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Morkel, Elizabeth. "Pastoral participation in transformation : a narrative perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20040.
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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A critical reflection on the researcher’s personal story - a white Afrikaner woman and a member of the Dutch Reformed Church - and her raised awareness regarding the devastating effects of racism, sexism and poverty in South Africa informs the development of a participatory pastoral praxis. The liberation of South Africa and the post-apartheid social reality have unmasked the confessional and kerygmatic approach of practical theology, revealing them to be supportive of dualistic thinking. This approach has frequently blinded us from understanding the ideologies of apartheid and patriarchy and the extent and complexity of their oppressive effects. This research is about doing theology in context and, as such marks a radical shift in practical theology from a confessional-kerygmatic to a publichermeneutical approach. From a methodological perspective the hermeneutic spiral applied in theory formation challenges the church to participate in a praxis approach that will contribute to the healing and transformation of post-apartheid society. Feminist theology and post-structuralist theory, within which Narrative Therapy is positioned, provide the critical lenses for viewing the social realities of South African society. As an interdisciplinary partner to practical theology, Narrative Therapy contributes to liberating action as expressed in a participatory praxis. While holding the metaphor of the Shepherd as expression of God’s compassion, the normative guiding metaphor for a participatory pastoral praxis is the parable of the Good Samaritan. As an embodiment of God’s transformative love and care towards our neighbour, the Good Samaritan points the way to a new way of doing pastoral care. Ten characteristics of a participatory pastoral praxis are identified: the personal is the professional and political; participation with the other; participation with people; participation with awareness; participation in voicing; participation with our bodies; participation together with others; participation in social transformation; participation in interrelatedness and participation in doing restitution. Taken together, they make a significant contribution to the theory formation, ethics and praxis of practical theology with a transformative and healing agenda. The empirical research includes a contextual analysis of the main social problems confronting post-apartheid South Africa: namely, racism, sexism, poverty and the ways in which the HIV/AIDS pandemic interrelates with these. The researcher uses case examples from her praxis - as therapist, community participant, teacher of Narrative Therapy and member of the leadership of the Dutch Reformed Church - to research the transformative effect of a participatory pastoral praxis. In this respect the prophetic dimension of a participatory praxis of care could play a decisive role within the ecclesiology of the Dutch Reformed Church. The transformative effect of Narrative Therapy in working with survivors of childhood sexual abuse is researched in a case example where individual therapy supports the client’s empowered response to poverty, racism and sexism within a rural farming community. Case examples of community participation involve inter-faith dialogue with a Muslim community where historical injustices are addressed through story and memory in a bridge-building function as well as participation with an organization caring for people infected by HIV/AIDS. The values, commitments and practices that support the raising of awareness of social injustices like racism is researched; examples from Narrative Therapy training work show how this approach encourages awareness of social injustices in participants. The transformation of oppressive practices, structures and ideologies within the Dutch Reformed Church is researched. Examples are taken from congregational participation and from women’s participation within the male-dominated synodical leadership structures. The outcome of the research finding assists practical theology, pastoral care and counselling in theory formation and provides a methodology that will enable participation beyond the boundaries of individual consultation rooms to a personal commitment towards the healing and transformation of the wider church and South African society.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: ‘n Kritiese refleksie op die navorser se persoonlike storie as wit Afrikaner vrou en lidmaat van die Nederduits Gereformeerde kerk en haar verhoogde bewussyn van die vernietegende effekte van rassisme, seksisme en armoede binne die Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing dien as bron en inspirasie vir die ontwikkeling van ‘n deelnemende pastorale praxis. Die bevryding van Suid-Afrika en die post-apartheid realiteite het die konfessionele en kerygmatiese benadering tot praktiese teologie ontmasker as ondersteunend van die dualisms wat ons verblind het vir die onderdrukkende effek van die ideologië van rassisme en patriargie. As radikale skuif vanaf ‘n konfessioneel-kerygmatiese na ‘n publiek-hermeneutiese benadering in praktiese teologie gaan hierdie navorsing oor die doen van teologie in konteks. Vanuit ‘n metodologiese perspektief daag die hermeneutiese spiraal wat in teorie formasie gebruik word die kerk uit om deel te neem in ‘n praxis benadering wat bydrae tot die heling en transformasie van ‘n post-apartheid samelewing. Feministiese teologie en poststrukturalistiese teorie waar binne NarratieweTerapie geposisioneer is, bied die lense vir ‘n kritiese analise van die sosiale realtiete van die Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing. As interdissiplinere vennoot tot praktiese teologie dra Narratiewe Terapie by tot bevrydende aksie soos uitgedruk binne ‘n deelnemende praxis. Met behoud van die metafoor van die Herder as uitdrukking van God se deernis, dien die gelykenis van die Barmhartige Samaritaan as normatiewe riglyn vir die beliggaming van God se transformerende liefde en omgee vir die naaste binne ‘n deelnemende pastorale praxis. Tien eienskappe van ‘n deelnemende pastorale praxis word identifiseer: die persoonlike is die professionele en politieke; deelname met die ander; deelname met mense; deelname met bewussyn; deelname in stemgewing; deelname deurbeliggaming; deelname tesame met ander; deelname in sosiale transformasie; deelname in interafhanklikheid en deelname in die doen van restitusie. Saam maak hulle ‘n betekenisvolle bydrae tot die teorie-vorming, etiek en praxis van praktiese teologie met ‘n transformerende en helende agenda. Die empiriese navorsing sluit ‘n konteksuele analise van die belangrikste sosiale problem: naamlik, rassisme, seksisme en armoede asook die MIV/VIGS pandemie wat hiermee verweef is. Die navorser gebruik voorbeelde vanuit haar praxis as terapeut, gemeenskapsdeelnemer, opleier van Narratiewe Terapie en lidmaat van en leier binne die Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk om die transformerende effek van ‘n deelnemende pastorale praxis na te vors. In die geval behoort die profetiese dimensie van ‘n deelnemende pastorale praxis ‘n beslissende rol binne die ekklesiologie van die Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk te speel. Die transformerende effek van Narratiewe Terapie in die werk met persone wat as kinders seksueel molesteer is, word nagevors in ‘n voorbeeld waar individuele terapie die kliënt ondersteun om met ‘n bemagtigde respons te reageer op die sosiale problem geassosieer met armoede, rassisme en seksisme binne ‘n plattelandse boerdery gemeenskap. Voorbeelde van gemeenskapsdeelname sluit inter-godsdienstige dialoog met ‘n Moslem gemeenskap waarin historiese onregte aangespreek word deur storie en geheue by ‘n Brugbou-funksie sowel as deelname met ‘n organisasie betrokke by die versorging van mense met HIV/VIGS. Die waardes, verbintenisse en praktyke wat bydra tot groter bewusmaking van sosiale onregte soos rassisme word nagevors deur middel van voorbeelde uit Narratiewe Terapie opleiding waar ‘n diversiteit van deelnemers aangemoedig word. Die transformasie van onderdrukkende praktyke, strukture en ideologië binne die Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk word nagevors met voorbeelde uit gemeentelike deelname sowel as voorbeelde uit vroue se deelname binne die mans-gedomineerde sinodale leierskap strukture. Die uitkomste van die navorsings bevindinge help praktiese teologie, pastorale sorg en berading in teorie formasie en metodologie wat ‘n deelname buite die grense van individuele konsultasies in spreekkamers moontlik maak en wat kan lei tot ‘n persoonlike verbintenis om by te dra tot heling en transformasie van die wyer gemeenskap en kerk. Sleutelwoorde: Rassisme; seksisme; armoede; deelnemendepastorale praxis; publiek-hermeneutiese benadering tot praktiese teologie; heling en transformasie van post-apartheid samelewing; Narratiewe Terapie; feministiese theology; post-strukturalistiese teorie; terapie met seksuele molestering as kind; gemeenskaps praxis; Narratiewe Terapie opleidings praxis; profetiese leierskap in die Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk.
