The poor quality of state controlled black education in South Africa in the past was mainly caused by low pupil per capita expenditure and poor teaching. This resulted in many problems. Because of past neglect, as well as the increase in number of children to be educated, black education must be revitalised. Government funding is not adequate, therefore, privatisation and semi-privatisation of education is a recommended solution. Community and business involvement is encouraged, and state control should be reduced. Short-term strategies have been fairly successfully implemented. With a view to proposing strategies for the upliftment of black education, the upgrading of teachers through improved INSET and PRESET Q!_Qfil_~mmes is considered a priority. Already implemented models, such as Promat, TOPS and the Molteno Project should be investigated. These programmes have been successful to varying degrees. Strategies have been proposed based on the above findings and guidelines for further research suggested. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Comparative Education)

Thesis (MPhil (Sociology and Social Anthropology))--Stellenbosch University, 2008. / The NGO sector is continuing to diversify, experiencing increasing competition from the for-profit market and pressure from the state looking for support through service delivery. There are growing internal and external calls for the development of appropriate evaluation methods within NGOs, intended to provide a much needed transparency, and to monitor and evaluate the sector’s accountability, legitimacy, and credibility – the very politics of its image and identity. As a result many NGOs are adapting their strategic behaviour to increase their efficacy to meet these new challenges. Professionalization or corporatization is said to be transforming NGOs into new regimes of efficiency, leading to their absorption of increasingly commercial practices. How professional NGOs go about their business has become as important as what they do. Using an ethnographic approach and participant observation, this study reveals the many constraints and opportunities one such NGO faced as it employed strategies to professionalize, and the various forms of organising it exhibited in its political, economic and social context. I explore the social interface between the organisation and its environment, and again between the staff members and the organisation itself. The study explores the connectedness between the broader context and the local experience, which in turn informs the NGO’s shifting strategies. An ‘embedded’ understanding provides insight into the evolution of social processes behind the production of everyday life within the professional NGO, exploring how it arrives at a certain coherence in the face of multiple realities at the local level. Development literature is used as a point of departure before applying anthropological theory as a lens through which to interpret the research questions. I place the NGO in a historical context and depict the political nature of the state-NGO relationship within a contract culture and competitive market. Discourses around surviving the embedded contradictions within accountability and legitimacy are explored. I reveal the pains of institutional and cultural evolution within the organisation under the push to professionalize as staff search for meaning and agency in everyday practice. And finally, I describe how the professional NGO negotiates an identity through both the external and internal politics of representation. There is no simple trajectory for professional NGOs. I find instead a competitive fight for survival and increasing dependence on political and economic savvy. The professional NGO has to constantly re-define and re-affirm its mission, while staff members weather the effects of this ongoing change and are forced to continually reconcile the very meaning of their work and identity to make sense of this experience. As an organisational study this contributes to an understanding of one professional NGO’s survival strategies in context, its organisational culture as an activity, and individual sense-making and identity formulation in the local setting. This study hopes to reveal what is gained and lost through employing the strategy to professionalize, and add to a growing body of research narrating the evolution within the NGO sector, informing questions currently being asked by state, business, and civil society groups.

