Outside Looking In (OLI) is a youth development through recreation program for Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Through the analysis of semi-structured interviews, fieldnotes, and archival documents, in this thesis I examine OLI staff and Board members’ description of OLI’s creation and implementation processes. This thesis is written in the stand alone format and is comprised of two papers. The first paper shows that OLI staff and Board members describe OLI’s creation and implementation as relatively predetermined. At the same time, however, OLI incorporates collaborative approaches to various aspects of program design. While OLI facilitates collaborative processes that can contribute to Aboriginal self-determination, Eurocentric influences and broader colonial forces make efforts to achieve Aboriginal self-determination challenging. The second paper illustrates that OLI’s approach to Aboriginal youth development through recreation creates a hybrid third space that challenges colonial discourses. Together, this thesis not only describes the creation and implementation processes of a youth development through recreation program for Aboriginal peoples, but also how the tensions associated with Aboriginal self-determination and colonial relations of power can permeate such programs.

Climate change and global commodity demands have increased access to and feasibility of extracting natural resources in Arctic regions. As a result, Nunavut is now poised to compete on the global market for oil, gas, minerals, and precious metals. The impacts of increasing resource exploration and development activities on nearby communities therefore require study. In particular, new methodologies are needed to explore how adjacent communities can harness the economic potential of resource extraction toward goals of self-sufficiency, sustainability, and cultural continuity while minimizing the associated risks. Using the predominantly Inuit community of Pond Inlet, Nunavut, as a case study, this thesis uses an article format to introduce the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development’s ‘nation building’ conceptual framework, as well as a post-colonial theory to explore resource development in the Canadian Arctic context. The nation building framework is a well-established and validated approach to understanding economic development in Indigenous society that has been refined and used in hundreds of case studies over the past three decades. Based on interviews with residents and regional decision-makers, it was found that the community of Pond Inlet currently lacks the self-determination and effective institutions needed to implement local strategies for prosperity due to a number of complex factors, including educational and capacity deficiencies; infrastructure needs; as well as a centralized decision-making structure that poorly matches local culture and serves to alienate residents. As a result, the anticipated resource boom in Arctic Canada is in danger of indirectly repeating the colonial legacy of assimilation, this time justified by contemporary economic reasons, instead of providing the region with an inclusive, balanced economic development approach in line with local ideas for development and cultural continuity.This thesis follows the article format and is organized into four chapters: Chapter 1 is an introductory chapter. Chapter 2 is the first of two articles in the thesis titled: Community and Economic Development in Arctic Canada (CEDAC) – Understanding factors that contribute toward self-determined sustainable community development. Chapter 3 is the second of two articles in the thesis titled: Community and Economic Development in Arctic Canada (CEDAC) – Mining in Nunavut: A new path to prosperity or re‐paving old paths of colonial rule? Chapter 4 concludes the thesis.

Sustainable development is major post of global and national political agendas, and notions of sustainability permeate whole societies. Sweden is heavily influenced by sustainable development which can be exemplified by the ambitious goal of fossil-free energy and the current phase of rapid wind-power developments. In the name of sustainability many of these wind-power turbines and parks are now placed in the northern regions of the country, but whether it is sustainable is questionable. The northern region is a colonised territory, and the colonial relations between the indigenous Sámi people and the non-indigenous population remains an unresolved area. It is a cause of grievance and continuous conflict over land-use in the north – by of which wind-power developments are a part of. Therefore, this thesis examine the discursive construct of sustainability, in terms of content and underlying power relations, when applied to wind-power in four north Swedish newspapers between 2009 and 2016. The thesis use discourse and media-sociological theories in order to understand the role of media texts in the social construction of knowledge and how knowledge is shaped by social realities and shaping the social interpretation of reality. To study discourses a qualitative method based on critical discourse analysis is employed with the aim of investigating contextual meaning derived from the relationship between the text and the surrounding society. The empirical material is subject to an inductive analysis that has much in common with a grounded theory approach, but which involves some deductive analytical elements derived from theory and previous research. The findings of this thesis is that there is no singular discursive construct of sustainability, but rather a multiplicity of perspectives that together form a general representation of how sustainability is perceived when applied to wind-power. However, the discourses were dominated by non-indigenous actors with a national perspective - such as political parties, government actors and the wind-power industry. They portrayed sustainability and wind-power as environmentally benign economic growth leading to societal development, but in doing so experiences of marginalisation, and sustainability perspectives of peripheral groups, were made invisible. The study did find indications of change in the discourses from 2012 in the sense that the perspective of dominant actors was increasingly challenged by Sámi reindeer herders and rural populations, but the discursive and practical impact of this change remains uncertain.

