Thesis (D. Min.)--Reformed Theological Seminary, 2004. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 295-307).

Orientador: Débora Cristina Jeffrey / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T22:59:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Morais_OzielDuarte_M.pdf: 2248002 bytes, checksum: c182433282d05caf22785267ee2d3819 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Este trabalho de pesquisa procura fazer um resgate histórico do processo de cooperação bilateral entre Cabo Verde e o Brasil no campo da educação. Por mais de três décadas estes dois países firmaram um acordo de cooperação educacional num contexto histórico, político, social e econômico muito diferente, pois Cabo Verde acabara de se tornar país independente (5 Julho de 1975). O trabalho consiste em uma analise destas três décadas de cooperação e entender em que bases ela foi firmada, quais as motivações e o que se perspectivava para ambos os lados a partir daquele momento. O texto apresenta a historiografia de Cabo Verde o que permite conhecer os diferentes momentos da história desse país, principalmente a nível educacional, e como isso motivou as escolhas e os acordos em certos momentos do seu percurso na busca da consolidação como estado independente. O objetivo desta pesquisa além da reconstrução histórica pretende dar mais visibilidade ao tema aqui proposto, contribuindo assim, para o debate, e quiçá para melhoria de políticas no ensino superior cabo-verdiano. No estudo sobre o tema procuramos entender como a colaboração do Brasil foi importante na construção de um ensino superior de qualidade em Cabo Verde, como os agentes desta cooperação se sentem em relação a ela e aos seus desdobramentos ao longo das décadas. Assim, este trabalho procura construir e escrever esta história com base na história oral e memórias, entendendo ser um tema pouco estudado e escrito sobre ela. Pouco, ou quase nada se encontra em arquivos nacionais ou bibliotecas sobre a cooperação entre o Brasil e Cabo Verde, apesar de mais de três décadas desde a sua celebração desta cooperação bilateral. / Abstract: This research aims at establishing a historical recollection of bilateral cooperation process between Cape Verde and Brazil in the field of education. For over three decades these two countries signed and celebrated an agreement for educational cooperation in extremely different historical, political, social and economic contexts, as Cape Verde had just become an independent country (July 5, 1975). This work consists of an analysis of three decades of cooperation and it provides the basis for understanding how it was established, as well as the motivations and the prospects which were intended to be accomplished from that point onwards. The text presents Cape Verde's historiography which enables the readers to understand the different moments in the history of this country, especially in regards to educational level, and how they motivated choices and agreements in certain events over the decades in search of consolidation as an independent state. The objective of this research in addition to historical reconstruction is providing more visibility to the issue presented herein, thus contributing to the debate, and hopefully enhancing policies in higher education in Cape Verde. In the study on this subject we tried to understand how Brazil's cooperation was important towards establishing quality in higher education in Cape Verde, how the agents of this cooperation regards it, as well as their developments over the decades. Therefore this study aims at building and writing this history based on oral history and memories. As far as we are concerned this topic is not sufficiently studied and written about. Little or nearly nothing is available in the national archives or libraries concerning cooperation between Brazil and Cape Verde, despite the fact that more than three decades since the celebration of this bilateral cooperation agreement has been established. / Mestrado / Politicas, Administração e Sistemas Educacionais / Mestre em Educação

This thesis examines the legal regulation of the competitive behavior of employees with the emphasis on non-competition clause. This thesis aims to critically evaluate the status of the current legislation regarding the non-compete clauses and suggest what changes should be made in order to the non-compete clause would be used effectively and fulfill its purpose. The thesis analyzes in detail the historical development of non-competition clauses in the Czech republic and further explores this institute in the light of current legislation, case law and expert opinions. It also compares the legislation of this clause in four foreing countries - France, Great Britain, Germany and Slovakia. Finally, this thesis shows how non-comptete clauses are used in practice and if employers believe in their effectiveness as a tool for the protection of know-how.