Thesis (PhD (Curriculum Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: While nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have existed for several hundred years, their recent surge was largely fueled by several key factors. Firstly, government corruption caused donor agencies to see NGOs as safer investments for their aid portfolios. Secondly, the end of the Cold War fostered growth in development in former Soviet satellite nations. Thirdly, the United Nation‘s (UN) establishment of the Millennium Development Goals galvanized the globe to address indicators critical to combating extreme poverty. Vast amounts of charitable capital combined with donors‘ increasing expectations of performance to spark serious interest in the topics of NGO efficiency, accountability and effectiveness. These topics are foundational to NGO mission accomplishment and have contributed to a global expansion of academic programs in NGO management. The examination of a forerunner of NGO management education helped address the void of scholarship concerning NGO-related academic program effectiveness. The economic development program at Eastern University (US) was created in 1984 as one of the world‘s first MBA programs designed to train entrepreneurs for service to distressed communities. The program quickly grew to over one hundred students and then foundered due to frequent personnel transition, curricular change, mission drift and a lack of investment in relational marketing and outreach. This prompted an administrative intervention in 2002. In 2007, five years into the economic development program‘s reinvention process, a qualitative evaluation determined whether all the essential elements of the program were in place and operating in accordance with the plans put forth in 2002. The knowledge generated by this research will strengthen institutions that serve NGOs and extend the abilities of NGO leaders to fulfill their missions. The following specific aims were established and achieved. Firstly, an analysis of the factors contributing to the management challenges facing the leaders of international NGOs was presented. Secondly, a qualitative evaluation of an international graduate economic development program for NGO leaders using archival analysis verified through iv interviews and focus groups assessed the effectiveness of the 2002 intervention in achieving planned objectives. Thirdly, the research also generated conclusions and recommendations on theoretical, practical and policy-related issues, particularly regarding matters of academic program leadership, curricular development, planning, evaluation, marketing and the distinctive requirements of international programs containing distance delivery components. Fourthly, the research enriched the scholarly conversation in the NGO and academic communities in substantive ways, including two presentations at international conferences and publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Theoretical, practical and policy conclusions were generated as research outcomes and included a theoretical framework for the implementation and evaluation of an international graduate economic development MBA for NGO leaders. The conclusions generated four recommendations for the host institution and others with similar missions and aspirations. The recommendations stated that these kinds of programs should: commit to the discipline of multi-year planning and evaluation, appoint well-qualified faculty to lead them, implement and resource relationship-based marketing plans that engage program alumni, and excel at delivering cross-cultural, highly accessible learning / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Nieregeringsorganisasies (NRO‘s) bestaan al vir baie honderde jare. In die onlangse verlede is die belangrikheid en groei daarvan deur verskeie faktore aangevuur. Ten eerste het skenkerorganisasies nieregeringsorganisasies toenemend begin beskou as veiliger beleggers vir hulle hulpfondse as die toenemende korrupsie van regerings. Tweedens het die einde van die Koue Oorlog die groei en ontwikkeling van vorige Sowjet- satellietstate gestimuleer. Derdens het die Verenigde Volkeorganisasie (VVO) met die daarstelling van die milleniumontwikkelingsdoelstellings die wêreld saamgesnoer in hulle pogings om armoede te beveg. Groot bedrae welsynskapitaal en die daarmee gepaardgaande hoër prestasieverwagtinge van skenkers het daartoe bygedra dat daar groter belangstelling was in die effektiwiteit, doeltreffendheid en toerekenbaarheid van nieregeringsorganisasies. Laasgenoemde drie temas is fundamenteel tot die uitlewing van nieregeringsorganisasies se missies en dit het daartoe bygedra dat daar ‘n wêreldwye toename in akademiese programme oor die leierskap en bestuur van nieregeringsorganisasies was. Navorsing oor een van die pioniers op die gebied van leierskap en bestuursopleiding vir nie-regeringsorganisasies het daartoe bygedra om hierdie leemte in die akademieskap van nie-regeringsorganisasies se programeffektiwiteit te oorbrug. Die ekonomiese ontwikkelings-program aan die Eastern University in die VSA is in 1984 as een van die wêreld se eerste MBA-programme wat ontwerp is om entrepreneurs vir dienslewering aan benadeelde gemeenskappe op te