The aim of this dissertation, titled "Multilateralism in discourse: USA, EU and Japan" is to pinpoint differences in perceptions of basic policy concepts across various intellectual traditions. The dissertation is based in the presumption that cultural,intellectual and language context are inseparable parts of our perception of reality and terms, through which we describe it. For the interpretation of these cultural differences, the thesis chose three actors with different cultural, historical and language traditions. In their respective discourses, the thesis interpreted the perception of a basic term of international relations - multilateralism. The discursive perception of multilateralism was connected to a theoretical typology of motivation for the priority for multilateralism over other forms of foreign policy behavior - instrumental, moral and social. This typology was tested against the interpretation of multilateralism on two case studies: the War on Terror and the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. By doing so, the thesis found out that although there is a single shared definition of multilateralism, individual perceptions on the concept's value and role are significantly differing. The United States prefer instrumental logic, the European Union prefers moral logic and Japan oscillates between...

Halfway into its third decade, the debate surrounding the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis has stalled with political economists and socio-ecologists ascendant and modernization theorists scrambling to give their apparently moribund perspective new life. But beyond the rise and fall of the EKC, there remains a second-order question and decades of data: how do the theoretical perspectives of these contenders shape what their protagonists do and don't see? How have they mistaken episodes of "talking past each other" for genuine dialogue? Which perspective has had the biggest impact on the other’s way of thinking? A qualitative and quantitative analysis compares the top-ranking journals in economics with interdisciplinary journals of environmental economics revealing a categorical divergence in the types of critical thought deployed in the EKC debate over an almost 15 year period. The few articles appearing in the top ranking economic journals systematically fail to grasp the fundamentals of ecology which is evident in both their measurements and conclusions. I offer an abridged discussion of the critiques socio-ecology presents contemporary economics as what, in Kuhnian terminology, may well be described as a discipline in the crisis moment of a paradigm shift in no particular direction. I then conclude by siding with Habermas and Adorno against Popper's ideologically impoverished “falsifactionism”: progress in science depends as much on a theory of ideological critique as it does on the acquisition of technical knowledge. My intent has been to argue that ideological critique is empirically possible as the history of thought.

教育行政學興起於十九世紀末。本世紀初教育行政學處於規範時期，其理論與實踐皆以其他領域（管理學、行政學）之常識做為基礎。二次世界大戰後，以邏輯實證論為理念基礎的理論運動(theory movement)如火如荼地展開，其目的在建立系統性與普遍性的原理原則，並將行政中之主觀成分（價值、倫理）排除。1970年代開始，科學哲學中之後實證論觀點波及教育行政研究，使得其原有的方法論格局產生了極大的變化。尤其是Greenfield、Bates、Hodgkinson等人所提出的批判性觀點，使整個教育行政領域開始對行政科學化的方法論進行大幅度反省與修正，也造成教育行政方法論由原來的單一典範時期轉入多元典範時期。 本研究之主要目的在於對教育行政方法論之典範變遷之歷史發展進行檢視，以進一步瞭解一些大型典範（包括實證論、後實證論、與後現代主義等）對教育行政理論發展影響之實際情形，並從各典範間之對話與爭辯中對當前教育行政研究發展上的問題加以論述與分析。研究過程採用了文獻分析法、歷史研究法與批判性觀點來達成研究目的。 本研究之主要發現有以下幾點： 一、實證典範至今仍然是教育行政研究最具影響力、最為普遍被使用的研究典範，多元典範的觀念尚有待進一步的推動與落實； 二、雖然大部分學者抨擊邏輯實證論的科學化主張，但大致上同意其對教育行政理論發展有一定之貢獻； 三、教育行政方法論的爭辯中，學者們偏向同意典範的多元並存而非相互替代； 四、對於後現代主義方法論，教育行政學者多採取了保留的態度； 五、教育行政研究範圍愈趨複雜而多元，研究方法則逐漸傾向於使用質化方法； 六、教育行政學術發展有賴於專業團體的積極推動； 七、過去的研究由於過份強調客觀性，忽視倫理與價值的研究面向； 八、過去的教育行政理論忽略了技藝層面、以及理論與實務的結合； 依以上之研究發現，本文提出以下建議做為台灣地區未來教育行政研究發展的參考： 一、在方法論發展方面，研究者應多瞭解最新的方法論發展趨勢並相互接納不同觀點； 二、在研究方法使用方面，應尊重不同方法的使用，避免再陷入一元主義的巢臼； 三、在教育行政學術發展方面，應積極推動與發揮學術性組織的功能； 四、關於理論發展的傳播方面，應定期舉辦關於教育行政學術的座談會，並落實學術刊物的定期發行； 五、在研究資料與事務的整合上，應成立具全國性質的教育研究專責研究單位； 六、在研究取向方面，應重視倫理、價值、與技藝層面的研究； 七、在研究態度方面，應放棄彼此成見，注重國內外學術的交流； 八、關於未來研究方面，研究者也提供了五點看法作為未來研究的參考。 / At the beginning of the 20th century, educational administration had just begun to emerge as a recognizable discipline and was therefore in a sort of "prescriptive era." After World War II, the theory movement which was based on the foundation of Logic Positivism started with great swiftness. The movement aimed to establish general and systematic rules for the administration practices, while excluding the subjective elements (values and ethics) of educational administration research. In 1970, the philosophy of science shifts to the postpositivism era and begins to rapidly influence the research of educational administration, thus greatly altering the original methodology. Greenfield, Bates, and Hodgkinson, the key scholars of this movement, criticize the scientific view, and hence influence educational administration methodology away from the dominant positivistic era and into the multi-paradigm era. The purpose of this study is to explore the historical development of paradigm shifts in educational administration methodology, and to explain how the paradigms (including positivism, postpositivism, and postmodernism) have influenced the theory development of education administration. Using the paradigm debates as a main source, this study will reveal the problematic issue of theory development of educational administration and then analyze the problematic issue of contemporarily studies in educational administration. The methods of this study consist primarily of documentary analysis, historical approach, as well as critical analysis. The major findings of this study include: 1. Logic Positivism is still the most influential paradigm in educational administration research, the multi-paradigmatic view needs further enforcement. 2. Most scholars confirm that the scientific view in fact does contribute to the theory development of educational administration. 3. In contemporary paradigm debates, most scholars prefer theoretical pluralism to theory replacement. 4. Postmodernism is still an underdeveloped concept in educational administration research. 5. The range of research of educational administration has become more complicated, therefore leading to the growing popularity of the qualitative method. 6. The improvement of studies in educational administration is dependent on the professional committee's push. 7. The unavoidable dimensions of "values" and "ethics" have erroneously been neglected in previous research. 8. The "craft" dimension of educational administration and the thought of the inability to link together theory and practice, have been widely neglected in previous research. Based upon the previous discussion and analysis, several recommendations for improving the development of educational administration in Taiwan are made: 1. Latest methodological tendency should be known and different paradigms should be mutually adopted. 2. Different research methods should be respected, thus avoiding falling into the single methodology trap again. 3. Educational Administration professional organizations should come into effect and enforce the academic development. 4. There is a need for academic conferences to be held periodically, as well as the publication of periodicals in order to broadcast the newest theory development. 5. National College of Educational Research should be set up for data synthesis and the development of relevant research affairs. 6. Dimensions of "ethics", "values", and "craft" should be emphasized on. 7. National or international academic interaction should be encouraged and the biases of different groups should be eliminated. 8. Four recommendations are made for further research.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-01-06T16:43:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 antoniolopesdecarvalhofilho.pdf: 643860 bytes, checksum: 6fcfbeeb3d87bf7e9f5db968afb3cea4 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-02-02T11:49:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 antoniolopesdecarvalhofilho.pdf: 643860 bytes, checksum: 6fcfbeeb3d87bf7e9f5db968afb3cea4 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-02-02T11:49:31Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 antoniolopesdecarvalhofilho.pdf: 643860 bytes, checksum: 6fcfbeeb3d87bf7e9f5db968afb3cea4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-02T11:49:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 antoniolopesdecarvalhofilho.pdf: 643860 bytes, checksum: 6fcfbeeb3d87bf7e9f5db968afb3cea4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-30 / A presente dissertação tem como proposta compreender a problemática do contrato sob o paradigma pós-positivista. Nesse cenário contemporâneo, no qual a ordem jurídica incorporou em si valores morais eleitos pela sociedade, e no qual fora evidenciada a necessidade de se estender a eficácia dos direitos fundamentais também às relações privadas, seja em razão de sua multiplicação e pulverização, seja pela sua complexidade e potencialidade de causar danos à pessoa, torna-se imperioso repensar o fenômeno do contrato, em razão de que o seu objeto, as suas partes ou o modo como fora atingido o seu consenso poderão fazer com que essa eficácia se dê em maior ou menor grau. Também a Filosofia da Linguagem serviu como subsídio nessa empreitada, em razão de possibilitar ao intérprete o instrumental necessário para entender o contrato como um fenômeno de extensa riqueza significativa, no qual o arranjo de palavras em que se consubstancia pode conter muito mais do que a sua interpretação literal deixa transparecer. Por fim, concluiu-se que a interpretação de um contrato ultrapassa a sua compreensão como um instrumento de transação entre iguais, em razão de que a realidade encerra vetores que direcionarão a sua compreensão para um paradigma mais social ou mais liberal, a depender de suas peculiaridades. / The purpose of this work is to understand the problem of contracts under the postpositivism paradigm. In this contemporary scenario, in which the legal system has incorporated moral values as elected by society, and in which there is a need to extend the effectiveness of fundamental rights also to private relationships, whether due to its multiplications and spread or to its complexity and potential to cause harm to the person, it is imperative to rethink the Contract phenomenon, given that its object, its parts or the way its consensus was reached may cause this effectiveness to be a greater or lesser degree. Also, the Philosophy of Language served as a support in this endeavor, because it empowers the interpreter with the necessary instruments to understand the Contract as phenomenon of extensive and rich meaning in which the arrangement of words on which it is based may contain much more than its literal interpretation reveals. Finally, it was concluded that the interpretation of a Contract exceeds its understanding as a transaction instrument amongst equals, because reality contains vectors that guide its understanding towards a more social or more liberal paradigm, depending on its peculiarities.

Over the last two decades research into the notion of empowerment has been focused on the three primary dimensions of process, outcomes and environment within the contexts of the individual, community groups and business organisations. As a psychological attribute, empowerment at the individual level has been investigated significantly by such theorists as Rappaport (1995) and Zimmerman (2000). However, studies in this field neglect deep understanding of the reality of the individual's experiences of the empowerment process. Definitions within the literature refer to empowerment as being a process which occurs over time for the individual who is personally challenged to achieve power and control within his/her own life context by the application and reflection of learning new knowledge and skills. The purpose of this investigative case study is to examine the reality of the empowerment process as it occurs in the individual lives of a group of women who have actively participated in the learning environment of an investment club over a 2 year period in Brisbane. The three dimensions of empowerment support the structure of the study with the findings evidencing 'authentic empowerment' is achieved when the individual seeks to operate within the dual learning environments of the supportive group as well as the solo learning environment. The reality of individual authentic empowerment proved to be a continuum of experience dependent upon the individual's levels of motivation, energy, decision-making abilities, knowledge, risk taking, confidence, time and goals. Sustainability of empowerment related to the participant's level of active involvement in the dual learning environments while accepting complete responsibility for actions and consequences.