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Missire, Gaëlle. "Women's right to political participation in post-conflict transformation." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32581.
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This thesis is looking at the experience of girls and women in times of armed conflict in order to offer some solutions to increase women's participation in post-conflict transformation of society. Women and girls experience war in many different ways, but both as victims and agents of change. This latter role often goes unnoticed and women are traditionally forced to go back to traditional gender roles. Undertaking the study of some cases of African countries, the author tries to analyse the impact that women's movements for peace have had on the substantive content of peace agreements. While it is difficult for women to participate in the reconstruction of their society once the conflict ceased, it might be more efficient to include women at the very beginning of peace negotiations. Women's right to take part in the conduct of public affairs is a means as well as a reparative measure, both aiming at increasing women's political participation in a transformed post-conflict society.Ce travail de recherche s'appuie sur la condition des femmes en situation de conflit armé. L'objectif est de déterminer les failles en matière de justice transitoire, vue sous l'angle des femmes, et de proposer des éléments de solutions pour que les femmes puissent participer pleinement à la transformation de leur société au sortir d'un conflit. En temps de guerre, on ne voit souvent dans les femmes que les principales victimes de violence sexuelle et on tend à oublier le rôle très positif et constructif qu'elles jouent par ailleurs dans la transformation de leur société. C'est de ce rôle dont traite cette thèse. Généralement, dès qu'une certaine stabilité est retrouvée, les femmes se voient contraintes de reprendre leur vocation traditionnelle qui occulte alors leurs efforts pour la paix. L'argument développé ici propose d'impliquer les femmes dès le début des négociations de paix. Une étude portant sur plusieurs cas de pays africains permet de conclure que ce n'est qu'à cette condition que les femmes peuvent réellement avoir une influence sur la teneure des accords de paix, et donc l'évolution de leur société d'après conflit. Le droit des femmes à prendre part aux affaires publiques est ainsi vu comme un moyen d'assurer une meilleure représentation des femmes sur la scène politique, mais aussi comme une mesure de réparation servant le même objectif.
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Lou, Diqing. "Political participation and transformation in urban China, 1993 and 2002." Diss., Texas A&M University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/85960.
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My dissertation examines political participation in non-democratic countries.
Specifically, it looks into China's urban political participation in the past decade and
examines how Chinese urban citizens are mobilized to participate in politics when an
authoritarian regime has been experiencing dramatic economic change. The theoretic
question of this dissertation is the evolvement of state-society relations during the
economic development and how the change of the state-society relationship is reflected
in individual behavior. I found that while the social context such as the workplace served
as fundamental grassroots institution to mobilize citizens' political participation in the
early 1990s, China's urban political participation has shifted to lean more and more on
individual resources.
Political participation in non-democratic regimes is a unique and rapidly
developing field in the studies of political behavior. Scholars studying citizens' political
participation in USSR and China have long noted that political participation in an
authoritarian regime is mobilized and controlled by the state and citizens are organized by the state to participate in politics to provide for regime legitimacy. In the dissertation
I tested this paradigm within the context of China's economic development.
The data I employ are the 1993 China's Social Mobility and Social Change
Survey and the 2002 Asian Barometer Survey. Both data sets contain highly congruent
batteries of questions on citizens' political behavior and political attitudes that provide
the basis of comparison across time. The data sets were collected across China in 1993
and 2002 respectively representing the population of adult residents (excluding Tibet).
The comparison of urban political participation in the past decade exhibited a
general and measurable decline of citizens' participation in the economic reform. I found
Chinese citizens' political participation has shifted largely from the pattern of
"grassroots-state-mobilization" to "individual-voluntary-mobilization" during the
economic reform. I argue that this is largely resulted from the change of state-society
relations as individual citizens are granted with more autonomy in political liberalization
and become less dependent on the state for economic sources.
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Lin, Luxi. "Public participation in shantytown transformation in China : a case study." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99096.
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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2015.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-89).
Public participation is not a familiar concept in China but there is a growing demand from urban planners and policymakers in China to understand and utilize public participation tools. This research seeks to answer: How does the public participate in planning in China? What kind of participation is appropriate in China context? How do policymakers design for participation process in future planning projects? These questions are approached using qualitative methods such as field investigation, semi-structured interviews and policy document analysis. A case study on the use public participation in Baiwanzhuang to transform a shantytown in Beijing is the main lens for understanding participation in China. This is compared to the example of how participation was used in the Boston Demonstration Disposition program, another housing rehabilitation project. The author proposes a framework to explore the activities of participation that identifies and analyzes several phases of participation in each example to understand the differences between the two contexts. This research found that participation varies and that there are no uniform criteria of ideal participation for every context. To identify the appropriate participation, the context, goals and values must be understood. To do this, the author develops and uses a "Context-Value-Participation" model for "appropriate participation". This research also tries to summarize three main features of the China context development anxiety, elite governance and weak community. Policymakers in China can apply the "appropriate participation" model to China context when planning for future participation.
by Luxi Lin.
M.C.P.
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Crook, Deborah Jane. "Children and the transformation of schools : enabling participation through intergenerational work." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2017. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/20720/.
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This study places children’s participation at the core of school practice, challenging narrow interpretations of participation and education. Previous research, reinforced by the UNCRC (1989), indicates that schools must be more ready to listen and involve children, highlighting the benefits of voice but in practice limiting it to consultation. There is scarce research that considers children’s participation in schools as essential to education itself or as integral to democracy. Yet children flourish in schools with good relationships where teachers value what they say. This research in two English primary schools used group inquiry and intergenerational work to build children’s participation. During Phase 1 children interviewed adults and worked in intergenerational focus groups to consider the purpose of schools. Overwhelmingly, good relationships dominated school purpose, experience and hopes for the future. Phase 2 extended this through a series of workshops that integrated participation and education through National Curriculum inspired inquiry. The findings suggest that intergenerational work is a catalyst for children’s agency, repositioning children so they can shape classroom spaces for richer, more trusting relationships. In turn, through recognition of their selves in relation to, and with others, understanding of their situation and possibilities, children were able to work together, and with adults, to co-construct knowledge which takes account of temporal frames of reference and is more meaningful. This change in space and purpose also gave new meaning to the teacher’s roles, moving away from policy controlled authoritarianism, repositioning them as mentors. The study shifts focus away from preconceived outcomes, to the process of participation itself, providing significant insight into how rights based education can be made to work in schools.
