This project is an extended case study design investigating the mentoring programme of Kids Company, an innovative and controversial organisation that closed during fieldwork. The study considers the programme both as a case of the larger category of ‘youth mentoring' as well as a case in itself – of a unique and situated intervention. Methods employed included participant observation and interviews with professional staff, as well as the analysis of a sample of mentoring records documenting the one-year relationship of six mentoring pairs from the perspective of the mentor. Plans to interview mentoring pairs were curtailed by the unexpected demise of the organisation, but the data set includes interviews with five new mentors and mentees. The project has developed from a collaborative studentship aimed at understanding the mentoring programme, to include a post mortem of an organisation in crisis. Thus, documentation by and about Kids Company during this very public downfall also forms part of the data set. The thesis organises its findings into three chapters with insights on the model of mentoring employed by Kids Company and the reliance of popularised ideas from attachment theory and neuroscience; insights into the mentoring relationships themselves, including the value of a middle stage of everyday ‘being there'; and critical insights into how Kids Company's approach to young people and communities simultaneously takes on representations of race and class, yet elides them. The thesis draws together critical social policy and childhood studies literature on the history of child saving interventions and representations of the child in need within society, and psychology literature on youth mentoring initiatives, in order to make the argument that mentoring must be understood as an intervention situated in time and place. The messiness, complexity, and variety of youth mentoring experiences needs to be recognised. Nevertheless, youth mentoring also has potential to be powerful and productive for all involved and the thesis reflects on both the strengths and weaknesses of the Kids Company approach to make suggestions for good practice.

What does it mean to be an adult? What makes a person an adult? How have the circumstances of the lives of the six young women in my study shaped their understanding and perceptions of adulthood? These are the research questions at the heart of this thesis. I wanted to know more about the experiences of the young women that I worked with as a carer at a residential centre for young people with epilepsy and the influences that their experiences have had on how they perceive the world. This thesis begins with a puzzle in the form of fictional fieldnotes and concludes with an obligation. It charts the journey of the research from origins in a particular cultural setting to its conclusion as the beginning for the next stage, providing an opening chapter for the work that will grow from this study. The puzzle at the beginning of this thesis relates to the neurological functioning of a young woman, Evie (21). As soon revealed, Evie is a fictional character whose story has been told to represent themes from the research. Telling her story was also a way to use ‘writing as a method of inquiry' (Richardson, 2003). The methodological approach taken in this research sits within a phenomenological tradition by way of its modern guise as Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) as developed primarily by Jonathan Smith, Paul Flowers and Michael Larkin. The use of this methodology reflects a concern with the meaning my participants take from their experiences (Smith et al. 2009). I focused on the transition to adulthood as this was the ‘common phenomenon' that my participants seemed to hold as a central concern in their lives. Five themes emerged from the analysis: · Alcohol = Adulthood · Adulthood is - independence · Adulthood is - domestic competence · Adulthood is - a ‘code of behaviour' · Adulthood is - an achievement The findings from the phenomenological analysis have been juxtaposed with an account of the research findings written as ethnographic fiction. ‘Evie/I' is a story that includes reflections on the relationships I have had with young people in my care and the one which developed when I took on a researcher identity. It relates how knowledge of past histories shaped how I interpreted what the participants in my study revealed to me and the development of a reflexive stance as a researcher. It is my intention that the juxtaposition of these related but different accounts of the findings should enhance the reader's understanding of both. Central to this thesis are Bourdieu's concepts of species of capital, habitus and field theory and they have been used as a theoretical framework. A conceptual model has been created to map the themes developed as they fit into the ‘code of behaviour' my participants seem hold central to the achievement of adult status. The epilepsy centre where this research was conducted is a ‘field' with certain characteristics. This has been considered in relation to the ‘habitus' my participants have developed as young women in this particular situation. Feminist theory has also influenced the way in which this research was conducted. Research relating to people with epilepsy seldom includes the voices of those with the condition and qualitative research approaches are relatively scarce (Andermann, 2000). The young women in this study also have learning disabilities and this factor likewise lessens the likelihood that their views will be represented in the research literature (Walmsley, 2001; Atkinson, 2005). The rationale behind the research relates to the need to address this omission. The obligation that concludes this thesis concerns the need for further research that includes the perceptions and voices of young people such as those in my study.