lei, in die lewe geroep. Die program was baie gewild en het vinnig gegroei en gou was daar meer as ‘n honderd ingeskrewe studente. As gevolg van verskeie faktore, waaronder gereelde personeel- en leierskapwisseling, kurrikulumwysigings, missieverskuiwing (mission drift) en onvoldoende investering in bemarking en uitreikprogramme, het die program se gewildheid afgeneem. Hierdie afname in die gewildheid van die program het inmenging/intervensie deur die universiteitsbestuur in 2002 genoodsaak. In 2007,vyf jaar nadat die universiteitsbestuur die intervensie geïnisieer het, is deur middel van ‘n kwalitatiewe evaluering vasgestel of al die noodsaaklike elemente van die program toegepas is volgens die intervensieprogram wat in 2002 geïnisieer is. Die kennis wat deur hierdie navorsing gegenereer is, sal vi universiteite en instellings wat nieregeringsorganisasies ondersteun, versterk en die leiers van nieregeringsorganisasies in staat stel om hulle missies uit te leef. Verskeie doelstellings is met die navorsing nagestreef en bereik. Eerstens is die faktore wat bydra tot die uitdagings vir die leierskap van internasionale nieregeringsorganisasies geanaliseer en aangebied. Tweedens is ‘n kwalitatiewe evaluering van ‘n internasionale nagraadse ekonomiese ontwikkelingsprogram uitgevoer. Argivale materiaal is geanaliseer en, gerugsteun deur inligting wat verkry is uit onderhoude en fokusgroepe, is die effektiwiteit van die 2002-intervensie bepaal. Derdens is teoretiese, praktiese en beleidsgevolgtrekkings en aanbevelings gegenereer. Hierdie gevolgtrekkings en aanbevelings is veral toegespits op leierskap vir akademiese programme, kurrikulumontwikkeling, beplanning, evaluering, bemarking en die eiesoortige eise wat afstandsonderrigprogramme stel. Vierdens het die navorsing die akademiese gesprek en die akademiese en nieregeringsorganisasies op verskeie betekenisvolle maniere verryk. Onder andere is twee aanbiedinge by internasionale konferensies gedoen en is ‘n artikel in ‘n eweknie-beoordeelde tydskrif gepubliseer. Teoretiese, praktiese en beleidsgevolgtrekkings is daargestel en dit sluit onder andere ‘n teoretiese raamwerk vir die implementering en evaluering van ‘n internasionale MBA- nagraadse ekonomiese ontwikkelingsprogram vir leiers van nieregeringsorganisasies in. Die gevolgtrekkings het gelei tot vier aanbevelings vir die gasheerinstelling en ander instellings met soortgelyke missies en aspirasies. Die aanbevelings sluit onder andere in dat instellings wat soortgelyke programme aanbied, hulle moet verbind tot multijaarbeplanning en -evaluering, dat hulle bekwame akademici as leiers moet aanstel, dat hulle brongebaseerde bemarkingsplanne moet implementeer en dat hulle akademiese personeel moet aanstel wat besonder goed toegerus is in die aanbieding van kruiskulturele toeganklike leerprogramme.

My thesis examines from an ethnographic account how history has been made, told and interpreted by the Angaité people of the Chaco since the Paraguayan nation-state effectively carried out the colonization of this territory in the 19th century until the present day. The key elements of this account are the Angaité’s notions and practices on alterity, storytelling and shamanism and how they interplay with one another. I explore the notions of alterity and its counterpart similarity in the context of multiple material transactions in which the Angaité engage both among themselves and with outsiders. I also examine the inseparable socio-moral evaluations attached to such transactions. I show how certain transactions such as exchange or commoditisation do not necessarily conflict with good social relations. Nevertheless, the closest relationships – preferably evoked in kinship terms - are constantly constructed by the combination of several practices including sharing, pooling, cohabitation and companionship and the relational morality that underpins them. This relational morality, I argue, is both inscribed and enacted through the telling of Nanek Any’a narratives –“Old news/events”. I analyze some of these narratives in order to show how the Angaité people interpret the consequences of the colonization of the Chaco. For this I provide an intelligible context for the Nanek Any’a that may otherwise appear contradictory or incomprehensible to a non-Angaité listener. The Angaité’s versions of history compared to the official accounts challenge the simplistic of the Angaité as “acculturated” and a homogenous indigenous people and situate them as main actors of their own lives. Rather than the Angaité being the victims of history the Nanek Any’a emphasize that it was the mistakes and failing of their ancestors in their original encounter with the Paraguayans that resulted in an unbalanced relationship with the latter in socio-economic terms. In addition to this, I describe in the light of the historical processes undergone in the lives of the Angaité, how the shamanic discourses and capacities and Angaité cosmology have changed. I explore how they have constantly incorporated external elements, and thus such shamanic elements pervades contemporary areas of life and interactions that include not only the paradigmatic indigenous shaman, but unusual figures such as pastors, powerful outsiders and leaders.