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Caswell, Roger L. "Teacher transformation achieved through participation in the National Writing Project's invitational summer institute." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/447.
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Guerreiro, Augusto Marc. "Social participation for sustainable mobility : The effects of digital transformation on mobility behavior." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Jönköping University, IHH, Informatik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-49241.
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Overall traffic in Germany is constantly increasing. Automobiles account for 57 percent of all trips in the country (BMVI, 2018). Steady population growth, urban agglomeration, and sprawl of cities contribute significantly to this trend. Simultaneously, the rise of digital services is progressively complementing travel by route planning, navigation, and ticketing. Therefore, a redesign and reinterpretation of the traditional understanding of the mobility landscape is required. The purpose of this work is twofold. First, to investigate the effects of digital transformation on people’s mobility behavior in public space, arguing for ecosystems in blended space being a consequence of the digital transformation at large. Second, to explore how social participation can lead to societal change for sustainable travel in the context of digital transformation. Digital technology has blurred the boundaries between physical and digital. Although physical and digital spaces are treated as separate parts, the former relates to the success of the latter. Qualitative interviewing was applied to systematically create an understanding about key actors’ roles and interdependencies as well as their perspective on how digital technologies modify today’s mobility landscape. This work concludes that the digital transformation allows individuals to influence travel demand purposefully. The system’s underlying structure reveals travel as purposive demand, a pattern extending the understanding of travel as a derived demand and valued activity. The Multi-Layered Participatory Process (MLPP), developed on the basis of the study’s findings, provides means to enable large scale social acceptance for sustainable mobility behavior.
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Caswell, Roger L. "Teacher transformation achieved through participation in the National Writing Project’s invitational summer institute." Diss., Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/447.
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Doctor of PhilosophyCurriculum and Instruction Programs
F. Todd Goodson
Professional development of in-service teachers continues to increase, but not all programs are successful in promoting teacher learning and student improvement. This qualitative study offers an examination of how one professional development program, The National Writing Project, with its teachers-teaching-teachers model is making a difference. The National Writing Project is one of the longest running, most cost-efficient, and most successful professional development programs in education. The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing teacher transformation. Five areas were addressed: (1) the identification of transformation factors; (2) the relationship of personal literacy as it affects professional change; (3) being a member of a learning community and how it affects personal learning; (4) being a member of a learning community and how it affects professional learning; and (5) the role of spirituality in transformation. The setting was the National Writing Project's Invitational Summer Institute as it examined how fellows, first time participants, perceived their learning. Participants were from 17 different writing project sites across the United States. Data collection involved three distinct sources: (1) selection of participant and rationale provided by site directors of writing project sites; (2) audio-taped long interviews of each participant; and, (3) a follow-up focus group conducted in an electronic discussion board. The findings highlighted an interweaving of five factors influencing teacher transformation: (1) identification and application of knowledge for self and students; (2) reflection of learning and practice; (3) collaboration; (4) active and on-going involvement; and, (5) supportive and safe environment. When these five transformative factors are designed and implemented in the professional development of teacher in-service, teachers are provided an opportunity to personally learn which leads to professional learning and improved instruction for student learning. Excerpts from each data collection, recommendations for future research, and appendices to replicate the study are provided.
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Brashear, Taylor. "TRANSFORMING TEACHERS: EXPLORING CHANGING PERCEPTIONS THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/comm_etds/35.
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Communication across the curriculum (CXC) programs are becoming increasingly common as institutions of higher learning recognize the need for improving communication skills in college students. Consequently, the University of Kentucky (UK) is piloting Presentation U, a multimodal communication across the curriculum (MCXC) program. This study examines the degree to which the Faculty Fellows program succeeds in helping faculty across the university integrate effective communication instruction and assignments into their courses. For this study, all faculty members participating in cohort #2 of the program responded to surveys and wrote reflection papers regarding their experiences. Their responses were analyzed and conclusions drawn. The study, grounded in the adult theory of transformative learning, found evidence of worldview transformation among faculty fellows as a result of their participation in the program.
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Israel, Veronica. "Transformation at Rhodes University: investigating the extent of support for the participation of students with disabilities in the transformation processes of the Institution." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/62006.
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This study is motivated by the vigorous discourse around transformation at Rhodes University and investigates the extent of support for and engagement with students with disabilities in the transformation processes of the institution. It analyses the extent to which integration is holistic at institutions of Higher Learning. Particular interest is given to the institutional culture of Rhodes University, namely whether it values and embraces diversity and is committed to inclusivity, centering the presence and voice of students with disabilities. It explores institutional responses to students with disabilities and their capacity to flourish beyond notions of access, therefore, delivering on the demand for institutional transformation. The thesis draws on the Critical Disability Studies Approach (CDSA), the social justice reform agenda with reference to the feminist analysis of disability, and the concept of inclusive education. The study uses a qualitative research methodology. The sample size used in the study was sufficient to highlight the challenges students with disabilities at Rhodes University face and their coping mechanisms while investigating the extent of support and active participation in the transformation discourse. The study found that the majority of the participants’ academic capabilities were influenced by their disability and impacted on their academic success. The study further revealed that there is a disjuncture between policy and practice in terms of awareness, and as such, effectiveness. While there is a supportive institutional framework, as indicated by more than 50% of the participants in the study, the recommendations ensuing from this research indicate that there are areas in which the university can improve its support mechanisms. Improving support structures is possible through establishing platforms which can be used for students to share their lived experiences and making disability a visible part of the institutional discourse on transformation. The study concludes by arguing for the application of principles of Ubuntu which demonstrate the commitment of Rhodes University in inculcating an inclusive institutional culture and understanding that disability is intersectional with social registers such as race and gender. It emphasises the recognition of the institution as a transforming one if the body that matters is the body whose presence, voice and lived experience is acknowledged and recognised.
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Gebremedhin, Frehiwot. "Urban planning from scratch : collaboration and participation of stakeholders in the urban transformation of Kiruna." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-67378.
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The forced movement of people from one place to another due to mining is not a new phenomenon. As the mining becomes more intensive, external consequences arise that forces the displacement of people. In this paper, I will investigate the unique case of Kiruna, Sweden where not only the people but also the whole town is being relocated. This move is being coordinated between the different stakeholders involved but mainly by the municipality and the mining company, Luossavaara- Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB), which is also covering most of the cost for the relocation. In this research, I aimed at determining how urban planning from a sustainable development view was conducted from scratch and analyzed the public participation in the relocation. An elite interview, text -based documents along with a SWOT analysis were qualitative methods used in this study. The elite interviews and the development plan demonstrated that Kiruna is planning to build a compact city with mixed land use and public places that are easily accessible. Sherry Arnstein´s ladder was used to study citizen participation where it showed a tokenism participation that includes informing, placation and consultation showing that LKAB is shaping the move. In addition, the SWOT analysis showed that the strength and opportunities of the urban transformation were considerably more as opposed to the weakness and threats. In conclusion, this study can be used as an example for future towns that may be displaced and asses the different problems that may arise due to relocation.