In conceptualising the new visibility of postsecular social work this thesis develops alternative perspectives to former secular, liberal and neoliberal hegemonies within the profession. Firstly secularism is considered as compromising deliberative and participatory democracy by inhibiting religious citizenship within the public sphere and in response the new visibility of postsecular social work incorporates the inclusion of religious perspectives into social welfare considerations with particular reference to faith based social action. Secondly liberalism is observed as perpetuating the marginalisation of religion, tolerated merely as a personal lifestyle choice, from public legitimacy and the new visibility of postsecular social work therefore recognises the contribution of public religion to addressing social welfare concerns in challenging this marginalisation. Thirdly neoliberalism is critiqued as an outcome of the marginalisation of religion from the public sphere by both secularism and liberalism and accordingly the new visibility of postsecular social work engages with political economy in the interests of social welfare and social justice. Resultantly the new visibility of postsecular social work affirms faith and reason as integral to public religion which is indicative of a new politics of social work that develops postsecular, post-liberal and postneoliberal perspectives through the reconfiguration of Christian socialism.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Luciana Meira dos Santos Nunes - 2014.pdf: 11883681 bytes, checksum: c51ca3cbb97953bd8228e2c3c8e7a051 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-04 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás - FAPEG / The city´s increase demands a transformations of urban space and the unplanned occupation produces many problems to population, Therefore, the urban planning and its implantation is essential to organize and, consequently, offer better condition of living. The Urban Geography seek to understand, analyze and explain the differences and similarity between the cities, as well as localization and modern pattern establishment on academician discussion. Different spatial settlement is forming on housing section, specifically in Brasilia, Distrito Federal. The dwelling represents something widely discussed in this context. The architectural structure of the houses, your localization toward the downtown, the housing market, and effective housing scheme since 2003 means the way to organize and transform the urban space. Brasilia, as a planned city, symbolizes on the economical and spatial context an island that separates the population of Distrito Federal (DF) on different Administrative Zones (Regiões Administrativas) according with socioeconomic criterions. The institutionalized planning benefits in many ways people, according with theirs social class. So the current housing political perpetuate the way of the city´s organization, offering the best home´s frame and the best services and urban equipment on the Administrative Zones next to the downtown, where is organized by the spending power of the people who lives there. On the federal program “Minha Casa, Minha Vida” were installed the first private and public association on housing development, resulting on the planning borough Jardins Mangueiral, located at São Sebastião (DF). This borough was related on related on experience survey, considering the area expected on Plano Diretor de Ordenamento Territorial do Distrito Federal, 2009. The methodological procedure adopted on this activity accomplishment the theoretical research, the documental research and the study field surveys with data acquisition about demographic and socioeconomic features of population living on the borough and the law established on the housing program. The main objective is to understand the relationship between urban planning, housing policies and private and public association in the construction of planning borough for different socioeconomic classes in the Distrito Federal. The study field survey was made on 2014. The data collection instrument was: participant observation, photographic records and a questionnaire applied to a hundred residents of Jardins Mangueiral. The procedures adopted for collecting, analyzing, organizing and interpretation of data beheld the proposed objectives, to discuss: a) the socio-spatial segregation in Distrito Federal; the relationship between the planned boroughs as a means of production and the occupation and transformation of urban space; b) to describe the socioeconomic changes that are occurring in São Sebastião (DF), with the construction of the new Borough and c) to point out the positive and negative aspects that characterize the Jardins Mangueiral, showing the desires of the local population, which, in spite of living in a planned residential borough, needs basic services and urban facilities in daily life. In the field of the Geography, the relevance of the research involves the analysis to understand the processes related to production of urban space linking the public housing policies, the urban planning and the new private and public associations in the housing sector, and associate these policies with the socio-spatial segregation brought in the Distrito Federal. / O crescimento das cidades requer a transformação do espaço urbano e a ocupação desordenada gera problemas diversos para população. É essencial que haja, portanto, o planejamento urbano e a sua implantação para organizar e, consequentemente, oferecer melhores condições de vida. A