This paper shows a mismatch between a real and pressing demand for a philosophical analysis that allows us to explain the emergence of new phenomena in law, and the limited supply of theoretical tools to satisfy this demand by the traditional model of positivistic science of law. After an initial diagnosis of a mismatch between supply and demand, the resistance of legal positivism to accept practical rationality stands out as a core problem of the traditional model of positivistic science of law and the viability of this way of rationality is defended. The paper concludes with a proposal for the reinvention of the philosophy of law of the 21st century that incorporates new objectives and rethinks its method. / En este trabajo se constata un desajuste entre una demanda real y acuciante de un análisis filosófico que permita dar cuenta de la irrupción de nuevos fenómenos en el panorama del derecho y la limitada oferta de herramientas teóricas con que satisfacer esta demanda que aporta el modelo tradicional de ciencia positivista del derecho. Tras el diagnóstico inicial de desajuste entre la oferta y la demanda, se destaca como un problema medular del modelo tradicional de ciencia positivista del derecho su resistencia a asumir una racionalidad de tipo práctico y se defiende la viabilidad de esta forma de pensamiento. El trabajo concluye con una propuesta para la reinvención de la filosofía del derecho del siglo XXI, redefiniendo sus objetivos y replanteando su método.

O presente trabalho busca examinar, em perspectiva histórica, aspectos sociopolíticos e jurídicos relacionados à formação da Administração Pública no Brasil e às suas características, notadamente no que concerne ao processo de legitimação do exercício do poder pelo aparelho burocrático e ao seu potencial controle pelos cidadãos. Argumenta-se que, se por um lado tais características revelam a resistência de um modelo associado ao legado ibérico, de outro evidenciam uma peculiar e progressiva abertura ao controle democrático, especialmente após a redemocratização e a promulgação da Constituição Federal de 1988. Adotando o exercício do poder administrativo discricionário como categoria de análise, os aspectos inerentes ao processo de transformação daquele modelo são examinadas a partir de quatro eixos, a saber: a singular tensão entre Iberismo e Americanismo no Brasil; a renovação teórica acerca da democracia representativa e das perspectivas sobre o controle democrático; o pós-positivismo e sua potencial conexão com uma concepção responsiva do direito e, finalmente, a queda de velhos paradigmas de legitimação do exercício do poder discricionário estatal, em âmbito mundial, a partir dos anos 1980, o que teria dado ensejo ao crescimento e fortalecimento de um escrutínio pragmático e consequencialista das decisões discricionárias da administração pública também no Brasil. / This work intents to analyze, in a historical perspective, some sociopolitical and juridical traits of the Brazilian public administration formation and its associated characteristics, particularly those related to the legitimization process of the bureaucratic power exercise and its accountability by citizens. We shall argue that, if at the one side those characteristics testify the resilience of an original bureaucratic model, by the other they open some ways to a peculiar and progressive democratic accountability, specifically after the return of the democracy and the few years later adoption of a new Constitution in 1988. Taking the discretionary power as an analytical frame, the main traits related to the progressive transformation of the Iberian original administrative model are here analyzed under four major axes: the peculiar tension between Iberism and Americanism along Brazilian history; the theoretical renovation of the representative democracy and of the perspectives over democratic accountability; the post-positivism and its links with the transition toward responsive law and, finally, the fall down of the old paradigms that used to legitimate the exercise of discretionary powers, all over the occidental world, until the early 1980s, what brought and made grow up new promising kinds of pragmatic and democratic scrutiny over some States traditionally discretionary decisions in Brazil.

