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Au XIXe siècle, la région de l'Outaouais est en plein essor économique, principalement propulsé par le développement effréné de l'industrie forestière. En moins d'un demi-siècle, le confluent des rivières Gatineau et des Outaouais passe d'un endroit largement inhabité à l'une des plus importantes plaques tournantes du commerce du bois au Bas-Canada. En marge de l'exploitation forestière, un certain nombre de colons osent s'aventurer en Haute-Gatineau pour occuper les terres nouvellement accessibles. Ces squatters s'installent donc illégalement sur un territoire appartenant essentiellement à la Couronne. Lorsque les autorités décident finalement d'explorer les rives de la rivière Gatineau aux alentours de 1840, les arpenteurs rencontrent alors ces poches de population installées depuis plusieurs décennies. Peu de choses sont donc connues sur ces squatters, tant sur leurs origines que sur la nature des entretiens avec les autres groupes sociaux présents sur la rivière Gatineau à la même époque.

The dissertation explores how distinctive institutional factors related to property rights determine urban development patterns and housing tenure modalities in a developing economy context. The first part proposes a choice-theoretic model that explains the existence of the Antichresis contractual arrangement as a way to temporarily divide property rights. The model explains why the Antichresis contract dominates the Periodic-Rent contract in terms of landlord profits for certain types of property in which the gains in expected profits from solving the problem of adverse selection of tenants offset the loss of expected profits created by the moral hazard in landlords investments. The empirical section of the dissertation provides evidence in support of the model. Using data from Bolivia, I find that property types that require less landlord maintenance investment have higher capitalization rates under Antichresis contracts than they would under Monthly-Rent contracts and vice-versa. Additionally, the model shows that the Antichresis contract has limited capacity for helping the poor as suggested by recent literature. On the contrary, it can be hurtful for the poor in markets were landlords have limited information about tenants, in markets with inefficient court systems, or in markets with tenant-friendly regulations. The second part of the dissertation explores the issue of squatter settlements in the developing world. The theoretical model presented in this part explains how the landlord squatter strategies based on credible threats drive capital investment incentives and ultimately shape urban land development in areas with pervasive squatting. The model predicts that squatter settlements develop with higher structural densities than formal sector development. This prediction explains why property owners of housing that originated in squatter settlements take longer periods of time to upgrade than comparable property owners who built in the formal sector even after they receive titles to their property. The higher original structural density increases the marginal benefit of waiting in the redeveloping decision creating a legacy effect of high-density low-quality housing in these types of settlements. Geo-coded data from Cochabamba, Bolivia, support the hypotheses proposed by the theoretical model and raise questions about the unintended consequences of current policies affecting informal development.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 DissJPS.pdf: 1061732 bytes, checksum: 4734b0e303f2d689f3682d303c5837f1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / This research has as its objective the analysis of the social conflicts during the process of land structuring of the region that currently comprises the city of São Carlos-SP, in the second half of the 19th century. The period of analysis, from 1850 to 1888, was chosen for being an important transition period in the country, marked, above all, by the Lei de Terras of 1850 and the abolition of slavery. It is also comprised within this time frame the early days of the transition of the production model in the region, away from the raising of animals and the production of foods destined for immediate necessities, to a model founded on coffee plantations, a model that already featuring capitalistic traits, modeled on a more disciplined and continuous work regime. The main documental scope that guides the research is a collection of civil lawsuits concerning land questions. Nonetheless, I combine the lawsuits with other sources, like land registries, censuses, Almanaques and journals. Despite sharing a semantic similarity, as well as a common etymological origin with the word “ownership”, “squatters” (“posseiros”) and “owners” (“possuidores”) will take on opposite meanings in the context of agrarian disputes of the 19th century: the former were stigmatized as poor invaders who did not have the means to make the land productive and to legalize it; the latter were the ones who, besides having ownership of the land, also possessed land titles. However, the construction of these categories is not as linear as it might seem at first sight. On many occasions, social and political prestige would supplant the necessity for proof of property titles. Small and medium-sized farmers had a hard time transforming their lands into legal property. Thus, I put forward the hypothesis that “posseiros” and “possuidores” are categories that, far from being fixed and having stable definitions, outline a historical process of conflict. In this way, I seek to comprehend the object of my research, in the light of the notions of primitive accumulation present in Marx, and most of all, in Thompson; and the notion of stigma, present in Goffman and Norbert Elias. I also intend to find out, with the chosen theoretical and empirical foundations, how a group of free laborers earned their place in the social dynamics of the region at the time. / Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar os conflitos sociais durante o processo de estruturação fundiária da região que compõe o atual município de São Carlos-SP, durante a segunda metade do século XIX. A delimitação temporal – entre 1850 e 1888 - foi escolhida por se tratar de um privilegiado período de transições no país, marcadas, sobretudo, pela Lei de Terras de 1850 e pela abolição da escravidão. Também é dentro desse período que se inicia na região a transição de um modelo de produção voltado para a criação de animais e cultivo de gêneros de primeiras necessidades, para o empreendimento cafeeiro, modelo já com traços capitalistas, assentado em uma disciplina de trabalho mais rígida e contínua. O escopo documental primordial que rege a pesquisa é um conjunto de processos cíveis acerca de questões ligadas à terra. Entretanto, faço o cruzamento dos processos com outras fontes, como registros de terras, recenseamentos, Almanaques e jornais. Apesar de guardarem uma similaridade semântica e uma mesma origem etimológica em torno da palavra posse, posseiros e possuidores vão ganhar significados diametralmente opostos no bojo das disputas agrárias durante o século XIX: os primeiros ficaram estigmatizados como invasores pobres que não dispunham de recursos para deixar a terra produtiva e para legalizá-la; já os segundos são os que, além da posse, tinham o título de propriedade de seu território. Entretanto, a construção dessas categorias não é tão linear quanto aparenta. Muitas vezes o prestígio político e social suplantava a necessidade de comprovação dos títulos de propriedade. Já pequenos e médios lavradores por vezes sofriam para transformar sua posse em propriedade. Assim, parto da hipótese que posseiros e possuidores, são categorias que, longe de serem estanques e de terem definições seguras, demarcam um processo histórico de conflitos. Assim, procuro compreender meu objeto de pesquisa à luz dos conceitos de acumulação primitiva, presente em Marx e, sobretudo, Thompson, e de estigma, presente em Goffman e Norbert Elias. Pretendo também encontrar, com a mobilização empírica e teórica escolhida, como o grupo de trabalhadores nacionais livres conseguiu um lugar nas dinâmicas sociais da região à época.