Geografia Urbana, no debate acadêmico, busca compreender, analisar e explicar as diferenças e semelhanças entre as cidades, assim como a localização e o estabelecimento dos padrões contemporâneos. Diferentes arranjos espaciais se formam na constituição de setores habitacionais, especificamente em Brasília, no Distrito Federal. A moradia, nesse contexto, representa uma temática amplamente discutida. A estrutura arquitetônica das casas, sua localização com relação ao centro da cidade, o mercado imobiliário e as políticas habitacionais, vigentes desde 2003, representam a forma de organizar e transformar o espaço urbano. No contexto espacial e econômico, Brasília, enquanto cidade planejada, representa uma ilha que segrega a população do Distrito Federal (DF) em diferentes Regiões Administrativas, segundo critérios socioeconômicos. O planejamento instituído beneficia de diferentes maneiras as pessoas, de acordo com a classe social à qual pertencem. Assim sendo, as atuais políticas habitacionais perpetuam a forma de organização da cidade, oferecendo melhores estruturas dos imóveis e melhores serviços e equipamentos urbanos nas Regiões Administrativas mais próximas do Plano Piloto, tendo como base para organizar a cidade o poder aquisitivo da população que nela reside. No contexto do Programa Federal “Minha Casa, Minha Vida”, instituiu-se no Distrito Federal a primeira parceria público-privada no setor habitacional, a qual resultou na construção do bairro planejado Jardins Mangueiral, localizado na Região Administrativa de São Sebastião (DF). O bairro foi tomado como base empírica desta pesquisa, considerando-o como área prevista no Plano Diretor de Ordenamento Territorial do Distrito Federal de 2009. Foram adotados como procedimentos metodológicos na execução desse trabalho: pesquisa teórica, pesquisa documental e pesquisa de campo, com coleta de dados acerca das características demográficas e socioeconômicas da população que reside no bairro e sobre as normas legais que instituíram o programa habitacional. O objetivo central é compreender a relação entre planejamento urbano, políticas habitacionais e parceria público-privada na construção de bairros planejados destinados a diferentes classes socioeconômicas no Distrito Federal. A pesquisa de campo foi realizada em 2014. Os instrumentos de coleta de dados foram: observação participante, registro fotográfico e aplicação de 100 questionários com os proprietários moradores do bairro Jardins Mangueiral. Os procedimentos adotados na coleta, análise, sistematização e interpretação dos dados contemplaram os objetivos propostos, ao se discutir: a) a segregação socioespacial no Distrito Federal; a relação entre os bairros planejados como meio de produção e a ocupação e transformação do espaço urbano; b) ao descrever as transformações socioeconômicas que estão ocorrendo em São Sebastião (DF), com a construção do novo bairro e c) ao apontar os aspectos positivos e negativos que caracterizam o Jardins Mangueiral, mostrando os anseios da população local, que, apesar de habitar em um bairro residencial planejado, carece de serviços e equipamentos urbanos básicos no cotidiano. Para geografia, a relevância da pesquisa envolve as análises para compreensão dos processos relacionados a produção do espaço urbano interligando as políticas públicas habitacionais, o planejamento urbano e a nova parceria público-privada no setor de habitações, bem como associar tais políticas com a segregação socioespacial interposta no Distrito Federal.

Nongovernmental actors have long been involved in the funding of U.S. K-12 public schools. With recent cuts to state funding to public education, however, groups called school-supporting nonprofits (Nelson & Gazley, 2014) have taken on a much larger role in school funding. Nonacademic, volunteer, parent-led groups such as parent teacher associations (PTAs), parent teacher organizations (PTOs), and booster clubs, especially, have grown in number and in amount of revenues raised, and are funding core school needs and functions. This situation confuses obligations of public institutions, undermines equity, and complicates the role of educational leaders. This mixed-methods study explores the influence of school-supporting non-profit organizations (SSNPs), in the suburban districts in the Richmond, VA quad-county metropolitan area. The focus of the current study is on the intersection of student economic disadvantage and race/ethnicity with the presence and types of SSNPs, their volunteer capacity and activities, and their financial capacity and impact. This study further examines why and how SSNPs exist as they do and how educational and nonprofit leaders manage their roles. Results show meaningful differences between groups in almost every variable, showing socioeconomic and racial disparities exacerbated by parent-led SSNP organizations. SSNPs at the most affluent schools with the most White and Asian students justify their work by touting the benefits to SSNP members’ children, explaining that the raising of funds and providing of volunteer staffing is both a virtuous activity and needed for the schools they support to function. Educational leaders must share power with these groups. This phenomenon raises questions about the purpose of SSNPs as civic and nonprofit organizations, exacerbates already inequitable availability of educational opportunities and resources across schools, and threatens the public nature of public education. While many policy remedies for this problem exist, a priority is more public revenues and funding of public schools.