More than one-third of US-listed companies had all-male corporate boards in 2015. Quotas are discussed as policy levers to increase gender diversity, but there is much controversy whether they can increase female representation without harming organizational outcomes. Using the passage of a California law in 2018 that required the presence of at least one woman on corporate boards by the end of the following year, in the first chapter of my dissertation I estimate the effects of gender quotas on firm performance. I find the quota reduced the share of all-male boards by thirty percentage points within one year, with no reductions in operating performance, firm values, or shareholder returns within three years. These results question why all-male boards were prevalent prior to the legislation. I find that women directors are less likely to possess top-level experience and employment connections with corporate executives, which both appear as viable explanations. These findings provide insight on why women continue to lack representation in corporate leadership. Non-compete agreements are provisions within employment contracts that prevent workers from joining competing firms. They are prevalent in the US workforce, with 38% of workers having signed such clauses at some point in their careers. Despite their vast usage, there is limited research on the incentives for workers and firms to use non-compete agreements. In the second chapter, we show that non-compete agreements can create one market failure – inefficient lack of job separation – while mitigating a separate market failure – inefficient provision of industry-specific investment by firms. The model yields the predictions that (i) non-compete agreements are more likely to be used in industries where employer training is more "general" and (ii) non-compete signers have longer job tenures and receive more firm-provided investment relative to similar workers without non-compete agreements. Using newly-released panel data on the usage of non-compete agreements from the NLSY97, we confirm the model's predictions. Non-compete signers are more concentrated in knowledge-intensive industries and remain with their employers for 3 more months than individuals without such agreements. Non-compete signers also receive more employer-provided investment, but do not experience higher wage growth. Non-compete agreements are provisions within employment contracts that prevent workers from joining competing firms. In the third chapter, using the Current Population Survey, 18 state-level non-compete policy changes between 1992-2014, and hand-collected data on workers exempt from non-compete enforcement, I study the effects of non-compete regulation on labor market outcomes using a triple-differences research design. I find that a standard deviation increase in non-compete enforcement raises hourly wages by 3-7%, with larger gains for job leavers than job stayers. Non-compete enforcement is not associated with job mobility, unemployment, or labor force participation decisions. The findings are interpreted through the lens of an incomplete contracting model. Under the model’s assumptions, non-compete agreements mitigate the market failure of underprovided firm-sponsored general training, thus increasing the worker’s productivity. The extent to which the worker is compensated for this increase in productivity depends on labor market competition at the time of contracting. The fact that increased enforcement raises the wages of job leavers more than job stayers is consistent with the model’s predictions.

This thesis applies Kenneth Burke's method of logology as exemplified in The Rhetoric of Religion to analyze the Mormon text Doctrine and Covenants Section 88. This method of logology is based on the assumption that what is said about God in theology reveals a religion's use of language to influence human motives. The logological method uses six analogies to discover the motives implicit in religious terminologies. These six analogies are as follows: words-Word, Matter-Spirit, the Negative, the Titular, Time-Eternity, and the Formal.This study revealed that the terminology contained in Doctrine and Covenants uses motives far diferent from the motives of traditional Christianity as described by Burke. Primary differences include the existence of a cluster of god-terms that describes a universal hierarchy, and emphasis on and affirmation of the physical, and an emphasis on the positive. An examination of these terms and motives can help Mormons better appreicate the advantages inherent in their terminology as exemplified in Section 88.

In laying a general foundation for this study, a brief survey of language, its origin and use by man, and its basic levels of structuring, will be presented. Patterns generated through language structuring and the inherent value of structure in language to convey meaning or esthetic qualities will also be considered. Finally, basic implications of patterns incorporated into language will be presented.

