The aim of this thesis is to analyze China-EU trade relations with focus on the period after 1975, when the diplomatic relations between China and EU developed. The research questions are (i) what is the driver in the development of China-EU trade relations? This question is subdivided into two questions: how do economic factors impact on China-EU trade relations and how do political factors influence China-EU trade relations? (ii) what are the existing problems in the current China-EU relations? (iii) what are the future prospects? To carry out the research questions and fulfill the aim of the paper, a qualitative and quantitative method has been chosen in order to interpret and understand China-EU traderelations. The theoretical framework of this study is neo-realism and neo-liberalism with particular attention focusing on political issues and economic issues respectively. A number of conclusions can be drawn from research. First, China-EU trade has developed very rapidly. Trade relations between the two sides are good. They are the third largest traders with each other. Secondly, the momentum for the development of China-EU trade relations is rooted in their common interests in both the political and economic fields. Thirdly, the prospect of China-EU trade relations is promising. These factors include (i) the establishment of a foundation to promote the healthy development of China-EU trade (for example, a set of legal framework provides both sides with the legal basis for their economic relations); and (ii) the prediction of future political and economic environment as favorable to the development of China-EU trade relations. All factors show optimistically that China-EU trade will continue to prosper. The China-EU trade relationship is not without friction and the author theorizes that there are some potential danger factors; such as the Taiwan issue and trade disputes that may shadow the future development of China-EU trade relations and cannot be overlooked. At the end the author puts forward four suggestions to promote the further development of China-EU trade relations: (i) maintain the existing high-level of exchanges such as the annual EU-China summit; (ii) set up a warning mechanism to prevent trade disputes escalating; (iii) provide a method for establishing negotiations; (iv) prevent the politicizing of trade relations, for example, do not connect human right issue with trade relations. Unrelated issues should be addressed separately.

I denna uppsats presenterar och diskuterar författaren tre invändningar som riktats mot dygdetikern Rosalind Hursthouses förslag om vad som är en moraliskt riktig handling. Hursthouse menar att en handling är moraliskt riktig om den är vad en dygdig agent karaktärsenligt skulle göra i omständigheterna. Den form av invändningar som författaren presenterar och diskuterar i uppsatsen försöker visa på att Hursthouses förslag exkluderar handlingar som vanligen anses är rätt. Författaren argumenterar för att en dygdetik lik den Neo-Aristoteliska dygdetik Hursthouse försvarar kan formuleras så att den undgår invändningar som presenteras i uppsatsen. Författaren föreslår att vi istället för att förstå Hursthouses förslag som om det gällde de faktiska handlingar som en dygdig agent gör, istället bör uppmärksamma att en dygdig agent följer handlingsmaximer vilka hon prövat under sin moraliska utveckling till att bli dygdig. Författaren föreslår vidare att det är huruvida en handling utgår från en maxim som karaktärsenligt kan ingå i ett dygdigt liv som är avgörande om den är moraliskt riktig eller inte. / In this paper the author presents and discusses three charges that have been raised against Rosalind Hursthouses virtue ethical account on what it takes for an action to be morally right. Hursthouse proposes that an action is right, if and only if, it is what a virtuous agent characteristically would to in the circumstances. All of the charges discussed and presented in the paper try to show that Hursthouses account excludes actions which we would like to say are morally right. The author argues that a Neo-Aristotelian form of virtue ethics, like the one Hursthouse defends, can be formulated so that the charges can be avoided. The author proposes that, instead of understanding Hursthouses account as if it is only the very actions that virtuous agents perform that are morally right, we should observe that the virtuous agents are acting from maxims that they have tested during their development towards becoming virtuous agents. The author then proposes that an action is right if it can be traced from a maxim that can be a characteristic part of a virtuous life.