In an effort to define which country will succeed in being the first of the two, I have given much attention to the East India Trade Company (EIC) and its influence on both India and China and the impact it has had on the social, political and economic change in both countries. While both countries have started off the same in the first half of the 20th century, their economic difference began with Xiaopings' rule in the late 70's of the 20th century. He is the one responsible for the opening of China, allowing it to have a steady takeoff and accelerate post-Cold War. India on the other hand has been in fear of foreign exploitation due to the EIC, making their development substantially slower. Religious and regional issues are a reason for India to not have enough focus on their human capital and their multi-party government, resulting in an inability to focus on the necessary reformation of the 'red tapes'. Another domestic policy missing in India, but strong in China is human capital, which is a private matter in India, while China has highly invested in it since The Great Leap Forward. Understanding the governance and economic policies of both countries provides an insight to both countries and supports my reasoning as to why I believe that China will - despite its' slowdown, be ahead of the race.

This thesis deals with Belgian foreign policy towards its former colonies since colonialism to the present. Particular emphasis is put on the crucial moments of their relationship, which are character of the colonial administration, process of decolonization, civil war in the former colonies and current bilateral cooperation. The conclusion and evaluation of Belgian foreign policy is based on analysis of historical and political mutual relations.

Orientador: Márcio Bilharinho Naves / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T10:20:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva_RafaelAfonsoda_D.pdf: 1588638 bytes, checksum: 13a9b8c716d4ed4650ae5a9540e9bfcd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Esta pesquisa tem como objeto a reflexão de Marx sobre o tema do colonialismo conduzido por países capitalistas ou, mais concretamente, pelo país capitalista que dominava o maior império colonial à época, a Inglaterra. De modo ainda mais específico, a pesquisa concentra-se nos escritos de Marx sobre a Irlanda. Esses escritos são examinados contra o pano de fundo de um conjunto mais amplo de escritos de Marx em torno do impacto do colonialismo britânico, expondo as contínuas reavaliações e revisões empreendidas no bojo de sua reflexão sobre esse tema ao longo das décadas de 1850 e 1860. Os escritos sobre a Irlanda de 1867-1870 podem ser considerados como a culminação dessa reflexão. Com efeito, a análise desses escritos revela uma armação teórica complexa, em que o colonialismo é conceituado como um processo social que se configura a partir de múltiplas determinações e cujas implicações podem estender-se a diferentes instâncias da vida social, política, econômica e cultural da sociedade colonizada, afetando múltiplos processos, instituições e estruturas sociais, os quais, por sua vez, condicionam a dialética da própria relação colonial em seu desenvolvimento contraditório. Essa complexidade é ainda ampliada pela análise dos efeitos (igualmente multivariados) do processo colonial no país colonizador. A tese enfatiza o caráter multilateral da análise de Marx, que envolve a discussão de aspectos tais como a relação entre colonialismo e transição para o capitalismo, entre colonialismo e desenvolvimento, entre colonialismo e metabolismo "socioecológico", entre colonialismo, nacionalismo, racismo e luta de classes / Abstract: The subject of the present research is the Marxian reflexion on the issue of colonialism, as practised by capitalist countries or more concretely by the capitalist country which ruled the main colonial empire of the time - England. More specifically, the research focuses Marx's writings on Ireland. These writings are examined against the background provided by a wider sample of Marx's analyses of the impact of British colonialism, thereby shedding light on the continuous revisions undertaken throughout the decades of 1850 and 1860. The writings on Ireland from 1867-1870 could be seen as the culmination of Marx's reflexions. In effect, the analysis of these texts discloses a complex theoretical framework in which the colonialism is conceptualized as a multiply determined social process, whose implications may extend themselves to different domains of social, political, economic and cultural life of the colonized society, affecting multiple processes, institutions and social structures which, on their turn, conditionate the dialectics of the colonial relation in its own contradictory development. This complexity is additionally expanded by means of the analysis of the effects (equally multifarious) of the colonial process in the colonial power. The thesis enfasizes the multilateral character of Marx's analysis, which involves the discussion of aspects such as the relation between colonialism and transition to capitalism, between colonialism and development, between colonialism and socio-ecological metabolism, between colonialism, nacionalism, racism and class struggles / Doutorado / Sociologia / Doutor em Sociologia

