The question posed in this study is whether the participatory philosophy is working in practice in the ACT school system. In particular, at the local level, does the parent community have the power in decision-making that is accorded them in theory? The field study begins by setting out some aspects of bureaucratic theory and contrasting models of participation. It goes on to look at the philosophy underlying the new ACT system of education and its deliberate rejection of the traditional, highly centralized systems of the States in favour of a particular participatory model, participation as decisionmaking. Such a model involves putting decision-making in the hands of those most affected by the decisions. In individual schools this means the parents, the teachers, the students and the community. The bulk of this study is devoted to documenting a case study of a school in conflict with the Schools Authority because it is during conflict that the realities of power in a system are revealed. The crisis in this case revolved around the proposal by the Schools Authority to move an alternative secondary school into a semi-vacant former infants building of an inner-city primary school. The majority of the parent community at the primary school were against the proposal. After several joint meetings between the Boards of the two schools and the Schools Authority, the Schools Authority decided to go ahead with the move despite the opposition of the primary school community. The final section of this study deals with an analysis of the participatory processes that were enacted at both the school level and the Authority level, in the resolution of the conflict. It would certainly appear that in this particular example both parties to the dispute moved outside the model of participation as decision-making. The Schools Authority appeared to be operating under the rationale of administrative expediency and using a participatory model foreign to the intention of the system, in which no real power was accorded to the parent community. The school, having lost faith in the participatory model as used by the Schools Authority, resorted to familiar bureaucratic lobbying practices. The study concludes that the real system in this case deviated from the participatory model of its founders. It raises the issue of how typical this case study might be of the system as a whole, and what the implications of this would be for the future of the ACT Schools Authority.

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A presente tese projeta seu objetivo na busca pela compreensão do fenômeno das organizações e movimentos sociais do campo, desbordando na relação que estes movimentos criam e sustentam frente ao Estado: órgãos/autarquias e agentes públicos. É possível sistematizar esta pesquisa, na confluência entre três grandes eixos analíticos: a questão agrária e sua centralidade, os movimentos sociais do campo, e o Estado. Assim, apresenta-se como de suma importância, seja para a academia, seja para o debate com a sociedade, a percepção de tal debate, sobretudo diante de várias narrativas que dizem respeito à “vocação desenvolvimentista” do Estado de Rondônia. Por outra via, em sintonia analítica com as abordagens das Teorias sociais da Teoria política, torna-se fundamental a compreensão deste fenômeno, no sentido de identificar ou extrair os elementos essenciais, consensuais ou não, sobre a relação entre Estado e movimentos sociais do campo, em seus amplos e plurais processos de interação e participação. Agregou-se ao projeto, a pesquisa de campo onde buscou confrontar duas perspectivas ou autorepresentações De um lado, a forma como os movimentos sociais compreendem e se compreendem na relação com o Estado. Sob outro ângulo, a perspectiva que o Estado dimensiona, através de seus atores, sobre o papel, função e mediação, dos movimentos sociais do campo, no Estado de Rondônia. Para alicerçar parâmetros de análise, ampliando o espaço hermenêutico sobre a compreensão do fenômeno, buscou-se anteparo tanto da perspectiva teórica de autores como Antonio Gramsci, José Carlos Mariátegui e Raymundo Faoro, quanto em autores pátrios que, deram ao tema, um enfoque analítico considerado relevante e atual para a compreensão da questão, no Brasil e na região amazônica, sobretudo. Tal análise, enfim, vincula-se à perspectiva de conhecer, verificar e compreender a questão dos “processos participativos” ante os paradigmas da Teoria Política da Organização da sociedade, sobretudo sob a perspectiva da Teoria do Processo Político, ou das “oportunidades políticas”. / The present thesis aims at understanding the phenomenon of social organizations and movements in the countryside, overflowing in the relationship that these movements create and sustain vis - à - vis the State: organs / municipalities and public agents. It is possible to systematize this research, in the confluence between three great analytical axes: the agrarian question and its centrality, the social movements of the field, and the State. Thus, the perception of this debate, especially in the face of various narratives that concern the "developmentalist vocation" of the State of Rondônia, is of great importance, both for the academy and for the debate with society. On the other hand, in an analytical line with the approaches of the Social Theories of Political Theory, it becomes fundamental to understand this phenomenon, in the sense of identifying or extracting the essential elements, consensual or otherwise, on the relation between state and social movements of the field , in its wide and plural processes of interaction and participation. He added to the project, the field research where he sought to confront two perspectives or self-representations On the one hand, the way social movements understand and understand each other in relation to the state. From another angle, the perspective that the State, through its actors, assesses the role, function and mediation of the social movements of the countryside in the State of Rondônia. In order to support the parameters of analysis, by broadening the hermeneutic space on the understanding of the phenomenon, we sought the theoretical perspective of authors such as Antonio Gramsci, José Carlos Mariátegui and Raymundo Faoro, as well as authors who gave the theme an analytical approach considered relevant and current for understanding the issue, in Brazil and in the Amazon region, above all. This analysis, finally, is linked to the perspective of knowing, verifying and understanding the question of "participatory processes" before the paradigms of Political Theory of the Organization of society, especially from the perspective of Political Process Theory, or "political opportunities" .