This thesis analyses how societal adaptation processes in public and private sectors at the regional to local level in Sweden are enacted. The thesis pays particular attention to critical factors that constrain or enable adaptation by focussing on: who are the stakeholders, how do different stakeholders perceive their capacity to adapt, and the role of stakeholder interaction in facilitating adaptation processes A combination of two analytical perspectives is used where one is based on key concepts within adaptation literature, and the other draws on boundary crossing and transdisciplinary knowledge production (stakeholders, adaptive capacity, and science-based stakeholder dialogues). The study is conducted within the scope of two overall case studies of local adaptation processes within an urban region, and a land-use based sector, the private forestry sector. The cases are setting the scene for the collection of empirical material which is achieved through qualitative methods, primarily focus groups discussions with local and regional, public and private stakeholders with an interest in, and responsibility for adaptation. The focus groups meetings are organized as a series of meetings to which different participatory techniques are applied. The study also builds on a comprehensive stakeholder mapping. First, the results suggest a systematic method for identifying stakeholders in adaptation research, policy, and planning applicable in both sectors and regions that combines top-down knowledge with experience and knowledge based on bottom-up processes. Second, the analysis of perceived adaptive capacities reveal several facilitating and constraining factors that relates both to the characteristics of climate risks, experience of climate variability and extreme weather events, and responsibility- and decision-making structures. Third, the analysis of the interaction between local experts and scientists show that there is potential for the boundary spanning function of science-based stakeholder dialogues in facilitating adaptation through stimulating questions and sharing different knowledge bases and experiences among the participants. However further attention needs to be taken to the institutional environment and the role of so called anchoring devices that help local experts to contextualise, discus and thus anchor scientific knowledge in their own decision-making context. In conclusion, there are both commonalities between adaptation processes in the two case studies and some marked differences, e.g., regarding the concept of adaptation, what type of adaptation actions that are identified, the perceived opportunities for adaptation and degree of complexity. / Denna avhandling analyserar hur klimatanpassningsprocesser inom privata och offentliga sektorer på regional till lokal nivå i Sverige initieras, utvecklas och genomförs. Avhandlingen ägnar särskild uppmärksamhet åt identifiering av vilka intressenter (”stakeholders”) som är involverade i att underlätta och genomföra anpassning, uppfattningar om anpassningsförmåga samt vilken roll interaktion mellan olika intressenter kan ha för att underlätta anpassning. En kombination av två analytiska perspektiv används som bygger på tidigare forskning om klimatanpassningsprocesser samt transdisciplinär kunskapsproduktion. Studien genomförs inom ramen för två övergripande fallstudier av anpassningsprocesser i en urban region samt den privata skogssektorn. Fallstudierna utgör grunden för insamlingen av det empiriska materialet som bygger på kvalitativa metoder. Den främsta metoden är fokusgruppsdiskussioner med lokala och regionala, privata och offentliga aktörer med intresse av, eller ansvar för klimatanpassning. Fokusgrupperna organiseras som en serie möten där olika deltagandetekniker tillämpas. Studien bygger också på en omfattande intressentkartläggning. I avhandlingen utvecklas och ges förslag på en stegvis metod för att identifiera intressenter för anpassningsprocesser som kan användas inom forskning och praktik. Studien analyserar också hur olika intressentgrupper upplever förmågan att hantera klimatförändringar. Ett antal möjliggörande och begränsande faktorer identifieras så som karaktären på de upplevda klimatriskerna, erfarenhet av klimatvariationer och extrema väderhändelser, samt ansvar- och beslutsstrukturer. Slutligen, analyseras om och i så fall hur interaktionen mellan lokala experter och forskare som deltar i intressantdialoger (”science-based stakeholder dialogues”) kan underlätta anpassning. Resultaten visar att det finns potential genom att deltagarna ges möjlighet att ställa frågor tillvarandra och dela med sig av sina olika kunskapsbaser och erfarenheter, samt utforska olika anpassningsalternativ. Däremot behövs vidare studier för att undersöka betydelsen av det institutionella sammanhanget samt hur olika verktyg (”anchoring devices”) kan bidra när det gäller att förankra och omsätta kunskap om klimatförändringar i olika beslutskontexter. Avslutningsvis visar denna studie på att det finns både likheter och skillnader i hur anpassningsprocesser kommer till uttryck bland de olika aktörsgrupperna inom fallstudierna, t.ex. när det gäller hur begreppet anpassning används, vilken typ av anpassning som identifieras, upplevda möjligheter för anpassning samt graden av komplexitet.