O presente trabalho busca examinar, em perspectiva histórica, aspectos sociopolíticos e jurídicos relacionados à formação da Administração Pública no Brasil e às suas características, notadamente no que concerne ao processo de legitimação do exercício do poder pelo aparelho burocrático e ao seu potencial controle pelos cidadãos. Argumenta-se que, se por um lado tais características revelam a resistência de um modelo associado ao legado ibérico, de outro evidenciam uma peculiar e progressiva abertura ao controle democrático, especialmente após a redemocratização e a promulgação da Constituição Federal de 1988. Adotando o exercício do poder administrativo discricionário como categoria de análise, os aspectos inerentes ao processo de transformação daquele modelo são examinadas a partir de quatro eixos, a saber: a singular tensão entre Iberismo e Americanismo no Brasil; a renovação teórica acerca da democracia representativa e das perspectivas sobre o controle democrático; o pós-positivismo e sua potencial conexão com uma concepção responsiva do direito e, finalmente, a queda de velhos paradigmas de legitimação do exercício do poder discricionário estatal, em âmbito mundial, a partir dos anos 1980, o que teria dado ensejo ao crescimento e fortalecimento de um escrutínio pragmático e consequencialista das decisões discricionárias da administração pública também no Brasil. / This work intents to analyze, in a historical perspective, some sociopolitical and juridical traits of the Brazilian public administration formation and its associated characteristics, particularly those related to the legitimization process of the bureaucratic power exercise and its accountability by citizens. We shall argue that, if at the one side those characteristics testify the resilience of an original bureaucratic model, by the other they open some ways to a peculiar and progressive democratic accountability, specifically after the return of the democracy and the few years later adoption of a new Constitution in 1988. Taking the discretionary power as an analytical frame, the main traits related to the progressive transformation of the Iberian original administrative model are here analyzed under four major axes: the peculiar tension between Iberism and Americanism along Brazilian history; the theoretical renovation of the representative democracy and of the perspectives over democratic accountability; the post-positivism and its links with the transition toward responsive law and, finally, the fall down of the old paradigms that used to legitimate the exercise of discretionary powers, all over the occidental world, until the early 1980s, what brought and made grow up new promising kinds of pragmatic and democratic scrutiny over some States traditionally discretionary decisions in Brazil.

