de bloco histórico, hegemonia, superestrura, sociedade civil e, mais recentemente, do conceito de sociedade civil global. Tal entendimento se faz necessário, diante das implicações políticas dos usos das Novas Tecnologias da Informação e da Comunicação e, para isso, recorreu-se também ao conceito de "informacionalismo" para sustentar a compreensão do cenário econômico, político e social aqui delimitado, com vistas a identificar novas práticas para o exercício da cidadania / Abstract: This dissertation investigates the organizing methods of digital activism or ciberactivism and the communicative processes implicit in those practices. Specifically, it focuses a ciberactivist initiative which uses the strategies and tactics of boycotts to establish possibilities of negotiation between civil society, corporations and governments, considering the conflicts of interests which arise as a result of relationships between those social dimensions. The aim was, firstly, to understand the basic fundamentals of social organization and its evolution from the concepts of historical bloc, hegemony, superstructure, civil society and, more recently, the concept of global civil society. This understanding is necessary, given the political implications of the uses of New Information and Communication Technologies and, therefore, has also appealed to the concept of "informacionalism" to sustain the understanding of the economic, political and social environment defined here, aiming to identify new ways for citizenship practices / Mestre

Este trabalho tem por objetivo conhecer, na visão da militância com atuação no setor saúde no âmbito do Estado do Rio Janeiro, as perspectivas para a ampliação e qualificação da participação social no SUS, considerando a contribuição das políticas da SEGEP/MS para a democratização das políticas públicas de saúde. Parte do conceito de Estado e sociedade civil do liberal Hobbes, buscando a evolução histórica dos termos até os marxistas, com especial atenção ao conceito de Estado ampliado de Gramsci. A concepção gramsciana nos ajuda a compreender o processo de desenvolvimento da sociedade civil brasileira e a relação de nosso objeto de estudo com o Estado. Consultando as Portarias de criação e os relatórios de gestão da SGEP/MS, construímos nossa base documental que, confrontada com os depoimentos de militantes do setor saúde que atuam no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, subsidiaram nosso estudo. Nossas considerações finais apontam para as contradições típicas de um governo de coalizão, composto por frações da classe subalterna que negociam o poder com a classe dominante. / This work aims to understand, in view of activism with performance in the health sector in the State of Rio Janeiro, the prospects for the expansion and training of social participation in the SUS, considering the contribution of policies SEGEP / MS for the democratization of public health policies. Part of the concept of state and civil society of liberal Hobbes, searching for the historical evolution of the terms to the Marxists, with special attention to the concept of the expanded Gramsci. The Gramscian concept helps us understand the process of development of Brazilian civil society and the relationship of our object of study with the state. Referring to the Authorization for creation and management reporting of SGEP / MS, we build our evidence base that, confronted with the testimony of militants in the health sector that operate in the State of Rio de Janeiro, subsidized our study. Our conclusions point to the contradictions typical of a coalition government composed of factions of the lower class negotiating power with the ruling class.

A presente pesquisa se propõe a analisar a relação entre a escola e a família na experiência de trabalho do Programa Interdisciplinar de Apoio às Escolas Proinape no município do Rio de Janeiro. A partir de uma abordagem teórica sobre as duas instituições entendidas como fundamentais no processo de socialização dos sujeitos e de como que as relações entre o Estado e a sociedade civil se materializam na esfera da reprodução social na atualidade, este estudo objetiva apresentar as estratégias da nova pedagogia da hegemonia na obtenção do consenso social. Apresenta a educação sob o contexto da hegemonia do capital financeiro e a função educativa do Estado e o papel dos intelectuais na difusão da nova pedagogia da hegemonia vinculada aos interesses da burguesia internacional, sob a gerência direta dos organismos multilaterais. Analisa as formas de intervenção do Estado sobre a família pobre da classe trabalhadora, as dimensões históricas dessa relação, os novos arranjos familiares, a relação entre o Estado e a família na constituição do Pluralismo de bem-estar e do familismo e a diminuição da capacidade protetora das famílias em tempos de reestruturação produtiva. Dá destaque as particularidades da política de educação no Brasil frente às novas exigências do capital monopolista e os reflexos dos programas de ação federais e da gestão privada da política educacional no município do Rio de Janeiro na gestão do prefeito Eduardo Paes. Através do levantamento de dados, da análise documental e dos relatórios de avaliação final das equipes do Proinape da 4 Coordenadoria Regional de Educação expõe as bases legais e os programas sociais que sustentam a ação do Estado junto às famílias pobres da classe trabalhadora na área de educação, assim como as ações da Secretaria Municipal de Educação do Rio de Janeiro junto às famílias com a ênfase no disciplinamento para a elevação dos indicadores educacionais. / This research aims to examine the relationship between school and family on work experience Interdisciplinary Program of Support to Schools - Proinape in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro. From a theoretical approach to the two institutions understood as fundamental in the process of socialization of the subject and how the relationship between the state and civil society are materialized in the sphere of social reproduction in actuality, this study aims to present the strategies of the new pedagogy hegemony in obtaining social consensus. Presents education under the context of the hegemony of finance capital and the educational role of the state and the role of intellectuals in the diffusion of new pedagogy hegemony linked to the interests of the international bourgeoisie, under the direct management of multilateral organizations. Analyzes forms of state intervention on the poor working class family, the historical dimensions of this relationship, the new family, the relationship between the state and family in the constitution of Pluralism welfare and familism and decreased protective capacity of families in times of productive restructuring. Highlights the particularities of education policy in Brazil due to the new requirements of monopoly capital and the reflexes of action programs of the federal and private management of educational policy in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro in the administration of Mayor Eduardo Paes. Through data collection, document analysis and final evaluation reports of teams Proinape 4th Regional Coordination of Education sets the legal basis and the social programs that support state action with families poor working class in education as well as the actions of the Municipal Education Rio de Janeiro with families with emphasis on discipline for the upliftment of educational indicators.