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Cordas, Jon D. (Jon Dmetrius). "The Emergence of a New Capitalist Ethic: Transformational Leadership and the Civil Society Movement as Emergent Paradigms Affecting Organizational and Societal Transformation." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1997. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278427/.
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Rapid and chaotic changes in market environments have caused business organizations to modify their organizational structures and social relationships. This paper examines the change in relationship between management and employees, which is shifting from an adversarial and controlling role to facilitation and employee empowerment. This paper's research question concerns how classical sociological theory would explain power redistribution within organizations and the formation of an associative and collaborative relationship which contradicts traditional paradigms. Traditional bureaucratic and contemporary organizational forms are compared and contrasted. Organizational climate, psycho-social components of underlying assumptions and group ethics are seen to be the mechanisms impelling transformation. Organizational change is driven by an emerging secular ethic. This ethic is embodied in an applied model of leadership and examined as an ideal type. The common ethic impelling organizational change is seen to be the same as that causing social transformation in both national and international spheres.
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Chetty, Devapala. "An investigation into South Africa's economic progress with special attention to transformation, participation and poverty alleviation." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50268.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study project aims to investigate economic progress in South Africa through exploring the economic history in both the pre-1994 and post-1994 period. Special emphasis is placed on the areas of poverty alleviation, employment creation as well as the economic success that the country wishes to achieve. South Africa, as a developing nation, faced many key challenges after 1994 and together with these internal problems, the global operating environment was rapidly changing and this needed to be factored in. After ten years of democracy, it is important to examine what progress has been made and determine if South Africa is indeed on the path to prosperity. In establishing this, the author starts by defining the key issues that deserve consideration within the topic and sets a standard framework around which the topic will be studied. South Africa is not the first country in the world to experience related challenges and it is useful to examine some selected economies in the world, to extract key learning points as well as offer a means of benchmarking how South Africa compares. It is essential that the context and nature of the problems that exist currently be understood through an investigation of the past. The solutions that ultimately are applied to eradicate these problems must successfully address the inherited legacy or the solutions will be short term and inadequate. Much has happened after 1994 and this is examined both from a macroeconomic as well as the socioeconomic perspective. In determining whether South Africa remains on the correct trajectory, the key learning points are integrated with the progress made to date. The identified shortcomings are then presented as recommendations.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die studie mik om ekonomiese vordering in Suid-Afrika deur die bestudering van ekonomiese geskiedenis in beide die voor-en na-1994 tydperk te ondersoek. Spesiale klem is geplaas in areas van verligting van armoede, werkskepping sowel as ekonomiese sukses wat die land na streef. Suid-Afrika, as 'n ontwikkelende land, staar baie sleutel uitdagings na 1994 in die gesig en tesame met die interne probleme, het die globale funksionele omgewing vinnig verander en moes dit in ag geneem word . Na tien jaar van demokrasie, is dit belangrik om ondersoek in te stel na watter vordering gemaak was en vas te stel of Suid-Afrika inderdaad op pad is na positiewe groei. Deur dit vas te stel, het die skrywer begin om sleutel fokuspunte, binne die onderwerp wat verdien om in ag geneem te word, te definieer, en plaas 'n standaard raamwerk rondom die betrokke onderwerp wat bestudeer moet word. Suid-Afrika is nie die eerste land in die wereld om soortgelyke uitdagings te ondervind nie, en dit is prakties om sommige geselekteerde ekonomieë in die wereld te bestudeer, ten einde belangrike punte en mikpunte oor hoe Suid-Afrika vergelyk uit te beeld. Dit is noodsaaklik dat die konteks en natuur van die probleme huidiglik, verstaan word, deur die verlede te ondersoek. Die oplossings wat toegepas word moet suksesvol die nagelate erfenis addresseer, of die oplossings kortermyn en onvoldoende sal wees. Baie het gebeur na 1994 en dit is beide van 'n makro-ekonomiese sowel as die sosio-ekonomiese perspektief ondersoek. Om vas te stel of Suid-Afrika op die regte koers is, word die sleutel punte geintegreer met die vordering tot op datum. Die geidentifiseerde tekortkomminge word voorgelê as aanbevelings.
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Cai, Chunying. "Women's participation as leaders in the transformation of the Chinese media a case study of Guangzhou City /." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8573.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.Thesis research directed by: Phillip Merrill College of Journalism. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Baró, Planella Ariadna. "Barcelona gives way to green infrastructure : Les Glòries urban transformation as a case study of citizen participation." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254576.
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Nowadays, there are more population concentrated in urban areas rather than in rural areas. This process of urbanization has altered natural processes in addition to landscape modification. The green in cities has become more and more fragmented, leading to the degradation and loss of many ecosystem services. The big expansion of Barcelona happened during the Cerdàs Plan in the middle of the 19th century. Cerdà designed Barcelona as a grid of blocks where people could walk through its streets and rest in big green areas, but, left some parts of the city like Les Glòries without any planning due to its complexity. In the years thereafter, the city of Barcelona has become a compact city, densely populated, with scare and isolated green spaces while the public space becomes mainly dominated by the car. In order to face the current issues of Barcelona, its City Council has implemented several measures like the green infrastructure strategic policy and planning. Although they have not been done with citizen participation, this supposed a paradigm shift on the municipal city planning, as well as, a paradigm shift on Barcelona’s city model where green infrastructure is being used as an adaptation measure to mitigate the effects of climate change and as a strategic planning tool for reducing car traffic. The project of Les Glòries is a landmark of how a place planned as car-based could become pedestrian-based, in addition to the second biggest green space of the city of Barcelona. Becoming a reference for the new city council policies and measures for a more sustainable and participative Barcelona. Les Glòries project is also a referent of citizen participation due to the citizens and neighbourhood associations were from the very beginning in the planning and design of this space together with the city council technicians.
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Hentschel, Valerie. "Empowering Civic Engagement in Energy Concepts : Design Implications for Citizen Participation." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Medieteknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-41587.
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The threat of global warming calls for a major transformation of the energy system in the coming century. A positive and effective outcome of the development and implementation of municipal energy concepts relies heavily on public participation. Based on user research through qualitative interviews and an online questionnaire in Germany, this paper presents design implications regarding digital participatory technology for municipal energy concepts. The findings include reduction of barriers to enable participation, encouragement of discussion and debate, monitoring the progress and providing feedback. The proposed implications aim to increase public participation for municipal energy concepts and motivate citizens towards a more sustainable lifestyle. Further work is needed to validate if the design implications entirely fulfill their purpose.Självständigt Examensarbete (Forskningsartikel)
Independent Master's Thesis (Research article)
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Pohlers, Dirk. "Participatory versus authoritative management in times of transformation - where does east Germany fit in?" Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2002. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/294.