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After South Africa’s democratisation in 1994, the areas which had been deemed “only for whites” within the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (CoJ) were opened to all citizens. These changes attracted a high in-migration of people seeking better living in the CoJ. This influx not only challenged the provision of employment but also impacted negatively on the availability of land and housing and on the maintenance of safety and security by the police. Lack of accommodation forced immigrants to squat in the open spaces (including in the greenbelts) within the CoJ. A literature review provided an understanding of this problem locally and internationally. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted with the affected stakeholders. The findings showed that the measures needed to combat the causes of illegal squatting are beyond police control. The involvement of departments such as Human Development, Labour, Home Affairs and Environmental Management is needed for a successful solution to the problem. / Police Practice / M. Tech.(Policing)

After South Africa’s democratisation in 1994, the areas which had been deemed “only for whites” within the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (CoJ) were opened to all citizens. These changes attracted a high in-migration of people seeking better living in the CoJ. This influx not only challenged the provision of employment but also impacted negatively on the availability of land and housing and on the maintenance of safety and security by the police. Lack of accommodation forced immigrants to squat in the open spaces (including in the greenbelts) within the CoJ. A literature review provided an understanding of this problem locally and internationally. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted with the affected stakeholders. The findings showed that the measures needed to combat the causes of illegal squatting are beyond police control. The involvement of departments such as Human Development, Labour, Home Affairs and Environmental Management is needed for a successful solution to the problem. / Police Practice / M. Tech.(Policing)

The study focused on City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality situated in Gauteng Province. The study aims to explore the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality process of legalising squatters in relation to social development. A qualitative approach using semi- structured interviews, focus groups, observations and public documents was used to explore the process of legalising of squatters in relation to social development. The researcher, based on the evidence from the respondents, public documents and the discussion of findings, concludes that there is a positive relationship between the process of legalising of squatters in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and social development as an approach. The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality process of legalising squatters is in line with the South African legislations and social policies. The finding will add value to the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Department of Human Settlements, Non –governmental and Faith Based Organisations and other sector stakeholders working with informal settlement dwellers in the following ways: a) Helping the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in the implementation of informal settlement policies and processes; b) Recommendations to policy issues; c) Advancement of knowledge. / Social Work / M. A. (Social Work)

The study focused on City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality situated in Gauteng Province. The study aims to explore the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality process of legalising squatters in relation to social development. A qualitative approach using semi- structured interviews, focus groups, observations and public documents was used to explore the process of legalising of squatters in relation to social development. The researcher, based on the evidence from the respondents, public documents and the discussion of findings, concludes that there is a positive relationship between the process of legalising of squatters in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and social development as an approach. The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality process of legalising squatters is in line with the South African legislations and social policies. The finding will add value to the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Department of Human Settlements, Non –governmental and Faith Based Organisations and other sector stakeholders working with informal settlement dwellers in the following ways: a) Helping the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in the implementation of informal settlement policies and processes; b) Recommendations to policy issues; c) Advancement of knowledge. / Social Work / M. A. (Social Work)