公共行政在治理過程（process of governance）中應該居於何種地位與扮演什麼角色？其是否完全與政治無關，而且不負任何社會公義之價值議題的倡導責任？它應該如同市場取向的行政學者所言——追求小政府（minimal government），還是應該竭盡所能地回應社會的需求？公共行政人員應該著重專業技術，還是倫理思考？一九八○年代初期，六位美國維吉尼亞多元理工學院暨州立大學（Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University）的學者，有感於當時的行政學術之發展似乎無法釐清前述的課題，而新公共行政（New Public Administration）的主張並未能在實務上發揮作用，又鑑於當時一股貶責官僚（bureaucracy bashing）之風盛行。是以，他（她）們撰寫了一篇名為〈公共行政與治理過程：轉變政治對話〉（Public Administration and the Governance Process: Shifting the Political Dialogue）的文章。因為維吉尼亞州立大學的所在地名為黑堡，故該文亦被學者簡稱為黑堡宣言（Blacksburg Manifesto）。黑堡宣言試圖針對前述課題，提出一些規範性的主張，俾以解決當代公共行政所遭遇的學術與實務的雙重困境。該宣言認為重建公共行政在治理過程中的正當性，乃是化解危機的核心。 本論文研究的範圍不限於黑堡宣言一文，而是該宣言首席撰寫者Gary L. Wamsley所稱之黑堡觀點（Blacksburg Perspective）。所謂黑堡觀點，乃是以黑堡宣言為主軸，所發展出來的一系列的論述（discourse）。換言之，就是在黑堡宣言提出重建公共行政（refounding public administration）之主張後，陸續衍生的一些相關研究以及其中所提出的觀念。本論文希望探究：黑堡觀點針對上述課題所提供的論述為何？進而藉由認識論（epistemology）的分析，瞭解它立於何種哲學基礎之上，俾以達成所宣稱的境界？同時，也希望能夠檢視黑堡觀點本身的限制所在，提供後續相關研究的思考線索。最後，作者更嘗試提出一些補充性的見解，希望能在學術上有所貢獻。 基於上述的研究動機和目的，本論文的各章的鋪陳內容如下： 第一章緒論，說明本論文的研究動機與目的、基本概念界定、研究主題以及方法； 第二章黑堡觀點的內涵，將探討黑堡觀點在美國行政學術中的定位及其思想淵源，並還原黑堡宣言一文的重要主張，進而以黑堡觀點反思傳統的行政理論和新公共管理； 第三章黑堡觀點的認識論之分析，則分別探討其所蘊含的結構主義與後結構主義之色彩，進而提出前述兩種思維是否能夠共存的見解； 第四章民主行政的實踐，則是根據第二、三章的論述為基礎，進一步耙梳黑堡觀點之下的民主行政之內涵，包括公共行政參與治理的正當性、公共利益、公共對話、公民意識、公共行政人員等課題； 第五章結論，以前述的民主行政之實踐意涵，歸納黑堡點的特色及其在公共行政理念上的影響，並指出其理論的內在弔詭。然後，對照我國行政實務，試舉例說明黑堡觀點的啟發。最後，指出本論文的研究限制以及作者對後續研究的建議。 本論文的特色在於，超越相關的研究，針對黑堡觀點的認識論進行分析，此實為一種開創性的研究。抑有進者，作者認為本論文應能夠產生如后的貢獻： 第一，提供不同於時下流行之管理途徑的觀點，刺激學界思索其它的研究途徑； 第二，為後續有興趣於此一途徑的研究者，奠定初步的基礎，至少本論文在理論耙梳和認識論的分析方面，應該有所助益； 第三，作者提出對於黑堡觀點之內在弔詭的反省，以及從實務的角度思考黑堡觀點的實踐意涵，希望能夠做為後續研究的線索和方向。 第一章 緒 論••••••••••••••••••••••••1 第一節 研究動機•••••••••••••••••1 第二節 研究目的•••••••••••••••••3 第三節 基本概念的界定••••••••••••••4 第四節 研究主題與方法••••••••••••••16 第二章 黑堡觀點的內涵••••••••••••••••••23 第一節 黑堡觀點的興起及其與新公共行政的關係•••25 第二節 黑堡宣言的主張••••••••••••••44 第三節 以黑堡觀點反思傳統的行政理論•••••••61 第四節 以黑堡觀點反思新公共管理•••••••••83 第三章 黑堡觀點的認識論之分析••••••••••••117 第一節 黑堡觀點的結構主義色彩••••••••••118 第二節 黑堡觀點的後結構主義傾向•••••••••151 第三節 結構主義與後結構主義的共容性之探討••••187 第四章 黑堡觀點之民主行政的實踐••••••••••••197 第一節 公共行政參與治理的正當性•••••••••198 第二節 公共利益•••••••••••••••••218 第三節 公共對話•••••••••••••••••251 第四節 公民意識•••••••••••••••••275 第五節 公共行政人員•••••••••••••••293 第五章 結 論•••••••••••••••••••••••317 第一節 黑堡觀點的特色及其影響••••••••••317 第二節 黑堡觀點的內在弔詭與限制•••••••••326 第三節 黑堡觀點對我國行政實務的啟發•••••••334 第四節 本論文的研究限制與對後續研究的建議••••355 參考資料••••••••••••••••••••••••••361 / This thesis concerned about the legitimacy of public administration in the process of governance. Since administrative management and behavioralism rise the efficiency became the subject matter in public administration. However, Blacksburg Manifesto reminds us the public administration can not be equal with management and efficiency are not public administration's only value. So, the author of this thesis is interested in Blacksburg Perspective's refounding public administration. This study includes Blacksburg Perspective's discourse about public administration and these discourses' epistemology. Firstly, the author summarizes Blacksburg Manifesto and induces characters of the Manifesto. Secondly, he criticizes traditional public management and new public management bases on the Blacksburg Perspective. Thirdly, to analyze the epistemology of Blacksburg Perspective includes structuralism and poststructuralism. Fourthly, this study introduces the implications of democratic public administration of Blacksburg Perspective. Fifthly, the author bases on Blacksburg Perspective rethink administrative practice in his country. Finally, to examine theoretical paradoxes of Blacksburg Perspective. The Author hopes this study is helpful for students are interested in this relative field about democratic public administration and by this thesis we can think about how to refound the legitimacy of public administration in process of governance.