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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.Bachelors
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Deslée, Carine. "Transformation d'une routine organisationnelle : le cas de l'innovation participative à la SNCF." Thesis, Lille 1, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008LIL12004/document.
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L'objet de la recherche concerne l'Innovation Participative, nouveau dispositif de gestion qu'on peut qualifier de routine au sens de Feldman et Pentland (2003). La littérature distingue les aspects «ostensifs» et « performatifs» des routines. Pour comprendre la signification d'une telle routine, sa portée, son fonctionnement effectif, Feldman et Pentland (2003) et Feldman (2000) distinguent la routine dans son aspect «ostensif» en tant que norme correspondant à la représentation de ce qu'est la routine (par exemple une routine de l'embauche) de son aspect « performatif », à savoir la manière dont elle est mise en œuvre. Nous nous inspirons du cadre méthodologique préconisé par Sarley et Tolbert (1997) qui repose notamment sur la notion de scripts. Ce travail doctoral s'intéresse d'un point de vue théorique à la possible transformation d'une routine organisationnelle et s'inscrit dans des travaux récents (Feldman, 2000 ; Feldman et Pentland, 2003). Nous formulons notre question de recherche de la façon suivante : En quoi et comment une routine organisationnelle peut-elle se transformer et accompagner l'évolution du pilotage d'une organisation? Le cas de l'Innovation Participative à la SNCF. Les questions qui étayent notre recherche et nous permettent de traiter notre problématique sont les suivantes : - Quelle est la réalité de la routine Innovation Participative en termes d'innovations produites? - Quelle est l'évolution de la routine d'Innovation Participative et comment peut-on l'interpréter? Le cas de la transformation des entreprises comme la SNCF est en effet particulièrement intéressant dans le contexte actuel d'ouverture à la concurrence. Après avoir décrit l'Innovation Participative sur un plan «ostensif» et identifié des routines élémentaires correspondant à l'Innovation Participative, nous expliquons comment cette routine s'est transformée au cours de son histoire. Pour cela, nous nous intéressons, une fois les scripts de l'Innovation Participative mis en évidence, à l'analyse des aspects «ostensifs» de cette routine qui permettent d'expliquer sa transformation au cours du tempsThe aim of this research deals with Participative Innovation, a new way of managing which can be termed a routine as Pent.land and Feldman (2003) understand il (2003). The literature considers the ostensive and performative aspects of'the routmes. We wlll rely on. the methodology recommended by Barley and Tolbert (1997). From a theorical wiewpomt this doctoral study is concerned with the possible transformation of an organisational routine, and Il IS re!ate~ to recent .works (Feldman, 2000 ; Feldman and Pentland, 2003).This is how we word our research : How can an organisatlonal routine be transformed and support the evolution of piloting an organisation? The example of Participative Innovation with SNCF. The question of the transformation of firms such as SNCF is particularly interesting in the present context of opening to competltion. After describing Part!cipative Innovation from an ostensive point of view and identifying basic routines corresponding to Participative Innovation, we wIll explam how thls routme evolved along its history. Wilh this in view, once the scripts of PartIcIpatIve Innovation are made clear, we will get interested in the analysis of the ostensive aspects of this routine that enable us to explam Its transformatlon in the course of time
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Kwon, Hyuk Been. "A story of participation : the postmodern retrieval of an ontological framework with particular reference to the transformation of being." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.615156.
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Ren, Yupeng. ""Can I influence urban change"? : a study of Chinese university students' participation in planning in an age of urban transformation." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2018. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/56b196b4-9f97-4818-9b3d-ca3437ef24a4.
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Grimell, Ola. "The life and death of urban highways : A methodological approach towards the transformation of Enköpingsvägen in Sundbyberg." Thesis, KTH, Stadsbyggnad, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-124514.
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Through a methodological approach this project examines possibilites for a more flexible and direct citizien participation within the framework of an urban design project. Allthroughout the process opportunities to influence the progressing workflow is exemplified by recurring phases of participation. The case study of examining the transformation of a motorized highway into an urban street network also serves as an interesting plattform which from an analytical perspective presents a variety of different presets that exposes valuable assets for the development.
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Matias, Patricia Veríssimo Silva. "Transformation du methylcyclohexane et du n-heptane sur la zeolithe MCM-22 : propriétés catalytiques globales et participation de chaque système poreux." Poitiers, 2008. http://theses.edel.univ-poitiers.fr/theses/2008/Verissimo-Silva-Matias-Patricia/2008-Verissimo-Silva-Matias-Patricia-These.pdf.
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La zéolithe MCM-22 possède une structure très particulière avec trois systèmes poreux indépendants:des canaux sinusoïdaux étroits (4. 1×5. 1 Å), des supercages (ø 7. 1 Å, hauteur 18. 2 Å) accessibles par des ouvertures de (4. 0×5. 5 Å) et des coupes externes (ø 7. 1 Å, profondeur 7. 0 Å). Cette thèse avait pour objectif l’étude des propriétés catalytiques de la zéolithe HMCM-22 (Si/Al=14. 5) et de déterminer le rôle de chaque système poreux dans les réactions de transformation du méthylcyclohexane et du n-heptane à 350ºC. La participation catalytique de chaque système poreux a été déterminée en désactivant sélectivement les sites acides des supercages et en empoisonnant ceux des coupes externes. Les deux réactions se déroulent principalement dans les supercages. Les canaux sinusoïdaux présentent une faible activité due à d’importantes contraintes stériques. Les résultats ont révélé par ailleurs que les sites acides des coupes externes ne sont pas capables de catalyser la réaction du n-heptane, ce qui peut être attribué à une force acide plus faible et/ou à l’absence de l’effet de confinement dans les coupes externes. L’adsorption des différentes molécules a permit de déterminer le volume microporeux de chaque système. La zéolithe HMCM-22 présente un comportement intermédiaire entre la zéolithe USHY (pores larges) et la zéolithe HZSM-5 (pores intermédiaires) dans les deux réactions, cependant elle présente des activités par site acide plus proches de HZSM-5. La désalumination de la zéolite HMCM-22 par lavage acide élimine principalement les sites acides des coupes externes et des supercages alors que les sites acides des canaux sinusoïdaux ne sont pratiquement pas affectésMCM-22 has a very peculiar pore structure with three independent pore systems: narrow sinusoidal channels (4. 1×5. 1 Å), large supercages (ø 7. 1 Å, height 18. 2 Å) accessible through (4. 0×5. 5 Å) openings and external cups (ø 7. 1 Å, depth 7. 0 Å). The aim of this thesis was to study the global catalytic properties and ascertain the catalytic role of each pore system of HMCM-22 zeolite (Si/Al=14. 5) on methylcyclohexane and n-heptane transformations at 350ºC. To this end, the participation of each pore system was established by selectively deactivating the supercages through coke deposition and poisoning the external cups acid sites. Supercages play the major catalytic role on both reactions. Sinusoidal channels present a very low activity due to high steric constraints. External cups acid sites are more active than those of supercages in methylcyclohexane transformation due to the absence of diffusion limitations. The results revealed that the external cups acid sites are not able to catalyze n-heptane reaction, which is ascribed to a lower acid strength and/or to the absence of confinement effect in the external cups. Adsorption of different molecules allowed the determination of the micropore volume of each pore system. An intermediate behavior of HMCM-22 between USHY (large pores) and HZSM-5 (intermediate pores) zeolites was observed on both reactions. The activities per acid site of HMCM-22 zeolite were closer to those of HZSM-5. Dealumination by acid leaching of the HMCM-22 zeolite removed mainly the acid sites located on the supercages and external cups, whereas those of the sinusoidal channels were almost not affected
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Granger, Nancy. "La transformation des pratiques professionnelles chez les enseignants du secondaire : analyse des effets de la participation aux cercles d'apprentissage et d'inclusion." Thèse, Université de Sherbrooke, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/6388.