本文探討近數十年來非政府組織「為何」（why）在國際社會積極參與國際組織的各項議題，其興起的因素與相關的基礎理論。然而，由於世界衛生組織是一個以主權國家為會員組成的政府間組織，台灣至今還未能成為它的會員國；非政府組織「如何」（how）參與此一國際組織，本文從三個面向來進行分析，第一，非政府組織參與WHO的角色定位；第二，非政府組織對於國際政策諸如醫療、人道救援等的參與策略；第三，討論非政府組織在國際參與過程中與政府的關係；此外，並探討台灣非政府組織國際參與的機會與可能的挑戰。 就理論意義而言，學者將非政府組織與全球化的發展趨勢聯繫起來，關注於非政府組織如何在國際參與各項全球議題（Held & Mcgrew, 2002；Peck, 1998；Scholte, 2000）。就現有的非政府組織研究來看，學界少有將全球議題和國家、非政府組織相連結者（Weiss, 1999；Brown. et.al., 2000；CIVICUS, 1998；MS, 2000），此一研究缺口主要與它在國際政策層面的重要性未獲得密切注意有關。目前有若干學術著作把國家與非國家行動者合併在一起探討，Weiss & Gordenker (1996)在「非政府組織、聯合國及全球治理」（NGOs, The UN, & Global Governance）一書中，從UN與NGO的連結試圖解釋全球治理的問題；Fisher（1998）的「非政府組織與第三世界的政治發展」（NGOs and the Political Development of the Third World）一書探討的NGO與第三世界國家政治發展的關係。本文主要為了突顯NGO的參與對國家主導全球議題等鉅觀社會變遷的影響之外，並以中介角色來理解它與政府和政府間組織如聯合國、世界衛生組織的關連。 在資料蒐集與分析方面，台灣非政府組織在國際上從事醫療及人道救援有其長遠的歷史，然關於這方面的學術研究、討論，卻是近幾年才開始興起。本文採用質性研究的文獻檢閱、深度訪談和參與觀察等研究方法。對此一議題的思考、研究，透過搜集、閱讀以世界衛生組織為研究主題或相關的國內外期刊文章，釐清目前世界衛生組織研究領域的內容，以進一步確定計畫研究範圍、研究主軸與訪談對象。針對非政府組織部分的訪談對象，作者選擇了：台灣國際醫學聯盟等共18個民間團體以及2個政府機構做為研究訪談對象。 研究發現茲分為理論層面和實務層面兩方面對照說明： （一）關於非政府組織在國際參與的角色定位，指涉非政府組織在國際社會所扮演的是一種中介角色；還是第二軌道外交功能、或對政府間國際關係的輔助作用。究實而論，台灣非政府組織參與世界衛生組織之行動，其理論意涵意味著上述三種的角色功能，但本文研究發現政府偏好以動員方式鼓勵非政府組織去參與，而此種「動員式外交」活動究竟能夠收到多大的效果，不無爭議，容易造成台灣NGO在國際發展角色的曖昧不明，引發非政府組織角色定位的疑問。 （二）非政府組織在國際組織系統中並不具有政府的合法性，亦不具有治理上的權威，故而它對於國際事務的影響力，所憑藉的僅為一種策略途徑的運用。從台灣參與的個案，本文發現非政府組織除了運用協商談判的途徑，或與政府協商、或國際組織協商之外，國內非政府組織所運用的途徑，主要為倡議導向的途徑、策略聯盟的途徑以及訴諸直接服務的途徑。 （三）台灣非政府組織積極參與政府間國際組織，理論上可以與外交議題進行連結，因此政府與非政府組織在某些政策層面維持良好的互動。本研究發現台灣非政府組織與政府的互動情形，存在下列的問題：1、第二軌道外交價值觀認知之不同，政府急於加入WHO這種國際政府間組織，但大多NGO卻認為政府不應將外交當作唯一考量，希望能夠加強非政府組織實際參與的實質內涵；2、非政府組織與政府參與國際的方式缺乏共識，非政府組織不認同政府對外之參與模式，反而認為政府應該做好整合資源的工作，協助國內NGO從事國際活動，盡量讓NGO可以發揮各自領域之所長，而不只是經費補助而已；3、台灣NGO與政府的關係可區分為：收編、合作、互補和對抗等類型，其中若干非政府組織與政府傾向於一種合作型的「官民策略」(Government-NGO Participant Strategy)，就加入世界衛生組織的目標而言，兩者維持相互依賴的關係。 / The paper attempts to explore related issue that Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Taiwan participating in the activities of ‘World Health Organization’ (WHO). In terms of literature review and theory approach, this paper examines why NGOs involved in global issue, and explores NGOs appearance cause and related basic theory. However, WHO is an inter-governmental organization composed of a number of member state, so far Taiwan couldn’t still be allowed to be a member of WHO. Based on qualitative research it also examines NGOs how to participate in such an intergovernmental organization, there are three main analyzing aspects. First, this paper intends to discuss the role and position of a civil organization concerning how to participate in WHO meeting and activities. Second, some of the NGOs discussed here directly provide strategies to attend international policy in WHO areas such as health, and human aid. Third, the diverse relations between NGOs and government institution may be formed with participating different processes of international action. Furthermore, we discuss the opportunities and limitations on participating actions of NGOs in Taiwan.