This thesis answers the question of how a vision recorded in Joseph Smith's journal found its home in the Doctrine and Covenants and become recognized as canonized scripture. The April 3, 1836, journal entry became known as Section 110. Section 110 serves as a foundation for the current practices and doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, involving temple building and temple ordinances. Thus it is important to understand the history of this Section from journal entry to canonization because it is an example of recovering revelation. This thesis also explores contributing factors that could have led to the rediscovery of the 1836 vision. While Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were in the Kirtland Temple with veils drawn around them at the Melchizedek Priesthood pulpits on April 3, 1836, they both saw Jesus Christ, Moses, Elias, and Elijah. Jesus Christ accepted the newly built temple and Moses, Elias, and Elijah committed keys to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery. The vision was recorded, but as of yet, there is no evidence that the vision was publicly taught by Joseph Smith nor by Oliver Cowdery. This thesis follows the pattern established by Section 110 and the reclamation of the revelation and looks at how this section paved the way for other revelations and visions to move from handwritten pages to doctrinal levels of canonization, such as Sections 137 and 138. Joseph Smith had the vision recorded in his journal by Warren Cowdery, who served as a scribe to him. Joseph Smith also had the journal entry written in the Manuscript History of the Church. Although Joseph Smith did not publically declare that the 1836 vision had occurred to him and Oliver Cowdery, he still taught about the visitors in the vision and of their importance. After Joseph Smith's death, the leaders of the Church had his history printed in Church owned newspapers. The first time the vision was published in print was on November 6, 1852, in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Deseret News. Outside influences of the late 1850s through the 1860s put pressure on the Church. Some of these potentially destructive influences were the Utah War, Civil War, transcontinental railroad, Spiritualism movement, and the lack of understanding of the foundational doctrines of the Church by the rising generation that had been a part of the Church from its beginnings with Joseph Smith as its Prophet. This thesis explores these potentially destructive forces on the Church and its doctrine, and looks at how the leadership of the Church responded to them and how their response influenced the canonization of the 1836 vision. Under the direction of Brigham Young, Orson Pratt oversaw the publication of the new 1876 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants. This new edition contained twenty-six new sections, including Section 110. After the death of Brigham Young in 1877, John Taylor sat at the head of the Church as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. While Orson Pratt was in England, preparing to print a new edition of the Book of Mormon on electrotype plates, he asked John Taylor about printing the Doctrine and Covenants with the electrotype plates as well. John Taylor agreed on condition that Orson Pratt add cross references and explanatory notes, as he had done with the Book of Mormon. Using the 1876 edition, Orson Pratt made the requested additions and the new edition of the Doctrine and Covenants was printed in 1880 and canonized on October 10, 1880, in a General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where all present voted unanimously to accept the 1880 edition as canonized scripture.

Daar heers tans 'n verwarring in baie mense se gemoedere, teoloe sowel as ander gelowiges, aangaande die heilsweg. Aan die een kant is daar die mense wat glo dat jy jou moet bekeer om in die verlossing te kan deel (die bekeringsteologie) . Aan die ander kant is daar diegene wat glo dat die mens klaar gered is, en enige poging, hetsy deur geloof of bekering, van mensekant is sinergisme (verbondsteologie) . In ons soeke na 'n oplossing het ons na die verbond as moontlike vertrekpunt gaan kyk, en gevind dat die verbond inderdaad 'n oplossing bied. Die verbond het verskeie prinsipiele eienskappe, en die kern daarvan is dat dit 'n Godgegewe instelling is met duidelike inhoude. Onder andere het die verbond 'n monopleuriese instelling, maar ook 'n dupleuriese werking. Hieruit volg dat die verbond op die verantwoordelikheid van die mens appeleer. Die appel van die verbond kom tot uiting in die oproep om die verlossingsdade van Christus aan te gryp. Vervolgens is gekyk na die manier waardeur 'n mens sy verantwoordelikheid nakom. In sowel die Ou as Nuwe Testament is dit duidelik dat die mens wat nie in 'n verbondsverhouding met die Here leef nie, gevaar loop om uit die verbond gesny te word. Die enigste manier om verseker dat 'n mens in die verbondsbelof tes de el, is deur bekering. Die Bybel maak nie 'n duidelike onderskeid tussen eerste en voortgaande bekering binne die verbond nie. God gee die bekering, maar vereis dit ook / There is presently a great deal of confusion in the minds of people, theologians as well as lay members, regarding the way of salvation. On the one hand there are those who believe that one must be converted before one can share in salvation. It may be called a theology of conversion. On the other hand there are those who believe that the people of the covenant are already saved, and all endevours to claim the salvation by faith or repentance, are forms of synergism. In our attempt to find a solution, we have taken the covenant as pain of departure. The covenant has many qualities, but the central aspect is the fact that the covenant is a God-given entity and therefore has certain specific characteristics like a monopleuric origin (in God} but a dupleuric working (divine and human responsibility) . According to the Old Testament as well as the New Testament, it is clear that those covenant people who do not commit themselves to the God of the covenant, and accept its demands, are in danger of being cut off from the covenant. The only way to restore the covenant relationship is by repentance and conversion. Concerning the covenant the Bible does not make any clear difference between a radical initial conversion and an ongoing one. God gives conversion, but also demands it / Philosophy, Practical & Systematic Theology / D. Th. (Sistematiese Teologie)

Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focuses on covenant in relation to justice and righteousness in Isaiah 42:1-9. The main purpose of the study is to grapple with the idea of whether the Old Testament scholarly research on covenant is relevant for the theological-ethical understanding of covenant amongst African believing communities in general and in particular the Kamba community of Kenya. The research employs the socio-rhetorical approach, a method used to explore textures in a multi-dimensional way. In applying Robbins‘ (1996a, 1996b) textual analysis to the text of Isaiah 42:1-9, both the intra and intertextures are examined in order to gain the narrator‘s rhetorical strategy. It is possible to demonstrate that the mission of the Servant of the Lord was to establish justice and righteousness on earth. We show these terms are relational and ethical in nature. Justice restores damaged relationships in order for a community to have peace with itself. Righteousness on the other hand governs moral relationships and demands each member of the community acts right. These demands are required in order to regulate a cohesive social and cultural community that takes each other‘s social needs into account. Moreover, we show through intertexture in chapter three that texts reconfigure themselves either explicitly or implicitly. It is shown that three concepts, justice, righteousness and covenant exhibit moral characteristics when used together. Within covenant framework they have to do with taking care of the needs of the oppressed. Furthermore, in chapter four through social and cultural texture we show how the Israelites and Judah later are unable to fulfill their obligations to the poor because of the moral decay, which affected all spheres of their life. The Servant of YHWH is promised to usher in a new era of social justice. Additionally, in chapter five it is shown that the ideological texture highlights God‘s theological viewpoint characterized by the tension between the two covenants. We have attempted to show from Isaiah 42:1-9 that the theological-ethical understanding of covenant accommodates the Akamba covenant. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie proefskrif fokus op die verbond in samehang met reg en geregtigheid in Jesaja 42:1-9. Die primêre doel van die studie is om te vra of Ou-Testamentiese navorsing enige relevansie het vir die teologies-etiese verstaan van die verbond in geloofsge-meenskappe in Afrika oor die algemeen, maar ook in die Kambagemeenskap (Kenia) in die besonder. In die ondersoek word sosio-retoriek benut om tekstuele verbande op 'n multi-dimensionele manier te ondersoek. In die toepassing van Robbins (1996a, 1996b) se tekstuele analise op Jesaja 42:1-9, word beide die intra- sowel as die intertekstuele verbande ondersoek ten einde te bepaal watter retoriese strategie ter sprake is. Dit is moontlik om aan te toon hoe die Dienaar van die Here daarop gemik was om reg en geregtigheid op aarde te vestig as relasionele en etiese begrippe. "Reg" herstel beskadigde verhoudings ten einde 'n samelewing in staat te stel om vrede onderling te ervaar. "Geregtigheid" bepaal die morele verhoudings en vereis dat elke lid van die gemeenskap eties korrek optree. Hierdie vereistes is noodsaaklik ten einde 'n samehangende sosiale en kulturele samelewing daar te stel waarbinne die lede mekaar se behoeftes in ag neem. Daar word in hoofstuk drie aangetoon hoe verbond in Jesaja 40 – 55 implisiet en eksplisiet gerekonfigureer word. Hierdie rekonfigurasie vind plaas wanneer die drie begrippe reg, geregtigheid en verbond morele kenmerke ontwikkel wanneer dit saam gebruik word. Sodoende ontwikkel die verpligting om binne 'n verbondsraamwerk sorgsaamheid vir die behoeftes van die onderdrukte te ontwikkel. Vervolgens word in hoofstuk vier aangetoon hoe aandag vir die sosiale en kulturele verbande van Jesaja 42:1-9 uitwys hoe die Israeliete en Judeërs nie instaat was om hulle verpligtinge teenoor die armes na te kom na aanleiding van die morele verval wat alle tereine van hulle lewe beïnvloed het. Die Dienaar van JHWH word belowe ten einde 'n nuwe era van sosiale geregtigheid te vestig. Ten slotte word daar in hoofstuk vyf uitgewys dat die ideologiese verband beklemtoon hoe God se teologiese alternatief gekenmerk word deur die spanning tus-sen twee sieninge van die verbond (onvoorwaardelik sowel as voorwaardelik). Teen die agtergrond is geargumenteer dat Jesaja 42: 1-9 se teologies-etiese herdefiniëring van die verbond 'n Akamba begrip daarvoor akkommodeer.

