The purpose of this thesis is to explain how and why a sector of the Chilean population is indifferent to past human rights violations committed during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-90), and also what the consequences of that indifference are in Chile today. An explanatory sequential and non-nested mixed methods design has been applied: the quantitative analysis is based on the 2013 National Bicentennial Survey (N=2,004), and the qualitative analysis is carried out from fifty-three in-depth and semi-structured interviews to indifferent and non-indifferent individuals. It is argued that indifference to past human rights violations is the result of various processes of socialization that influence the individual, being relevant life experiences and social interactions related to political issues. According to the survey, 16.02 percent of the sample is indifferent to past atrocities. Regarding the causes of indifference, binomial logistic regression highlights four variables: political orientation, socio-economic status, generational cohort, and perception of social conflict. The analysis of in-depth interviews shows that the three most common sets of variables that explain indifference to past human rights violations are: the predominant emphasis on search for family and personal well-being, discomfort with politics, and fear of a recurrence of the pre-coup d'état crisis and post-coup authoritarian experiences. Qualitative analysis shows that indifference is dynamic and visible. There are also different intensities in the spectrum of indifference. As the indifferent are a heterogeneous group, distinctions between disillusioned, submissive, depoliticized, and resigned indifferent are presented. It is also argued that the indifferent cynics are a problematic group for transitional justice, democratic consolidation, and the rule of law. Regarding the social consequences, the indifferent may actively promote social indifference in their interactions; indifference has become a socially accepted norm by other sectors, and indifference facilitates the persistence of the culture of impunity over time.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 543-562) and index.

The free movement of persons in the EU has been fraught with tension since the Eastern enlargements. This culminated in 2016 when the UK demanded the possibility to limit rights and benefits to intra-EU migrants, making for a fresh investigation into the state of the free movement. From a constructivist perspective of rights and citizenship this in-depth case study aims to elucidate how EU actors describe the free movement of persons. It will further look at how they situate limitations and obstacles and analyze what this reflects in terms of underlying logics and rationales of rights and citizenship in the EU free movement regime. The interviews with EU actors reveal how distinctions of politically constructed categories of migrants which define Insiders and Outsiders are used to rationalize who has the right to social rights. Inclusion is defined in terms of market liberalism and individual responsibility, logics which thus also define the Insiders of Europe. This produces an image of the EU citizen and indirectly defines those who diverge from this image as Outsiders, including “lesser” Europeans. The underlying logics within the EU could therefore contribute to negative perceptions of those who cannot meet the requirements of the ideal European.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / O presente estudo tem como objeto o NÃcleo de Estudos da ViolÃncia (NEV) da Universidade de SÃo Paulo (USP) privilegiando o seu papel na constituiÃÃo de um campo de reflexÃo e atuaÃÃo profissional sobre ViolÃncia Direitos Humanos e SeguranÃa PÃblica. Nesta perspectiva procurei compor um panorama das redes de relaÃÃes e filiaÃÃes teÃricas e polÃticas entre os cientistas sociais que fazem ou fizeram parte do NÃcleo com o objetivo de analisar a histÃria de confrontaÃÃes que moldaram um particular estilo de pensamento e atuaÃÃo de impacto acadÃmico e polÃtico Analisando a trajetÃria do NEV buscarei apreender aspectos fundamentais das tendÃncias e tensÃes que acompanham a constituiÃÃo do campo em foco em particular o modo como se apresentam os dilemas da compatibilizaÃÃo entre um discurso analÃtico e um discurso de intervenÃÃo e entre direitos humanos e seguranÃa pÃblica O objetivo central deste estudo portanto à analisar a construÃÃo polÃtico-intelectual da organizaÃÃo institucional do saber no campo da Sociologia da ViolÃncia e a sua influÃncia no desenvolvimento da temas posicionamentos teÃrico-metodolÃgicos e polÃticos Desse modo esta pesquisa pode ser relevante para a compreensÃo do desenvolvimento da Sociologia no Brasil e das mudanÃas no sistema institucional de pesquisa cientÃfica nas Ãltimas dÃcadas a partir das relaÃÃes criadas entre a ciÃncia o Estado e a sociedade Assim sendo permitirà problematizar a Sociologia da ViolÃncia como fator de produÃÃo no setor da seguranÃa pÃblica e o papel dos cientistas sociais como atores polÃticos / The present study takes as an object the Violence Studies Nucleus (NEV) of the University of Sao Paulo (USP)privileging its role in the constitution of a field of reflection and professional acting on Violence Human Rights and Public Security. In this perspective I tried to compose a view of the networks of relations and theoretical and political affiliations between the