A presente tese projeta seu objetivo na busca pela compreensão do fenômeno das organizações e movimentos sociais do campo, desbordando na relação que estes movimentos criam e sustentam frente ao Estado: órgãos/autarquias e agentes públicos. É possível sistematizar esta pesquisa, na confluência entre três grandes eixos analíticos: a questão agrária e sua centralidade, os movimentos sociais do campo, e o Estado. Assim, apresenta-se como de suma importância, seja para a academia, seja para o debate com a sociedade, a percepção de tal debate, sobretudo diante de várias narrativas que dizem respeito à “vocação desenvolvimentista” do Estado de Rondônia. Por outra via, em sintonia analítica com as abordagens das Teorias sociais da Teoria política, torna-se fundamental a compreensão deste fenômeno, no sentido de identificar ou extrair os elementos essenciais, consensuais ou não, sobre a relação entre Estado e movimentos sociais do campo, em seus amplos e plurais processos de interação e participação. Agregou-se ao projeto, a pesquisa de campo onde buscou confrontar duas perspectivas ou autorepresentações De um lado, a forma como os movimentos sociais compreendem e se compreendem na relação com o Estado. Sob outro ângulo, a perspectiva que o Estado dimensiona, através de seus atores, sobre o papel, função e mediação, dos movimentos sociais do campo, no Estado de Rondônia. Para alicerçar parâmetros de análise, ampliando o espaço hermenêutico sobre a compreensão do fenômeno, buscou-se anteparo tanto da perspectiva teórica de autores como Antonio Gramsci, José Carlos Mariátegui e Raymundo Faoro, quanto em autores pátrios que, deram ao tema, um enfoque analítico considerado relevante e atual para a compreensão da questão, no Brasil e na região amazônica, sobretudo. Tal análise, enfim, vincula-se à perspectiva de conhecer, verificar e compreender a questão dos “processos participativos” ante os paradigmas da Teoria Política da Organização da sociedade, sobretudo sob a perspectiva da Teoria do Processo Político, ou das “oportunidades políticas”. / The present thesis aims at understanding the phenomenon of social organizations and movements in the countryside, overflowing in the relationship that these movements create and sustain vis - à - vis the State: organs / municipalities and public agents. It is possible to systematize this research, in the confluence between three great analytical axes: the agrarian question and its centrality, the social movements of the field, and the State. Thus, the perception of this debate, especially in the face of various narratives that concern the "developmentalist vocation" of the State of Rondônia, is of great importance, both for the academy and for the debate with society. On the other hand, in an analytical line with the approaches of the Social Theories of Political Theory, it becomes fundamental to understand this phenomenon, in the sense of identifying or extracting the essential elements, consensual or otherwise, on the relation between state and social movements of the field , in its wide and plural processes of interaction and participation. He added to the project, the field research where he sought to confront two perspectives or self-representations On the one hand, the way social movements understand and understand each other in relation to the state. From another angle, the perspective that the State, through its actors, assesses the role, function and mediation of the social movements of the countryside in the State of Rondônia. In order to support the parameters of analysis, by broadening the hermeneutic space on the understanding of the phenomenon, we sought the theoretical perspective of authors such as Antonio Gramsci, José Carlos Mariátegui and Raymundo Faoro, as well as authors who gave the theme an analytical approach considered relevant and current for understanding the issue, in Brazil and in the Amazon region, above all. This analysis, finally, is linked to the perspective of knowing, verifying and understanding the question of "participatory processes" before the paradigms of Political Theory of the Organization of society, especially from the perspective of Political Process Theory, or "political opportunities" .