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abstract: This study explores community development initiatives and school-community partnerships that took place during the period 1998 - 2010 in Barrio Promesa, a Hispanic immigrant neighborhood within a large metropolitan area of the South Western United States. More specifically, it examines the initiatives and partnerships carried out through three main sectors of social actors: a) elected officials, public administrators and their agencies of the city; b) the neighborhood elementary school and school district administration; and c) civil society inclusive of non-profit agencies, faith-based organizations and businesses entities. This study is bounded by the initiation of development efforts by the city on the front end. The neighborhood school complex became the center of educational and social outreach anchoring nearly all collaborations and interventions. Over time agents, leadership and alliances changed impacting the trajectory of development initiatives and school community partnerships. External economic and political forces undermined development efforts which led to a fragmentation and dismantling of initiatives and collaborations in the later years of the study. Primary threads in the praxis of community development and school-community partnerships are applied in the analysis of initiatives, as is the framework of social capital in understanding partnerships within the development events. Specific criteria for analysis included leadership, collaboration, inclusivity, resources, and sustainability. Tensions discovered include: 1) intra-agency conflict, 2) program implementation, 3) inter-agency collaboration, 4) private-public-nonprofit partnerships, and 5) the impact of public policy in the administration of public services. Actors' experiences weave a rich tapestry composed of the essential threads of compassion and resilience in their transformative human agency at work within the global urban gateway of Barrio Promesa. Summary, conclusions and recommendations include: 1) strategies for the praxis of community development, inclusive of establishing neighborhood based development agency and leadership; 2) community development initiative in full partnership with the neighborhood school; 3) the impact of global migration on local development practices; and 4) the public value of personal and civil empowerment as a fundamental strategy in community development practices, given the global realities of many urban neighborhoods throughout the United States, and globally. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Public Administration 2014

Esta dissertação consiste de um estudo da Filosofia do Direito de Hegel tomando como fio condutor o modo como se apresenta, no interior dessa obra, as relações de reconhecimento recíproco travadas sob o signo da exclusão e/ou limitação recíprocas, ou seja, sob o signo da intersubjetividade negativa. Procurou-se explorar os nichos onde tais formas de intersubjetividade aparecem, sucessiva e respectivamente, no Contrato (Vertrag) entre pessoas jurídicas, na Ação (Handlung) encetada a partir do ponto de vista moral e, por fim, no caso da Sociedade Civil (bürgerliche Gesellschaft), no sentido de mostrar como esses nichos de intersubjetividade negativa se reportam, cada um por sua vez, a um modelo de relações de reconhecimento recíproco positivo ou inclusivo capaz de fazer frente às forças disruptivas liberadas por aquele. O caso da sociedade civil se torna exemplar na exploração dessa contraposição entre dois modelos de intersubjetividade ao se apresentar como um conceito que procura não reduzir todo o âmbito da sociedade à esfera do sistema de carecimentos (System der Bedürfnie), por conseguinte, à uma intersubjetividade negativa/excludente, mas contrapor a esta, no interior mesmo da sociedade civil, uma esfera de intersubjetividade positiva conceituada por Hegel sob a rubrica das corporações (Korporationen) capaz de recompor as relações éticas e fazer a passagem para a esfera do Estado. / This work consists of a study in Hegel\'s Philosophy of Right taking as guide line the concept of \"negative intersubjectivity\", that is, the relations of recognition based on mutual limitation or reciprocal exclusion. We sought to explore that concept, respectively, in the shape of the Contract (Vertrag), of the Action (Handlung) based on the \"moral point of view\", and in the philosophical arrangement imposed by Hegel to his concept of Civil Society (bürgerlich Gesellschaft). The aim was to show that \"negative intersubjectivity\" is always reporting itself towards a \"positive\" one, which in turn can counter the disruptive energies liberated by the first one. In this regard, Hegel\'s concept of civil society (bürgerlich Gesellschaft) is strategic: rather than reduces it to the \"system of needs\" (System der Bedürfnie), that is, reduces it exclusively to negative relations of recognition, Hegel ascribed to the corporations (Korporationen) the role of containg the disruptive forces which the market spreads, and to recompose the ethical relations wich enables the transition to Estate.