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctoral Degree in Nursing, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2016. / Background An increase in the world's population of ageing people is occurring not only in developed countries but also in developing countries. In South Africa, the proportion of the population aged 50 and over increased from 14.8% in 2006 to 15% in 2009 and is predicted to be 19% by 2030. This means that the supply of services for the elderly people should match the demand at all times, otherwise the quality of life of these senior citizens will be compromised. This study aimed at developing a model that would improve the quality of life for elderly people living in the uMhlathuze and uMlalazi sub-districts of the uThungulu district, KwaZulu-Natal. Methodology A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive design was applied for this study. A semi-structured interview guide based on the Health Related Quality of Life Theory and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs was used. Random sampling was used to select the elderly participants. Purposive sampling was used for the selection of the chairpersons of non-governmental organisations, and the District Programme Manager. Audits were conducted in the clubs that elderly people with chronic disease participate in. Data analysis followed Tesch’s steps after which themes and categories were formulated. Results Three major themes that emerged from the data analysis were social well-being of elderly people, physiological factors and psychological factors. The results revealed that elderly people experience poor living conditions and suffer poverty due to a number of factors which including the high unemployment rate of their children. Often the children are involved in substance abuse using the elderly person’s money pension money, which leaves them without any food items in the household. According to the District Programme Manager, there was a project on integrated chronic disease management that was conducted at uThungulu district by the Department of Health. The integrated chronic disease management focused on the population in general of all ages, yet in this study the focus has been on elderly people, which is why the researcher developed a model to improve the QoL of elderly people, due to their unique needs. Conclusion This research study gathered information regarding social, economic, health and environmental factors in rural areas which will help in bringing issues of elderly people’s quality of life to awareness. This research will deepen the knowledge and skills of professionals on ageing issues, especially in rural areas/communities. / D

L’objectif de cette recherche est de comparer deux modes d’intervention internationale (étatique et non-étatique) qui ont une optique de maintien ou de rétablissement de l’ordre et de la paix, de développement économique et social, pour des raisons humanitaires. De fait, la frontière est aujourd’hui floue entre les interventions étatiques et non-étatiques. Pour éviter une confusion conceptuelle, l’objet de l’étude est la comparaison de trois moments historiques d’intervention américaine en Haïti. L’étude se déroule en deux temps. D’abord elle servira à comprendre la logique d’action de l’État américain lors des interventions passées et présente afin de relever les objectifs implicites et explicites de ces interventions. Dans un deuxième temps elle se concentrera sur la biopolitique dans l’intervention humanitaire et l’application de la théorie de régulation du chaos. Celle-ci impliquant des conditions variées, elle propose un modèle théorique qui vise à comprendre l’intervention contemporaine en tant que nouveau cadre épistémique d’action politique, celle du ‘chaos régulé’ (‘Regulated Chaos’: McFalls, Pandolfi, Nguyen). Cette recherche transpose donc l’emphase sur la nécessité effective de l’intervention vers les propriétés de l’intervention. Elle est une tentative de comprendre les expériences sociales de pouvoir dans une zone humanitaire comme Port-au-Prince. / The main goal of this study is to compare two modes of international interventions (state and non-state) that have the objective of maintaining or restoring order and peace, economical and social development, for humanitarian reasons. In fact, the limit between state and non-state interventions is blurry. To avoid such conceptual confusion, the object of study is an ensemble of three historical moments of American intervention in Haiti. The study is divided in two points. First, it will help comprehend the logic of action of the American state during past interventions in Haiti, and define the implicit and explicit goals of these interventions. Secondly this study focuses on biopolitics in humanitarian intervention and the application of the theory of regulated chaos. Because this theory implies various conditions, it proposes a theoretical model that wishes to explain contemporary intervention as a new epistemic framework of political action, one of the « regulated chaos » (McFalls; Pandolfi; Nguyen). This study shifts the emphasis on the effective necessity of the humanitarian intervention to its properties. It is therefore a tentative to understand social experiences of power in a humanitarian zone such as Port-au-Prince.