A presente tese projeta seu objetivo na busca pela compreensão do fenômeno das organizações e movimentos sociais do campo, desbordando na relação que estes movimentos criam e sustentam frente ao Estado: órgãos/autarquias e agentes públicos. É possível sistematizar esta pesquisa, na confluência entre três grandes eixos analíticos: a questão agrária e sua centralidade, os movimentos sociais do campo, e o Estado. Assim, apresenta-se como de suma importância, seja para a academia, seja para o debate com a sociedade, a percepção de tal debate, sobretudo diante de várias narrativas que dizem respeito à “vocação desenvolvimentista” do Estado de Rondônia. Por outra via, em sintonia analítica com as abordagens das Teorias sociais da Teoria política, torna-se fundamental a compreensão deste fenômeno, no sentido de identificar ou extrair os elementos essenciais, consensuais ou não, sobre a relação entre Estado e movimentos sociais do campo, em seus amplos e plurais processos de interação e participação. Agregou-se ao projeto, a pesquisa de campo onde buscou confrontar duas perspectivas ou autorepresentações De um lado, a forma como os movimentos sociais compreendem e se compreendem na relação com o Estado. Sob outro ângulo, a perspectiva que o Estado dimensiona, através de seus atores, sobre o papel, função e mediação, dos movimentos sociais do campo, no Estado de Rondônia. Para alicerçar parâmetros de análise, ampliando o espaço hermenêutico sobre a compreensão do fenômeno, buscou-se anteparo tanto da perspectiva teórica de autores como Antonio Gramsci, José Carlos Mariátegui e Raymundo Faoro, quanto em autores pátrios que, deram ao tema, um enfoque analítico considerado relevante e atual para a compreensão da questão, no Brasil e na região amazônica, sobretudo. Tal análise, enfim, vincula-se à perspectiva de conhecer, verificar e compreender a questão dos “processos participativos” ante os paradigmas da Teoria Política da Organização da sociedade, sobretudo sob a perspectiva da Teoria do Processo Político, ou das “oportunidades políticas”. / The present thesis aims at understanding the phenomenon of social organizations and movements in the countryside, overflowing in the relationship that these movements create and sustain vis - à - vis the State: organs / municipalities and public agents. It is possible to systematize this research, in the confluence between three great analytical axes: the agrarian question and its centrality, the social movements of the field, and the State. Thus, the perception of this debate, especially in the face of various narratives that concern the "developmentalist vocation" of the State of Rondônia, is of great importance, both for the academy and for the debate with society. On the other hand, in an analytical line with the approaches of the Social Theories of Political Theory, it becomes fundamental to understand this phenomenon, in the sense of identifying or extracting the essential elements, consensual or otherwise, on the relation between state and social movements of the field , in its wide and plural processes of interaction and participation. He added to the project, the field research where he sought to confront two perspectives or self-representations On the one hand, the way social movements understand and understand each other in relation to the state. From another angle, the perspective that the State, through its actors, assesses the role, function and mediation of the social movements of the countryside in the State of Rondônia. In order to support the parameters of analysis, by broadening the hermeneutic space on the understanding of the phenomenon, we sought the theoretical perspective of authors such as Antonio Gramsci, José Carlos Mariátegui and Raymundo Faoro, as well as authors who gave the theme an analytical approach considered relevant and current for understanding the issue, in Brazil and in the Amazon region, above all. This analysis, finally, is linked to the perspective of knowing, verifying and understanding the question of "participatory processes" before the paradigms of Political Theory of the Organization of society, especially from the perspective of Political Process Theory, or "political opportunities" .