Trata-se de um estudo crítico e interdisciplinar acerca da relação histórica entre os processos de formação, universalização, modernização e institucionalização do direito internacional e o fenômeno do imperialismo, compreendido no contexto das diferentes fases de desenvolvimento do sistema capitalista mundial moderno. A partir da articulação de um arcabouço teórico-metodológico crítico, o estudo busca compreender a evolução e o desenvolvimento histórico do direito internacional (suas normas, práticas, princípios e instituições) no contexto das diferentes fases de expansão geográfica do capitalismo, ou seja, das atividades comerciais, financeiras e militares das potências imperialistas sobre os territórios periféricos da economia mundial. O objetivo primário é investigar a natureza desta relação histórica, buscando identificar de que modo o direito internacional contribuiu, no passado, para dar forma e legitimidade às práticas (diretas e indiretas, formais e informais, coloniais e neocoloniais) do imperialismo. Uma vez constatado o passado imperialista da disciplina, o objetivo secundário passa a ser analisar, de forma crítica, o “novo” direito internacional estabelecido no século XX, sobretudo após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, com o intuito de compreender em que medida esta nova estrutura legal internacional continuou a legitimar e a permitir as práticas do imperialismo, a despeito de sua nova retórica universalista, baseada nos direitos humanos, no desenvolvimento, e na cooperação internacional. Em outras palavras, busca-se compreender em que medida as principais transformações do direito internacional do século XX representaram uma ruptura com o passado imperialista da disciplina. Assim, a partir da articulação das principais teorias críticas da história do direito internacional, concluiu-se que a relação entre direito internacional imperialismo é estrutural, mútua e constante; que transcende a forma colonial, e que continua presente nas formas contemporâneas do capitalismo global e nas práticas contemporâneas do direito internacional (principalmente do direito internacional econômico). / This is a critical interdisciplinary research on the historical relationship between international law and imperialism. More specifically, it is a study on the historical relationship between the correlated processes of formation, universalization, modernisation and institutionalisation of international law and the different phases of development of the world capitalist system. The dissertation seeks to comprehend the historical development and evolution of modern international law (its norms, practices, principles and institutions, from 16th century naturalism to 20th century pragmatism) in the light of the different phases of the economic and geographical expansion of capitalism over the peripheral territories of the world economy. The primary goal is to investigate the nature of such relationship, with an aim to identify in which ways international law has contributed to the shaping and legitimation of (either formal or informal, colonial or neo-colonial) imperialist practices. The secondary goal is to analyse, from a critical standpoint, the “new” international law established in the 20th century with a view to understand to what extent this new international legal structure has continued to shape and legitimise imperialist practices, in spite of the new universalist rhetoric based on human rights, development and cooperation. In other words, the study seeks to comprehend to what extent the main 20th century transformations in international law represented or not a break from the discipline’s imperialist past. That is, to what extent they have changed the nature of the historical linkage between international law and imperialism. With the articulation of the most recent and important critical international legal scholarship the dissertation concluded that the relationship between international law and imperialism is structural, mutual and constant; that it transcends the colonial form; and that it remains present in the contemporaneous forms of global capitalism as well as in the contemporaneous practices of international law (specially international economic law).