This thesis attempts to throw light on the underlying reasons behind the economic ambivalence between EU countries. In this sense, Greece and Sweden will be posted at the center of my research interest. For this purpose, Intersectionality theory as well as Neo liberalism and Neoclassical economics will be used in such a way that will assist me to disclose the deep causes of this inequality and to further examine how intersections of gender, age/generation and class are intertwined and affect the youth and elderly in both countries. Furthermore, both qualitative and quantitative data will be applied in a way that will enable me to compare and contrast the two social groups chosen. Having demonstrated that, I will move a step forward by narrowing down my research focus on how the youth in both countries react against this kind of social exclusion.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:52:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 9142957 bytes, checksum: 86752beec94b26514b271847628765ae (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This dissertation examines the syntactic coherence of the Trimodal system of José Siqueira, through the analysis of the Quarta Sonatina for piano (1963) and Três Estudos para Flauta e Piano (1964) in light of three methodological procedures. The first of these procedures is the quantitative hierarchization of the harmonic structures, resulting in a new type of classification of the vertical entities, while proposing a method for identification and classification of the syntax of voice-leading between these structures; the second procedure is based on the concept of parsimonious connection from the Neo-Riemannian Theory and aims at investigating how the harmonic structures are connected to each other; and the third evaluates the impact of the relationship of pertinence and encapsulation between the pitchclass set in the syntactic connections between the sonorities. The application of these methodological procedures allow us to characterize a syntatic profile for the three analyzed works, revealing fundamental aspects regarding the consistency of the Trimodal system. It is still our intention that this work, which here gives a highly analytical look on a small portion of the work of Siqueira, would serve as a reference for research so that one can carry out the examination of other works of this composer, as well as other Brazilian composers who worked on the threshold between tonality and atonality, and that it would also extend its boundaries of applicability through the dialogue with other fields of research in music, especially that of musical composition, which will benefit from the modeling implemented here from a prescriptive approach. / Este trabalho examina a coerência sintática do Sistema Trimodal de José Siqueira (1907- 1985), através da análise da Quarta Sonatina para piano (1963) e dos Três Estudos para Flauta e Piano (1964) à luz de três procedimentos metodológicos. O primeiro desses procedimentos consiste na hierarquização quantitativa de estruturas harmônicas, resultando em uma nova tipologia de classificação das entidades verticais, ao mesmo tempo em que propõe uma metodologia de identificação e classificação da sintaxe de condução entre essas estruturas; o segundo procedimento se baseia no conceito de conexão parcimoniosa da Teoria Neo-Riemanniana e tem o propósito de averiguar como as estruturas harmônicas se conectam entre si; e o terceiro avalia o impacto das relações de pertinência e encapsulamento entre os conjuntos de classes de alturas nas conexões sintáticas entre as sonoridades. A aplicação desses procedimentos metodológicos nos permitirá caracterizar um perfil sintático para as duas obras analisadas, revelando aspectos fundamentais relativos à coerência do Sistema Trimodal. Ainda é nossa intenção que este trabalho, que aqui traça um olhar eminentemente analítico sobre uma pequena parcela da obra de Siqueira, possa servir como referencial de pesquisa para que se realize o exame de outras obras desse compositor, bem como de outros compositores brasileiros que trabalharam no limiar entre tonalismo e atonalismo, e que também possa ampliar suas fronteiras de aplicabilidade pelo diálogo com outros campos da pesquisa em música, mormente o da composição musical, que se beneficiará das modelagens aqui realizadas a partir de um viés prescritivo.

The correlations among personality, academic performance and other variables in 170 university students were studied, using two instruments validated into the population: the NEOPJ-R, and the EPPS. Other variables as age, study level, self perception of academic achievement and self perception of motivation, and sources of support were included. Jt was confirmed the reliability and validity of both tests and the correlations between them. The results showed associations among academic performance and conscientiousness, endurance,change, and aggression. The academic performance was better explained by achievements triving, deliberation, change, self perception of academic achievement and age. / Se investigó la relación entre personalidad, rendimiento académico y otras variables en 170 universitarios, mediante dos instrumentos validados para esta población: el NEO PI-R de Costay McCrae y el EPPS de Edwards4• Se consideró las variables edad, ciclo académico, percepcióndel rendimiento, de la propia motivación para estudiar, y fuentes de apoyo. Se confirmo la validez y confiabilidad de ambas pruebas y sus respectivas correlaciones. Se encontraron asociaciones entre el rendimiento y conciencia, perseverancia, cambio y agresión. El rendimiento fue mejor explicado por la aspiraciones de logro, reflexión, cambio, percepción del rendimientoy edad del estudiante.

[pt] Esta dissertação visa propor e analisar, no contexto de modelos dinâmicos estocásticos de equilíbrio geral com rigidez de preços, possíveis explicações para o fato estilizado de que o juro no Brasil é excessivamente alto. As implicações de diferentes hipóteses aplicadas aos modelos serão analisadas através de funções de resposta a impulso (FRIs). Será analisada, quando possível, a evidência empírica disponível na literatura a favor ou contra cada hipótese, e as FRIs mostrarão o comportamento dinâmico da economia calibrada sob cada hipótese. São compatíveis com um juro real básico mais alto por um período prolongado as seguintes hipóteses: alta taxa subjetiva de desconto intertemporal, alta indexação de preços, baixa potência da política monetária, e diminuição da credibilidade do Banco Central frente o crescimento da dívida pública (um caso de dominância fiscal). / [en] This work proposes and analyses, in the context of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models with price rigidities, possible explanations for the stylized fact that interest rates in Brazil are exceedingly high. The implications of different hypothesis applied to the model are analyzed through impulse response functions (IRFs). Whenever possible, empirical evidence available in the literature for or against each hypothesis is analyzed, and the IRFs show the dynamical behavior of the economy calibrated accordingly. The following are consistent with a higher basic interest rate for an extended period: high subjective intertemporal discount rate, high price indexation, low monetary policy power, and decreasing Central Bank s credibility caused by public debt growth (an example of fiscal dominance).