The present worldwide scenario is one of land-based livelihoods that are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. While being committed to environmental goals, India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change released in 2008, reaffirms that maintaining a high growth rate is essential to raising the standard of living of the people. Curbing emissions while maintaining high growth rates and achieving the Millennium Development Goals without increase in fossil fuel consumption, both appear to be paradoxes. Community-based micro energy initiatives have the potential to support productive development without fossil fuel consumption. This study examines small scale, village level biodiesel production for local use, based on unutilized and under-utilized, existing oil seeds in remote rural locations in Orissa, India. The village level biodiesel model is a response to large agro-industrial models that promote plantation of energy crops like jatropha, and to centralized production of biofuels as an alternative to petrodiesel. Village level biodiesel adds value to the large quantity of locally unutilized forest seeds and underutilized short duration oilseed crops like niger that are exported as birdfeed, to fuel livelihoods and boost the local economy. The development of a village level biodiesel model in a participatory manner within an agroecosystem boundary, and its ability to catalyze livelihoods that are sustainable, have been analyzed. Participant observation techniques have been used to develop narrative case studies for three village communities. Methodology for the study is based on Participatory Action Research approaches (Kemmis et al., 2000), where the research process has contributed to community action. The Sustainable Livelihood approach forms an important foundation of this research. A conceptual framework adapted from the original Sustainable Livelihood Framework (Scoones, 1998), to include Complex Systems Thinking (Holling, et al., 1995, Kay, et al., 1999) was used to analyze case studies in two communities of Orissa, India. Informed by results in the first two case communities, the same framework was used to develop a livelihood strategy based on Village Level Biodiesel (VLB), in a third cluster of villages also in Orissa. Three additional inclusions are proposed as a result of the research, to address some gaps in the original framework. These are the concepts of (1) Entitlements (Leach, et al., 1997) to understand power structures, (2) Adaptation Continuum (McGray 2007) to include issues of climate impacts and (3) Rural Livelihood System (Hogger, 2004) as a complex whole relating the inner reality of the farmer to the outer reality of a swiftly globalizing world. Resilience of livelihoods was identified as a key outcome parameter. Three main considerations for assessing sustainability and resilience of livelihoods, as defined by this research are (1) potential for livelihood diversity and intensity, (2) connectedness of the institutions involved in the decision making process, and (3) adaptation – that is resilience of livelihoods in terms of their capacity to resist drivers of vulnerability and confront impacts of climate change. The VLB in Orissa approaches livelihood diversity and intensity through a three-pronged approach consisting of biodiesel fuelled livelihoods, sustainable agriculture and local value addition. Careful attention is given to the specifics of the context in designing the VLB, thus enhancing the adaptive capacity of the technology. In the context of India, with the devolution of power to the local level, the Gram Sabha, or the village governing council, has political powers and the ability to negotiate with the State because of the authority vested in it by the 73rd amendment to the Constitution of India, and can additionally regulate the market at the local level. Leveraging the powers of this entity may provide the VLB with the needed impetus to replicate and move beyond pilot implementations. Obstacles in the implementation and strategies to overcome these have been identified. The challenge to future research and action is to span regional, national and global levels to influence policy makers to take cognizance of and promote the VLB as a viable development alternative to agro-industrial models designed to generate transport fuel.