Le droit international véhicule des principes de droits des femmes dits universels. Pourtant, ces droits prennent un tout autre sens lorsque confrontés aux réalités locales. En Inde, le droit hindou entretient la notion de devoirs par opposition aux droits individuels. Ainsi, la femme est définie selon ses relations à la famille et au mariage plutôt que selon ses libertés sociales. Toute dérogation dans les devoirs de la femme envers sa famille ou son mari est une raison valable pour punir la délinquance et discipliner. Cette étude s’intéresse aux tensions entre les standards internationaux et locaux à partir de l’étude de la Protection of Women against Domestic Violence Act de 2005 (PWDVA). Cette loi se trouve au confluent de l’universalisme du droit international des droits humains et du pluralisme culturel en Inde. La PWDVA semble remettre en question le statut de la femme et de la famille dans la société. Les idéaux du droit peuvent-ils être adaptés aux diverses réalités nationales et locales? Comment les organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) s’inscrivent-elles dans la conjugaison du droit vivant et du droit international pour contrer la violence domestique? Cette recherche étudie le rôle des ONG dans l’adaptation et la traduction des normes internationales dans le contexte culturel et social indien. Une analyse approfondie de documents théoriques et juridiques, des observations participatives et des entrevues au sein d'une ONG à Mumbai en 2013 ont permis d’observer la transition des normes internationales vers le local. Un tel séjour de recherche fut possible à l’aide d'une méthodologie suivant le cadre théorique du féminisme postmoderne et de l’anthropologie juridique. L’analyse des résultats a mené à la conclusion que les ONG jouent un rôle de médiateur entre les normes appartenant au droit international, au droit national indien et au droit vivant. Celles-ci doivent interpréter les droits humains intégrés à la PWDVA en reconnaissant ce qui est idéaliste et ce qui est réaliste à la lumière des réalités locales, faisant ainsi l’équilibre entre le besoin de transformations des communautés et le respect des valeurs à préserver. Cette recherche offre donc une ouverture quant aux solutions possibles pour contrer les tensions entre droits des femmes et droits culturels dans un contexte de développement international. / International law carries principles of women’s rights that are called universal. However, those rights take on a whole new meaning when confronted to local realities. In India, Hindu law embodies notion of duty rather than individual rights. Thereby, a woman is defined through her relations towards her family and husband at the expense of social freedoms. In her duties towards her family and husband, any deviation will justify punishment and discipline. This research focuses on the tensions between international and local standards through the study of the 2005 Protection of Women against Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA). This law is at the conjunction of the universality of human rights law and the Indian cultural pluralism. The PWDVA seems to question the status of woman and family in India. Can legal ideals be adapted within diverse national and local realities? How do non-governmental organizations (NGOs) get involved in the conjugation of living law and international law to counter domestic violence? This thesis studies the NGOs’ role in the adaptation and the translation of international norms into Indian cultural and social context. A depth analysis of theoretical and legal literature, participative observations and interviews without an NGO in Mumbai in 2013 helped to show the transition of international norms to local justice. The field study was possible through the methodology related to postmodern feminism and legal anthropology. The data analysis led to the conclusion that NGOs play a mediating role between norms for international, national and living law. They have to interpret the PWDVA and the human rights imbedded in it while recognizing different idealistic and realistic components in local realities. They strive to establish a balance between communities’ need of change and observance of values to be preserved. This research provides an overview of local solutions to counter those tensions between women’s rights and cultural rights in an international development context.

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