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Cette recherche poursuit l'objectif général d'analyser la transformation des pratiques professionnelles des enseignants du secondaire à l'égard des élèves en difficulté intégrés en classe régulière suite à leur participation au dispositif des cercles d'apprentissage et d'inclusion (CAI). La problématique met en évidence les changements de paradigmes associés aux multiples réformes du système de l'éducation et les difficultés auxquelles sont confrontés les enseignants depuis l'instauration de la nouvelle Politique de l'adaptation scolaire au Québec. Les nouvelles visées ministérielles prônent désormais une éducation de qualité pour tous. La notion d'équité est à la base des actions qui doivent guider les pratiques de l'école inclusive. Cependant, les écrits sur le sujet soulignent le manque de connaissances des enseignants pour adapter leurs pratiques professionnelles aux élèves en difficulté intégrés dans leur classe (Gaudreau, Legault, Brodeur, Hurteau, Dunberry, Séguin, Legendre, 2008; MacKay, 2006). Ces auteurs suggèrent à cet égard, la nécessité d'implanter dans les milieux des dispositifs de formation continue axés sur l'acquisition de connaissances quant aux processus d'apprentissage des élèves, aux pratiques pédagogiques différenciées et aux stratégies favorables aux apprentissages. La méthodologie utilisée s'inscrit dans une démarche de co-construction des savoirs. (Desmarais, Boyer et Dupont, 2005) avec des enseignants désireux de travailler sur l'amélioration de leurs pratiques professionnelles à l'égard des élèves en difficulté intégrés en classe régulière au secondaire. Ainsi, des groupes de réflexions portant sur l'analyse de l'expérience vécue par les enseignants ont permis d'offrir un accompagnement et un cadre défini pour la collecte de données (Boudreault et Kalubi, 2006). Des entrevues semi-dirigées ont complété notre collecte de données à la fin du projet afin de préciser et de nuancer les propos recueillis lors des groupes de réflexion. Les résultats obtenus nous ont permis d'identifier certaines conditions à mettre en place dans l'accompagnement des enseignants en exercice et de mieux comprendre les difficultés relatives à un tel dispositif.
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Boiste, Lemoigne Agnès. "La transformation urbaine à l'épreuve des habitants : de la production de la ville à l'émergence de la cité." Rennes 2, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999REN20033.
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La question de la participation des habitants dans le cadre de la production urbaine est plus que jamais d'actualité. Ses enjeux semblent cependant renouvelés par rapport a ceux qui soutenaient les expériences participatives des années 70. Les modalités contemporaines de l'expression habitante apparaissent en effet complexes a interpréter, problématiques a anticiper, et provenant d'interlocuteurs difficiles à identifier. A travers une mise en perspective historique - depuis l'après guerre-, nous cherchons à expliquer l'émergence d'une expression habitante dans le cadre urbain, mais également à interpréter le sens des différentes formes qu'elle emprunte. Du point de vue du rapport au pouvoir et à la délégation, les modalités contemporaines de cette expression habitante apparaissent témoigner d'une mutation profonde. Les habitants tendraient désormais à s'inscrire dans des rapports de stricte légalité, la codification de nouvelles pratiques instituant leur reconnaissance comme partenaires, n'apparaissant plus comme un enjeu. Le code étant compris comme une légalisation de la légitime, ces rapports de loi témoigneraient d'une carence normative. Moins qu'une redéfinition des contours de la délégation visée, le principe même de la délégation serait en cause. La production urbaine rennaise réalisée dans le cadre des zac concédées, constitue notre terrain de recherche. Le travail d'investigation mène vise à éclairer la manière dont sont posés les enjeux de la à caractériser les pratiques qui en découlent et à tenter d'en évaluer les résultats. L'analyse des modes de production permet d'appréhender les formes de délégation -par la collectivité locale à la sem- de la relation aux habitants dans ce cadre concède, et les difficultés spécifiques soulevées. Les pratiques de concertation s'inscrivent dans un cadre protocolaire original nous permettant d'aborder l'univers des associations de quartier dans leur diversité. Enfin, nous cherchons a montrer en quoi, à travers << l'accident planifié >> que constitue la zac, les pratiques de concertation peuvent participer aux fondations de la cité
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Brazeau-Béliveau, Noémie. "La participation citoyenne à l'aménagement de la ville dans un contexte de transformation de l'action publique et de l'action collective : les initiatives de ruelles vertes à Québec." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/69022.