O presente trabalho teve por finalidade avaliar se os agentes financeiros detém poder de controle sobre as sociedades por eles financiadas no âmbito do Project Finance e de que forma esse pode ser exercido. O estudo se justifica em virtude da constatação de que os agentes financeiros, na condição de provedores de recursos e, consequentemente, credores dessas sociedades, com frequência criam mecanismos jurídicos capazes de resultar na atribuição de poder de comando sobre as mesmas, embora nem todos possuam suporte legal. Assim, este estudo além de identificar e avaliar tais mecanismos, por meio do exame empírico dos instrumentos jurídicos que regulam essa modalidade peculiar de financiamento, avançou no sentido de lançar críticas e considerações à luz do sistema normativo brasileiro, por vezes fazendo condenando o próprio sistema. A elaboração do trabalho utilizou (i) o método de pesquisa exploratória, mediante a análise de leis e demais instrumentos normativos que regulam os diversos temas tratados; doutrina nacional e internacional; decisões emanadas da Comissão de Valores Mobiliários CVM, na qualidade de órgão regulador do mercado de capitais brasileiro, e julgados do Superior Tribunal de Justiça; e (ii) método de pesquisa empírico, relativamente ao exame de contratos de financiamento, na modalidade Project Finance, considerando-se a amostra daqueles mais relevantes celebrados no Brasil, selecionados num período de três anos, relativos a projetos públicos, portanto, sem confidencialidade, cuja referência foi obtida no Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social BNDES, e cujo inteiro teor foi obtido junto aos cartórios de registro de títulos e documentos onde estão registrados. Concluiu-se, ao fim, que os agentes financeiros possuem à sua disposição mecanismos capazes de lhes atribuir tanto o controle interno, como no caso de usufruto sobre ações, step-in rights de controle (legal e contratual) e aquisição de golden shares; ou o controle externo, por meio da utilização de determinadas garantias, covenants ou step-in sobre os contratos do projeto. / This work has as main target to assess whether financial agents have the power to control the companies they finance under the Project Finance, and if so, how this happens. This study justifies itself, considering that these financial agents, acting like providers and creditors, have their own interest in creating legal structures that will allow them to have the control power of the company, but not all of these structures have legal support. Besides identifying and evaluating these structures, this work through empirical examination of the legal instruments, has launched critical considerations under the Brazilian legal system. This work used (i) the method of exploratory research, through analysis of laws and other legal instruments that regulate the topics here covered, national and international literature, decisions of the Brazilian Securities Commission - CVM, the regulator of brazilian capital market and decisions of the Superior Court (STJ); and (ii) method of empirical research concerning the examination of financing contracts in Project Finance, considering the most relevant celebrated in Brazil, selected in a period of three years, without confidentiality, to which reference has been reached with National Bank for Economic and Social Development (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social BNDES), and whose entire content was obtained from public registries.