This study aims to bring clarity to a discussion of whether the Chinese relationship with Africa can be regarded as an act of Neo-colonialism or if it contains Neo-colonial elements. As China has increasingly engaged with the continent giving extensive amounts of foreign aid and loans as well as intensifying their trade relations, the question arises whether or not this can be connected to Neo-colonial dynamics. This study will use a newly constructed framework with the help of the Neo-colonial theory, different definitions by scholars will be used to create the framework, and the basis for this analysis. The research approach is a qualitative design and the research design is a case study with a focus on China's engagement in Africa. This study finds that there are Neo-colonial elements in the processes of engagement exercised by China on the African continent in some of the variables used in the constructed theoretical framework. Lastly, this study argues that African states must be increasingly cautious when exporting raw materials and in letting private Chinese companies invest and buy shares in important African domestic sectors.

Gustav Holst's one-act opera Sāvitri (1908-9) represents a turning point in his compositional style, which came at a significant time in British history. Holst combines a simpler style informed by his work with English folksong with the Wagnerian style that permeated his earlier compositions. Although influenced by a British imperialist view of the world, Sāvitri renders Hindu-Indian culture in positive terms without relying on the purely exotic, offers a perspective on gender relationships that does not depend solely on convention, and presents the commoner as the British ideal rather than romanticizing the aristocracy. The result is an opera subtle in its complexity, approaching the profound themes of love, death, and spirituality with emotional restraint and self-control.

Masters of Art / This thesis explores the shifting racial identification and politics of the emerging Jewish community in Southern Africa between the Anglo-Boer War in 1902 and the Union of South Africa in 1910. Through an investigation of their actions and thoughts on the cultural, economic, linguistic and political aspects of their lives, I show how the emerging Jewish community formed itself through the political subjectivity of White settlers. Understanding how racial categories were being amalgamated and partitioned in that period of state formation, I argue that the mainstream Jewish community colluded with the colonial state to join into the ‘unity of the White races’. I use Memmi’s (1967 [1957], pp. 19,45) analytic distinction between ‘coloniser’ – a European on African land - and ‘colonialist’ – a coloniser who supports colonialism and believes in its legitimacy - to examine how the process of subject formation is articulated through the political economy of racial capitalism and settler colonialism. When Jews from Eastern Europe (Yidn) began arriving in South Africa in the 1880s, they faced a settler population which simultaneously treated them as members of an undifferentiated European settler population, as candidates for assimilation into colonial Whiteness, and as dirty subjects under threat of colonial state violence. Though there were other possible responses to the colonial relationship that Yidn could have taken, such as linking the fight against antisemitism with other anti-racist and anti-colonial struggles, the community went through a process of colonialist refashioning. To understand this transformation, I focus on four aspects of life. Culturally, Yidn were classed as dirty subjects and Jewish communal institutions worked with the state to ‘clean’, i.e. ‘Whiten’ them up. Economically, Jews of all class positions learnt the exploitative practices of settlers in racial capitalism. Linguistically, Yiddish became classified as a European language by utilising racial hierarchies. And politically, Yidn became citizens by embracing the ideology of a White-only franchise. Focussing in on these processes of assimilation into power, I argue that the primary Jewish communal institutions embraced and internally enforced a colonialist political subjectivity. This thesis is based on archival research conducted in three archives in Cape Town carried out between February and May 2019, and extensive reading of previous historical studies to write a new narrative from previously known sources.