The present worldwide scenario is one of land-based livelihoods that are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. While being committed to environmental goals, India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change released in 2008, reaffirms that maintaining a high growth rate is essential to raising the standard of living of the people. Curbing emissions while maintaining high growth rates and achieving the Millennium Development Goals without increase in fossil fuel consumption, both appear to be paradoxes. Community-based micro energy initiatives have the potential to support productive development without fossil fuel consumption. This study examines small scale, village level biodiesel production for local use, based on unutilized and under-utilized, existing oil seeds in remote rural locations in Orissa, India. The village level biodiesel model is a response to large agro-industrial models that promote plantation of energy crops like jatropha, and to centralized production of biofuels as an alternative to petrodiesel. Village level biodiesel adds value to the large quantity of locally unutilized forest seeds and underutilized short duration oilseed crops like niger that are exported as birdfeed, to fuel livelihoods and boost the local economy. The development of a village level biodiesel model in a participatory manner within an agroecosystem boundary, and its ability to catalyze livelihoods that are sustainable, have been analyzed. Participant observation techniques have been used to develop narrative case studies for three village communities. Methodology for the study is based on Participatory Action Research approaches (Kemmis et al., 2000), where the research process has contributed to community action. The Sustainable Livelihood approach forms an important foundation of this research. A conceptual framework adapted from the original Sustainable Livelihood Framework (Scoones, 1998), to include Complex Systems Thinking (Holling, et al., 1995, Kay, et al., 1999) was used to analyze case studies in two communities of Orissa, India. Informed by results in the first two case communities, the same framework was used to develop a livelihood strategy based on Village Level Biodiesel (VLB), in a third cluster of villages also in Orissa. Three additional inclusions are proposed as a result of the research, to address some gaps in the original framework. These are the concepts of (1) Entitlements (Leach, et al., 1997) to understand power structures, (2) Adaptation Continuum (McGray 2007) to include issues of climate impacts and (3) Rural Livelihood System (Hogger, 2004) as a complex whole relating the inner reality of the farmer to the outer reality of a swiftly globalizing world. Resilience of livelihoods was identified as a key outcome parameter. Three main considerations for assessing sustainability and resilience of livelihoods, as defined by this research are (1) potential for livelihood diversity and intensity, (2) connectedness of the institutions involved in the decision making process, and (3) adaptation – that is resilience of livelihoods in terms of their capacity to resist drivers of vulnerability and confront impacts of climate change. The VLB in Orissa approaches livelihood diversity and intensity through a three-pronged approach consisting of biodiesel fuelled livelihoods, sustainable agriculture and local value addition. Careful attention is given to the specifics of the context in designing the VLB, thus enhancing the adaptive capacity of the technology. In the context of India, with the devolution of power to the local level, the Gram Sabha, or the village governing council, has political powers and the ability to negotiate with the State because of the authority vested in it by the 73rd amendment to the Constitution of India, and can additionally regulate the market at the local level. Leveraging the powers of this entity may provide the VLB with the needed impetus to replicate and move beyond pilot implementations. Obstacles in the implementation and strategies to overcome these have been identified. The challenge to future research and action is to span regional, national and global levels to influence policy makers to take cognizance of and promote the VLB as a viable development alternative to agro-industrial models designed to generate transport fuel.

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The Stolpersteine memorial art project commemorates individual Holocaust victims by placing small brass plates outside the last known place they freely lived or worked. To date around 70,000 of these ‘stones’ have been laid across 24 countries, making it the largest decentralised monument in the world. The work grows by virtue of community action from relatives, neighbours and activists. This paper examines how the memorial form functions in a specific context. An ‘unofficial' version has been running in Vienna since 2005, termed Stones of Remembrance. It shares key characteristics with Stolpersteine but the approach in the Austrian capital is distinctly different, with local interpretations. This case study into the Vienna experience investigates public response to these stones drawing on research material that includes interviews with specific stakeholders and the general public who encounter them on a day to day basis. It highlights Austria’s role in the Holocaust, and struggle to belatedly come to terms with its complicity in what happened on local streets. Key questions are whether placing history at a neighbourhood level engages the public more actively than centralised state actions? How do people understand and engage with these pieces and are they effective sites of memory, reflection or imagining? Public response in Vienna suggests that memorial stones might be valuable communication tools not only for remembering the past, but for the present too - as reminders of past abuses that can serve as warnings for the future. As an example of a participatory approach to memory work Stones of Remembrance / Stolpersteine can have relevance as a communication for development and social change tool, with potential application in other post conflict contexts.