Submitted by Neusa Fagundes (neusa.fagundes@unioeste.br) on 2018-02-27T13:28:11Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Maico_Schnell2017.pdf: 1534605 bytes, checksum: 9b1897cd96f1a149eccc3d50a66b0bc4 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-27T13:28:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Maico_Schnell2017.pdf: 1534605 bytes, checksum: 9b1897cd96f1a149eccc3d50a66b0bc4 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-13 / The objective of the study was to know how the different stages of motivation / demotivation influence the performance of the students of the course of Accounting Sciences of a private and a public institution, according to the Theory of Self-determination. A sample of 261 respondents from the questionnaires structured based on the Academic Motivation Scale (EMA) was selected, and also had the participation of 25 interviewees, considering the three dimensions of intrinsic, extrinsic motivation and demotivation, presented by the Self-Determination Theory (Deci and Ryan, 1985). The collected data were analyzed with software SPSS 20 and Atlas.TI 7.0, through descriptive analysis and content analysis. The results showed that there are differences between the factors that generate the academic motivation among the students of Private and Public HEI. Beginning students of IES Private are more motivated extrinsically by identification, presenting as a preponderant factor, that university education will increase their competence as a professional, while the final students are more motivated by external control. The students of the Public HEI are more motivated extrinsically by external control, being the factors preponderant, in order to have a good remuneration in the future and, for the final students, was in order to obtain a prestigious job in the future. Regarding the types of motivation / demotivation and academic performance, the students oriented by intrinsic motivation presented themselves with the highest self-perception of performance among the students starting and finishing the HEI Private. In the public IES, the intrinsically motivated beginner students are the ones with the highest performance self-perception score, except for the final students in whom the self-perception score was higher among those motivated extrinsically, that is, there are differences between the factors that generate motivation / demotivation and self-perception of performance among beginners and undergraduates and between private and public HEI. Thus, the study concluded that students recognize that they are protagonists in the training process, therefore, responsible for the quality of learning, failing to transfer responsibility to courses, HEI and teachers. Finally, it is believed that the results of this study can contribute to the improvement of teaching and research in the Public and Private HEI courses in public and private HEIs, as well as teaching and research in other areas. / O objetivo do estudo foi conhecer como os diferentes estágios de motivação/desmotivação influenciam no desempenho dos discentes do curso de Ciências Contábeis de uma instituição de ensino privada e uma pública, conforme a Teoria da Autodeterminação. Foram selecionados alunos em estágio inicial (iniciantes) e final (concluintes) do curso, tendo sido formada uma amostra com 261 respondentes dos questionários estruturados com base na Escala de Motivação Acadêmica (EMA) e, também, contou com a participação de 25 entrevistados, considerando as três dimensões de motivação intrínseca, extrínseca e desmotivação, apresentadas pela Teoria da Autodeterminação (Deci e Ryan, 1985). Os dados coletados foram analisados com software SPSS 20 e Atlas.TI 7.0, por meio de análise descritiva e análise de conteúdo. Os resultados encontrados apontaram que existem diferenças entre os fatores que geram a motivação acadêmica entre os alunos de IES Privada e Pública. Os estudantes iniciantes de IES Privada são mais motivados extrinsecamente por identificação apresentando como fator preponderante, que a formação universitária aumentará sua competência como profissional, enquanto, os alunos concluintes são mais motivados por controle externo. Já os estudantes da IES Pública são mais motivados extrinsecamente por controle externo, sendo os fatores preponderantes, a fim de ter uma boa remuneração no futuro e, para os alunos concluintes, foi afim de obter um emprego de prestígio no futuro. Quanto aos tipos de motivação/desmotivação e o desempenho acadêmico, os alunos orientados por motivação intrínseca apresentaram-se com a nota maior de autopercepção de desempenho entre os alunos iniciantes e concluintes da IES Privada. Na IES Pública os alunos iniciantes motivados intrinsecamente são os que apresentaram maior nota de autopercepção de desempenho, com exceção dos alunos concluintes em que a nota de autopercepção foi maior entre aqueles motivados extrinsecamente, ou seja, existem diferenças entre os fatores que geram motivação/desmotivação e autopercepção de desempenho entre alunos iniciantes e concluintes e entre IES Privada e Pública. Assim, o estudo, concluiu que os estudantes reconheçam que são protagonistas no processo de formação, portanto, responsáveis pela qualidade da aprendizagem, deixando de transferir a responsabilidade aos cursos, IES e docentes. Por fim, acredita-se que os resultados deste estudo possam contribuir para o aprimoramento do ensino e da pesquisa nos Cursos de Ciências Contábeis de IES públicas e privadas do país, como também, para o ensino e pesquisa em outras áreas.