This dissertation aims to demonstrate how the expansion of instructive powers of the judge, under the collective process, is an appropriate mechanism to densify access to the legal system, calling it the attributes of equity and effectiveness. To give support to this proposal, it is through the theoretical contributions of post-positivism as a promising paradigm proper legal foundation, through the legal argument at the time that it reveals an instrument of control and improvement of judicial decisions. On the other hand, the proposal places the collective protection in the second renewals wave of civil procedure, describing the extra-legal obstacles to access to jurisdiction and analyzes the constitutional postulate in its material dimension, pointing out the risk of its sacredness and its negative impact on the protection of collective goods. The collective process is raised to the status of an autonomous branch of the civil process, composing a microsystem endowed with natural principles. When entering your analysis describes its social and political relevance, underlying having a society permeated by massed relations. As a theoretical reference the expansion of instructive powers leaned over the device and inquisitorial systems. This polarization emerges a discussion of the role of the judiciary. We propose a new perspective of judicial action, more dynamic and embedded in the social environment that surrounds it, a position aligned with the publicist view of the process. In this context it works with a new process model, cooperative, a convergent analysis with collective protection, enhancing its democratic foundation and its contribution to the delivery of a fair and appropriate remedy. The powers are described in kind, highlighting the paradigms in consumeristas and environmental labors. The right to trial was submitted to a constitutional reading to support their investment and modulation inspired by the nature of the legal interests at stake. The theory of dynamic distribution is presented as strengthening the judicial action in favor of the effectiveness of collective action. They are faced limits to this outburst, with the goals of the constitutional process principles. Given these assumptions, the outlook point-of attracting organized civil society to make use of collective actions, from the strengthening of judicial functions aimed to eradicate the barriers of access to the differentiated protection. / A presente dissertação objetiva demonstrar como a dilatação dos poderes instrutórios do julgador, no âmbito do processo coletivo, é um mecanismo adequado a densificar o acesso à ordem jurídica, qualificando-a pelos atributos da equidade e efetividade. Para dar sustentação a essa proposta, recorre-se aos aportes teóricos do Pós-positivismo como um paradigma promissor a adequada fundamentação judicial, por meio da argumentação jurídica, ao tempo em que se revela um instrumento de controle e aperfeiçoamento das decisões judiciais. Por outro lado, a proposta situa a tutela coletiva na segunda onda renovatória do processo civil, descrevendo os obstáculos extrajurídicos do acesso à jurisdição e analisa o postulado constitucional em sua dimensão material, apontando o risco de sua sacralização e seu impacto negativo sobre a tutela dos bens coletivos. O processo coletivo é alçado à condição de um ramo autônomo do processo civil, compondo um microssistema dotado de princípios singulares. Ao ingressar em sua análise descreve-se sua relevância social e política, tendo subjacente uma sociedade permeada por relações massificadas. Como referencial teórico a ampliação dos poderes instrutórios debruçou-se sobre os sistemas dispositivo e inquisitivo. Dessa polarização emerge uma discussão sobre o papel do Poder Judiciário. Propõe-se uma nova perspectiva de atuação judicial, mais dinâmica e inserida no ambiente social que o circunda, numa posição alinhada à visão publicista do processo. Neste contexto trabalha-se com um novo modelo processual, cooperativo, numa análise convergente com a tutela coletiva, realçando seu fundamento democrático e sua contribuição para a entrega de uma tutela jurisdicional justa e adequada. São descritos os poderes em espécie, realçando os paradigmas nas lides consumeristas e ambientais. O direito à prova foi submetido a uma leitura constitucional para embasar a sua inversão e modulação inspiradas na natureza dos bens jurídicos em disputa. A teoria da distribuição dinâmica é apresentada como reforço a atuação judicial em prol da efetividade das ações coletivas. São enfrentados os limites a este assomo, tendo como balizas os princípios constitucionais do processo. Diante destas premissas, apontam-se as perspectivas de atrair a sociedade civil organizada para que faça uso das ações coletivas, a partir do fortalecimento das funções judiciais vocacionadas a debelar as barreiras de acesso a essa tutela diferenciada.