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Pour qui s'intéresse à la participation citoyenne aux affaires publiques et politiques, il apparaît de plus en plus clairement que certains canaux institutionnels sont délaissés au profit de nouveaux canaux et de nouvelles manières de prendre part. En urbanisme, ces nouvelles méthodes sont moins formelles et à échelle réduite, mais ont un impact immédiat sur le milieu local. Par exemple, des projets de verdissement émergent en milieux urbains, qui remettent en question la planification urbaine et ses pratiques et expriment le souhait populaire d'agir sur le milieu. Dans ce contexte de transformation de l'action publique et de l'action collective, ce mémoire de maîtrise en aménagement du territoire et développement régional (M.ATDR) s'intéresse à la contribution des citoyens dans l'adaptation des milieux de vie. Par la recherche-action, il examine le cas des projets de ruelles vertes à Québec. Ces initiatives sont de nature citoyenne, mais elles ne sont pas entièrement autogérées. L'organisme Nature Québec coordonne les projets et offre une expertise à titre de facilitateur. Concrètement, la recherche s'intéresse à la portée de ces implications citoyennes autour d'une action ou d'un projet sur 1) l'engagement citoyen ; 2) le rapport entre citoyens et organisations publiques ou communautaires ; 3) le milieu urbain. L'étude amène à constater que l'engagement à ces initiatives n'est pas celui des populations les plus novices, ni même les plus vulnérables. Certains apprentissages se font tout de même. Relativement à l'accompagnement fourni par l'organisme, il est plutôt d'ordre technique. L'organisme possède des ressources humaines et financières, de même que des compétences en aménagement qui facilitent les démarches. Finalement, les actions posées sur le milieu urbain sont concrètes, relativement faciles à réaliser et le résultat est immédiat. L'impact des initiatives de verdissement reste toutefois limité sur la qualité de l'environnement. Ces initiatives sont ainsi perçues comme une première étape et comme un message clair aux décideurs quant au souhait des citadins d'améliorer le paysage urbain par le verdissement.For those interested in civic engagement, whether in public or political affairs, it is becoming increasingly clear that some institutional channels are being abandoned in favour of new modes of participation. In urban planning, these new methods are less formal and smaller in scale, but have a much more immediate impact on the local space. For example, within urban areas, greening projects have emerged to address issues such as climate change or to challenge institutional urban planning and practices. In a context of the transformation of public and collective action, this master's thesis in territory planning and regional development focuses on the contribution of citizens in the adaptation of the living environment. Based on research-action, this research examines the case of green alley projects in Quebec City (QC, Canada). These initiatives are citizen driven, but they are not entirely self-managed. The organization Nature Québec coordinates the projects and offers expertise as a facilitator. The research focuses on citizen initiatives around green alley projects in relation to 1) civic engagement, 2) the relationship between citizens and public or community organizations and 3) the urban environment. The study shows that the engagement to these initiatives is not that of the most novice or even the most vulnerable populations. Also, the organization offers support that is mainly technical. It provides human and financial resources, as well as urban planning skills that facilitate the process, but does not address urban issues more broadly. Finally, the actions taken on the urban environment are concrete; they are relatively easy to achieve and the result is immediate. However, the impact of greening initiatives remains limited regarding the quality of the environment. These initiatives are thus seen as a first step and as a clear message to decision-makers about the desire of urban dwellers to improve the urbanscape through greening.
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Goba, Themba. "An appraisal of the link between transformation and good governance at Sedibeng District Municipality / Themba Goba." Thesis, North-West University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10643.
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The dawn of democracy and adoption of the new constitution heralded in a new political dispensation for South Africa. These development set local government in a new path as various pieces of legislations and policies were passed to transform local government from fragmented and racially – based municipalities into democratic and non – racial entities. Transformation did not end on amalgamation of racial municipal entities and change to racial composition of the administration staff but has to transcend beyond to ensure accountability, transparency, responsive and participation of communities in the affairs of local government to promote good governance. The Sedibeng District Municipality (SDM) established various structures, systems and processes intend on promoting transformation. However, its process of transformation is limited only to the structure and composition of the administration. Little was done to transform the reigning culture which has its roots in the apartheid past, despite the existence of policies including the White Paper on the Transforming Public Service Delivery (Batho Pele). Accordingly, the existence of new structures, systems and processes failed to curb corruption in the ranks of Sedibeng District Municipality. Currently, a number of staff members are facing various charges of fraud and corruption. The Auditor – General have found that millions of rands have spent without proper procedure being followed. The state of affairs give indications that existing structures, systems and processes are not solid enough to curb corruption. Furthermore, the situation is accentuated by the municipality’s failure to involve communities in the affairs of the local government. Communities are only used to rubber – stamp processes and programmes that are imposed by the municipality. This renders communities and community organisations useless and ineffective in holding the councillors accountable. Against the background of the problem statement, the hypotheses of the study were formulated as follows: * There is a non – compliance of municipal regulations required for transformation and good governance at Sedibeng District Municipality. * The leadership of the municipality does not possess adequate knowledge and the political will to monitor and ensure consistent adherence to regulations as required by law to promote transformation and good governance. The study utilized both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The study involved a number of techniques to gather information which includes literature study and empirical research. The findings of the study prove that there is a high level non – compliance of municipal regulations required to promote good governance at Sedibeng District Municipality. The responses of senior management also prove that there is a clear lack of leadership in the Sedibeng District Municipality. The study offers significant recommendations to improve the situation. The intend of the study was to explore and open avenue for further research in the field of change management (transformation of behaviour and culture), impact of cadre deployment in municipal performance and idea of public participation and involvement in the affairs of local government.M Development and Management (Public Management and Governance), North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2014
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Júnior, Paulo Cesar de Abreu Paiva. "A mudança social como objeto de estudo: referências introdutórias." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/100/100134/tde-24022016-103859/.
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O presente trabalho tomará por objetivo, através de uma revisão bibliográfica temática e pesquisa em banco de dados, uma contribuição para o Programa de Pós-Graduação em Mudança Social e Participação Política (PROMUSPP), radicado na Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo, ao oferecer uma leitura geral e introdutória sobre a temática da mudança social e um panorama de autores recorrentes, tidos como referência neste campo interdisciplinar recentemente relido e em constante construção. Tendo em vista que, no âmbito do PROMUSPP nenhum estudo tenha proposto tal iniciativa, cremos estar no tempo, momento e local apropriado para tal. Neste sentido, será apresentada uma síntese teórica de caráter introdutório sobre o tema da mudança social como objeto científico de estudoThrough a literature review and data research this work aims to contribute to the Post-Graduate Program in Social Change and Political Participation (PROMUSPP), of School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities of University São Paulo. It will provide a general and introductory reading on the theme of social change, and an overview of recurrent authors, taken as a reference in this recent, and in constant construction, interdisciplinary field. Considering that, in PROMUSPP, no study has proposed such initiative, we believe being on the time and appropriate place to do so. In this sense, will be presented: a brief history on the subject of social change as a scientific object of study and a mapping of modern authors who have addressed the \"social change\" theory on their research
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Longwe, Jessica M. "Gender equity in parliament: a study of the institutional constraints that women members of parliament experience in the South Africa parliament that hamper their effective participation." University of Western Cape, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7380.
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Masters in Public Administration - MPASouth Africa has undergone a process of dramatic change since the first democratic elections of 1994, notably so in the area of gender equity in public life. The struggles and demands of women during the constitutional process have resulted in an unprecedented 31,5 % representation of women in Parliament, the highest in Africa.
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Osei-Kufuor, Patrick. "Does institutionalising decentralisation work? : rethinking agency, institutions and authority in local governance : a case study of Ntonaboma in Kwahu-North District, Ghana." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5335.
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This thesis draws on an ethnographic research in Ghana to question mainstream views on decentralisation that local level institutions can be consciously crafted to enlist the participation of marginal actors in governance thereby leading to efficiency and equity in development. The research explores the everyday practice of local governance in Ntonaboma, a resettlement community in the Eastern region of Ghana by using participant observation and interviews. Evidence from the study reveals that first decentralisation is not a technical or managerial exercise but rather a societal practice taking place among heterogeneous actors with diverse interest and values. Secondly, the interactions occurring among these diverse actors are mediated through the interplay of a variety of institutions at the local level. Thirdly, the complex and dynamic character of decentralisation at the community level make the specificities of context very relevant in understanding the transformative potentials of decentralisation especially how it impacts on people and their social organisation. The study places emphasis on the application of agency, institutions and authority in local governance approaches. Evidence from the study suggests that institutionalised decentralisation inadequately provides possibilities for ordinary people to transform the nature of their interactions within the community. The thesis raises further questions about the simplistic and instrumental use of institutions in local governance approaches. The study notes that institutions are not static and do not determine outcomes but are informed by the prevailing conditions at the community level. Thus, the actions of actors and specificities of the locality do shape institutions. The study emphasises the role of existing institutions and socially embedded principles in village governance. It thus suggests that, the process of decentralisation is a political process mediated through diverse institutions and with varied outcomes for different individuals. The study concludes by exploring implications for local governance and decentralisation to making local governance pro-poor.