The diploma thesis deals how public sector co-opete with private one. The are explain the types of cooperation and the reasons why they are used or not. In the beginning are defined the main terms used later in this thesis, those definitions are based on the datas from the books. The second part, practical part, is focused on evaluation of the respondents’s answers, which have been gotten from questionnaire. There are used also my personal opinions and experience in the practical part. In the final part there is decribed current cooperation those sectors and there are given the recommendations for improving their relationships.

This thesis focuses on harmonisation of work and family life of female university graduates at beginning of their careers and at the time when they were taking care of babies up to five years of age. I have chosen this topic not only because it is rather an actual topic but also because I'm personally attached to it. My feminist research analysis is based on the theory of power and knowledge as is it described by Foucault and Butler. I was interested in original families of my communication partners where they grew up and where they adopted their social habits and behaviour. In the light of this social process, I have analysed what powers they had to face in their original families in terms of usage of gender stereotypes based on patriarchal layout of our society and preferential existence of one gender over the other. I have also focused on current families of my communication partners and on power relationships on the basis of which the process of harmonisation of professional and family life of my communication partners takes place, both in their private and public space. I have also analysed how social habits and behaviour gained during their childhood are implemented. It was very important for the interviews and for my feminist research to approach my communication partners as subjects, and...

La question de la volonté des personnes privées est traditionnellement considérée comme un objet d’étude relevant du seul droit privé, domaine dans lequel elle se déploie naturellement. Pourtant, elle est un objet à part entière du droit administratif. Une observation du droit positif et de l’évolution des modalités de l’action administrative permet ainsi de révéler l’existence d’un véritable «système de possibilités de volontés» des personnes privées, dont les germes étaient d’ailleurs présents dans le droit administratif classique. L’analyse de ce système contribue à l’identification des moyens et des conditions d’expression de la volonté privée. Cela permet in fine de nous renseigner sur le phénomène volontaire : la volonté privée apparaît ainsi comme une faculté de choix et/ou d’impulsion permettant aux personnes privées de poursuivre un but juridiquement permis. En droit administratif, les différentes phases du processus volontaire des personnes privées sont ainsi organisées et structurées. La réalisation de l’objectif poursuivi n’est cependant pas immédiate et automatique. En effet, la volonté privée a toujours besoin de la médiation de la volonté publique pour pouvoir produire des effets et remplir ses fonctions. Ce phénomène de médiation s’inscrit dans un processus dynamique dont l’étude implique d’accorder une attention particulière aux éléments subjectifs de l’acte juridique. De ce fait, il est possible non seulement de prendre la mesure du rôle susceptible d’être joué par la volonté privée mais également de proposer de nouvelles grilles de lecture du droit administratif. / The topic of private legal persons’ will traditionally falls under the field of private law research, which it naturally belongs to. However, it also is an object of administrative law research. Observing substantive law as well the evolution of the ways and means of administrative action, one can access to an actual “system of possibilities of will”, as far as private legal persons are concerned, stemming itself from classical administrative law. Analyzing this system contributes to the understanding of the means and conditions of expression of private will. In fine, this allows contemplating voluntary phenomenons : private persons’ will so appears as the faculty to make the choice and/or give the impulse that will allow one to pursue alegal, authorized aim. The various phases of private persons’ voluntary process are thus organized and structured in administrative law. However, the actual realization of the pursued aim is neither immediate nor automatic. As a matter of fact, private will needs public will as a media in order to produce its full effects and to fulfil its function. This phenomenon of mediation thus follows a dynamic process which study involves specific attention towards the subjective elements of a legal act. Therefore, not only does this research help to take measure of the part taken by private will, but also does it offer a new reading of administrative law.