Since the early 2000s, the city of Paris has launched several greening initiatives with the scope of, among many, strengthening its green infrastructure (henceforth, GI). With the support of the municipality, citizens actively participate in this transformation, for instance by reactivating and managing former wasteland sites, making the streets blossom, covering walls and roofs with plants and creating new micro-ecosystems. But what is their impact? Citizens engaged in selected participatory initiatives along the local GI have been questioned and interviewed to find out more about their projects. Citizens - either alone, in small groups, organised in local associations, start-ups or companies - act for different reasons and do not always know the concept of GI. Questionnaire respondents value their project first of all because it improves their living environment, but also because it facilitates reconnecting with nature and promotes biodiversity. However, their actions are not coordinated as to effectively reinforce GI. In other words, people’s projects spread everywhere and not particularly where they are most needed. Through the revision of local planning and policy documents, as well as interviews with key actors, this work also highlights contradictions between definition, strategies, maps and meanings of the GI in Paris. Some recommendations are provided to expand the ecological and public GI of today into a veritable multifunctional GI through multidisciplinary and participatory approaches. / Sedan början av 2000-talet har staden Paris startat flera grönskande initiativ med syfte attbland annat återinföra naturen i staden och stärka dess gröna infrastruktur (GI). Med kommunens stöd deltar medborgarna aktivt i denna omvandling, till exempel genom att återaktivera och gemensamt sköta tidigare ödemarker, få gatorna att blomma, täcka väggar och tak med växter och skapa nya mikroekosystem. Men vad är deras inverkan? Medborgare som deltar i utvalda deltagande initiativ längs den lokala GI har utfrågats och intervjuats för att ta reda på mer om sina projekt. Medborgare - antingen ensamma, i små grupper, organiserade i lokala föreningar, nystartade företag eller företag - agerar av olika skäl och känner inte alltid till begreppet grön infrastruktur. De som svarar på frågeformuläret värderar först sitt projekt eftersom det förbättrar deras livsmiljö, men också för att det underlättar återanslutning med naturen och främjar biologisk mångfald. Men deras handlingar samordnas inte för att effektivt stärka GI, eller delar av det. Med andra ord, människor som grönar projekt sprids överallt och inte särskilt där de behövs mest. Genom översynen av lokala planerings- och policydokument, samt intervjuer med nyckelaktörer, belyser detta arbete också motsägelser mellan GI-definition, strategier, kartor och betydelser. Vissa rekommendationer tillhandahålls för att utöka dagens ekologiska och offentliga GI till en verifierbar multifunktionell GI genom multidisciplinära och deltagande strategier. / Depuis le début des années 2000, la ville de Paris a lancé plusieurs initiatives de végétalisation pour réintroduire la nature dans la ville et renforcer ses trames vertes et bleues (TVB). Avec le soutien de la municipalité, les citoyens participent activement à cette transformation, par exemple en réactivant et en gérant d’anciennes friches, en faisant fleurir les rues, en recouvrant les murs et les toits de végétaux et en créant de nouveaux microécosystèmes. Mais quel est leur impact ? Les citoyens engagés dans des initiatives participatives sélectionnées le long de la TVB locale ont été interrogés et interviewés pour en savoir plus sur leurs projets. Les citoyens - seuls, en petits groupes, organisés en associations locales, start-up ou entreprises - agissent pour des raisons différentes et ne connaissent pas toujours le concept de TVB. Les répondants au questionnaire valorisent d’abord leur projet parce qu’il améliore leur cadre de vie, mais aussi parce qu’il facilite la reconnexion avec la nature et favorise la biodiversité. Cependant, leurs actions ne sont pas coordonnées pour renforcer efficacement les TVB. En d’autres termes, les projets de végétalisation des citoyens se répandent partout et pas particulièrement là où ils sont les plus nécessaires. À travers l’analyse des documents de planification locaux, ainsi que des entretiens avec des acteurs clés, ce travail met également en évidence les contradictions entre la définition, les stratégies, les cartes et les significations des TVB. Quelques recommandations sont formulées pour faire de la TVB écologique et publique d’aujourd’hui une véritable TVB multifonctionnelle à travers des approches multidisciplinaires et participatives.