social scientists that are or were part of the Nucleus with the aim of analyzing the history of confrontations that molded a particular style of thought and acting, of academic and political impact Analyzing the trajectory of the NEV I will try to apprehend basic aspects of the tendencies and tensions that follow the constitution of the field in focus, in particular the way the dilemmas of matching an analytical speech and a speech of intervention and human rights and public security The central objective of this study therefore is to analyze the intellectual-political construction of the institutional organization of knowledge in the field of the Sociology of Violence and its influence in the development of the subjects and the theoretical â methodological and political positioning In this way this inquiry can be relevant for the understanding of the development of Sociology in Brazil and the changes in the institutional system of scientific inquiry in the last decades from the relations created between science the State and the society Thus it will allow the questioning of the Sociology of Violence as a factor of production in the public security sector and the role of social scientists as political actors

VACONCELOS, Francisco Thiago Rocha. Violência e academia: a construção político-intelectual do Núcleo de Estudos da Violência (NEV/USP). 2009. 194f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Sociologia) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Ciências Sociais, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia, Fortaleza-CE, 2009. / Submitted by GLAUBENILSON CAVALCANTE (glaubenilson@yahoo.com.br) on 2011-11-23T14:11:12Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2009_DIS_FTRVASCONCELOS.pdf: 1501014 bytes, checksum: aaa61ce212e8dc45c14f6ffb1f267ce0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Josineide Góis(josineide@ufc.br) on 2012-01-11T15:00:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2009_DIS_FTRVASCONCELOS.pdf: 1501014 bytes, checksum: aaa61ce212e8dc45c14f6ffb1f267ce0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-01-11T15:00:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2009_DIS_FTRVASCONCELOS.pdf: 1501014 bytes, checksum: aaa61ce212e8dc45c14f6ffb1f267ce0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / The present study takes as an object the Violence Studies Nucleus (NEV) of the University of Sao Paulo (USP)privileging its role in the constitution of a field of reflection and professional acting on Violence Human Rights and Public Security. In this perspective I tried to compose a view of the networks of relations and theoretical and political affiliations between the social scientists that are or were part of the Nucleus with the aim of analyzing the history of confrontations that molded a particular style of thought and acting, of academic and political impact Analyzing the trajectory of the NEV I will try to apprehend basic aspects of the tendencies and tensions that follow the constitution of the field in focus, in particular the way the dilemmas of matching an analytical speech and a speech of intervention and human rights and public security The central objective of this study therefore is to analyze the intellectual-political construction of the institutional organization of knowledge in the field of the Sociology of Violence and its influence in the development of the subjects and the theoretical – methodological and political positioning In this way this inquiry can be relevant for the understanding of the development of Sociology in Brazil and the changes in the institutional system of scientific inquiry in the last decades from the relations created between science the State and the society Thus it will allow the questioning of the Sociology of Violence as a factor of production in the public security sector and the role of social scientists as political actors. / O presente estudo tem como objeto o Núcleo de Estudos da Violência (NEV) da Universidade de São Paulo (USP) privilegiando o seu papel na constituição de um campo de reflexão e atuação profissional sobre Violência Direitos Humanos e Segurança Pública. Nesta perspectiva procurei compor um panorama das redes de relações e filiações teóricas e políticas entre os cientistas sociais que fazem ou fizeram parte do Núcleo com o objetivo de analisar a história de confrontações que moldaram um particular estilo de pensamento e atuação de impacto acadêmico e político Analisando a trajetória do NEV buscarei apreender aspectos fundamentais das tendências e tensões que acompanham a constituição do campo em foco em particular o modo como se apresentam os dilemas da compatibilização entre um discurso analítico e um discurso de intervenção e entre direitos humanos e segurança pública O objetivo central deste estudo portanto é analisar a construção político-intelectual da organização institucional do saber no campo da Sociologia da Violência e a sua influência no desenvolvimento da temas posicionamentos teórico-metodológicos e políticos Desse modo esta pesquisa pode ser relevante para a compreensão do desenvolvimento da Sociologia no Brasil e das mudanças no sistema institucional de pesquisa científica nas últimas décadas a partir das relações criadas entre a ciência o Estado e a sociedade Assim sendo permitirá problematizar a Sociologia da Violência como fator de produção no setor da segurança pública e o papel dos cientistas sociais como atores políticos.