This doctoral research is dedicated to the study of identity issues in contexts of renewal or appropriation of ethnic traditions and their displacement, by specific actors, within the realm of holistic spiritualities. These issues revolve around quests for authenticity, legitimacy and negotiation of (intra)-cultural differences. This research problematizes the relationships among mobility, spirituality and Mayan ethnicity, from the perspective of Transnational Studies and life stories, through the concept of neo-Mayanity. These relationships have been embedded in the broader context of "religious change" and its forms since the 1950s and 1960s. On the one hand, these changes imply the rise of New Age currents in the wake of 1968 counter-culture. On the other hand, they stem from the emergence of new forms of "religious or spiritual mobility", more specifically in the transnational circulation of actors, practices, imaginations and symbols. This research features qualitative case studies conducted in different national contexts. Six field studies were carried out as part of a multi-situated ethnography spanning Mexico, Guatemala, Switzerland and Germany, using methods such as narrative interviews, direct participant observations, cyber-ethnography, and ethno-photography. The research aims to show current transformations in the field of Mayan ethnicity, ever since contact with globalized New Age spiritualities. A variety of empirical examples reveal that since the "2012 Phenomenon", the accelerated transnationalization of spiritual leaders has involved a resemantization of symbolic contents and rituals through processes of rearrangement, visual innovation and cohabitation.

This dissertation concerns the socio-cultural politics expressed in the performances of Matthew Barney, Steven Cohen, Marina Abramovic, and the ‘Pop’ artist Madonna. The contention is that these artists mirror and dramatize marginalization and seem to reflect a desire to resolve conflicts experienced between social and psychological identities in contemporary society. The premise of this study is that these performers engage in a ‘dialogue’ with viewers as a form of self-preservation and self-healing. The Performance artists’ measure of socio-cultural tensions suggests the merging of mass media entertainment, theatrical devices and other cultural practices such as fetishism and rituals involving altered states of consciousness, props and allusions to shamanism. An ancient modality of healing, such as shamanism, when appropriated by artists, seems to reflect an urgent phenomenological need of the individual within Western society for overcoming feelings of powerlessness as a type of therapeutic practice. The Performance artists’ Othering is acted out as a survival mechanism addressing and questioning the ‘degradation’ imposed on marginalized individuals who challenge the traditional notion of authentic identity and the ‘classic’ body. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / M.A. (Visual Arts)

The Pentecostal and Neo-Pentecostal movements propose a subsequent to salvation Spirit baptism. This baptism is viewed as an experience in which the Spirit either confers or awakens gifts within the life of the believer. The thesis ofthis paper is that Spirit baptism occurs at conversion. Spirit filling on the other hand is one of many metaphors to describe the work of the eschatological Spirit subsequent to salvation. This distinguishing of Spirit baptism and Spirit filling is different to the Pentecostal and Neo-Pentecostal idea that Spirit baptism and Spirit filling are synonymous experiences that occur at some point subsequent to salvation. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / Th. M. (Systematic Theology)

A presente Dissertação tem por objetivo abordar questões que envolvem tanto a geografia cultural quanto os estudos sobre o Neo-Realismo português. Através da análise de dois contos de Manuel da Fonseca, Campaniça e Aldeia Nova, ambos vinculados à literatura neo-realista, procura-se estabelecer a importância da geografia na análise da constituição dos espaços presentes nos textos aqui abordados. Esta análise permite ratificarmos, no par de contos a que nos referimos, a existência de dois espaços que se configuram de modo distinto: o espaço da opressão, associado à paisagem de Valgato, presente no conto Campaniça e o espaço da liberdade, representado pelo cenário que constitui a Aldeia Nova, no conto homônimo / This thesis aims to address issues involving both the cultural geography as the studies on the Portuguese Neo-Realism. Through the analysis of two stories of Manuel da Fonseca, Campaniça and Aldeia Nova, both linked to the neo-realistic literature, seeks to establish the importance of geography in the analysis of the formation of these spaces in the text addressed here. This analysis allows ratify, in the pair of stories that we talk, the existence of two spaces that are up so distinct: the space of oppression, coupled with the scenery of Valgato, present in the story Campaniça and space of freedom, represented by the scenario hat is the Aldeia Nova, in the homonym tale