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Reid, Geneviève. "Le SIG participatif comme outil de transformation des représentations territoriales des citoyens : Le cas d'un quartier de la périphérie de Dakar." Thesis, Université Laval, 2011. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2011/28185/28185.pdf.
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Kandumba, Marina. "Exploring education policy transformation in Namibia in terms of democratic change." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50349.
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Thesis (MEd) -- Stellenbosch University, 2005.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: One of the major features of educational transformation in Namibia revolves around the democratisation of education. However, despite various endeavours by the government to transform the education system in an effort to provide quality education, there remain many challenges to the delivery of urgently needed quality education. This thesis seeks to explore how democratic education can possibly contribute towards eliminating identified challenges. My contention is that the promulgation of the education policy document "Toward Education for All" of 1993 was meant to bring about changes in the Namibian education system. However, the promulgation of this policy does not imply the effective implementation thereof.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Een van die belangrikste kenmerke van onderwystransformasie in Namibie is die demokratisering van die onderwys. Ten spyte van verskeie pogings deur die regering om die onderwysstelsel te transformeer in 'n poging om gehalteonderwys te verseker, is daar steeds baie uitdagings met betrekking tot die lewering van dringend nodige gehalteonderwys. Hierdie tesis ondersoek hoe demokratiese onderwys moontlik daartoe kan bydra om die uitdagings soos gerdentifiseer die hoof te bied. Die skrywer is daarvan oortuig dat daar met die bekendmaking van die onderwysbeleidsdokument, Toward Education for All (1993), bedoel word om veranderinge in die Namibiese onderwysstelsel teweeg te bring. Die openbaarmaking van hierdie beleid impliseer egter nie die effektiewe implementering daarvan nie.
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Tabassum, Naima. "Towards Unlocking Patriarchy: Women." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613022/index.pdf.
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This dissertation is a qualitative case study of women&rsquos political participation in local government in District Hyderabad, Pakistan from a feminist perspective. There is a longstanding patriarchal trend of elite women&rsquo
s selective political participation in Pakistan. But recently introduced local government system with increased quota (33%) for women brought a large mass of non-elite women in local politics. This research explores the social dynamics behind this changing pattern through semi-structured interviews with 53 elected women local councilors in the district. It argues that there is a dialectical relationship between patriarchy and women&rsquo
s political participation. It shows how patriarchal structures have reconfigured to enhance their interest by bringing non-elite women into politics for their power interest. The women, who entered politics, do not challenge the patriarchal structures
rather they use them as resources to facilitate their entry and survival in politics. This process has rendered somewhat of a compatible co-existence between these two antagonistic forces. Patriarchy has gained more modernized outlook while still retaining male domination. The non-elite women, although still controlled by and submissive to male domination, have gained ever broader legitimate space for their autonomous action. The research contributes to the debates concerning patriarchal transformation, arguing that certain features of patriarchy, when responding to accommodate new socio-political developments, gives rise to its own contradictions, thus potentially creating the conditions for overall societal change.
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Vaino, Loide Mwasheka. "Transformation through engagement: developing Grade 9 leadership opportunities through activity system using change laboratory intervention in a secondary school in Omusati region of Namibia." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/61569.
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The evolution of traditional educational leadership theory to contemporary leadership theory came as a response to an increased demand for better services in schools by creating platforms for learner leadership such as distributed leadership where learner leadership is located. This study of learner leadership is conducted in a secondary school in Omusati region of Namibia. Drawing on distributed leadership theory, the study sought to promote the distribution of leadership opportunities amongst all educational stakeholders, including learners, as provided for by policy and projected by educational leadership theory. The motivation of this study was the need to understand the problems associated with learner leadership as identified by past research. In addition, this study hoped to address the gap in the literature by exploring learner leadership development opportunities developing agency in learners through a Change Laboratory (CL) intervention. This study was as a transformative case study, how the grade 9s in the case study school were involved in leadership, the constraining factors that hindered the involvement of grade 9 learners in leadership, the enhancement of learner leadership at school, the positive contributions of CL workshops to participants and the leadership growth brought about by an intervention. This study generated data through observation, questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, focus group interviews, and Change Laboratory Workshops. The findings revealed that the grade 9 learners were marginally involved in leadership at the school. The most substantial challenge relates to traditional and outdated views of leadership on the part of teachers and educational managers. Additionally, the findings from the Change Laboratory workshops revealed that despite grade 9 learners being the youngest at school, they have the potential to be learner leaders. Hence in addition to several practical recommendations, the study recommends a change of mindset towards learner leadership so that opportunities are provided to contribute to the growth and development of learners. Finally, these research study findings will help my professional colleagues and policy makers in education to better understand the significance role of learner leadership involvements in schools.
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Rosca, Dorina. "La transformation systémique dans la Moldavie post-soviétique : « Intellectuels » et capital social." Paris, EHESS, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014EHES0034.
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Cette thèse porte sur l'analyse du changement systémique en République de Moldavie. Elle mobilise la problématique du capital social, au sens de Pierre Bourdieu, afin d'analyser la diversité de stratégies et de trajectoires des « intellectuels » - définis au sein de la société moldave de type soviétique par la possession d'un diplôme d'études supérieures ou supérieures incomplètes et par l'accomplissement d'un travail non manuel - dans le post-socialisme. Appuyant les résultats de deux enquêtes de terrain, par questionnaire et par entretien semi-directif, ce travail met en avant l'idée que cette diversité peut dégager les traits caractéristiques du type de capitalisme post-socialiste moldave. Il rompt ainsi avec une vision téléologique et universaliste d'un système pour le penser selon ses propres particularités institutionnelles, historiques, politiques, culturelles, etc. S'inscrivant dans une démarche socio-historique et conjuguant différents champs des sciences sociales, cette thèse propose alors une lecture comparative entre la trajectoire de ces « intellectuels », de 1980 à 2000, période couvrant trois régimes spécifiques d'accumulation : un propre à la fin du système socialiste de type traditionnel, un autre propre au système socialiste réformateur, et un troisième relevant du système post-socialiste moldave. Elle montre que les tensions engendrées par les différents régimes d'allocation et de distribution des ressources peuvent être régulées par le volume du capital social accumulé par les individus. La problématique du capital social apparaît ainsi centrale, permettant de voir comment s'articulent la dynamique institutionnelle et l'action socialeThis thesis focuses on the analysis of the systemic change in the Republic of Moldova. It uses'the issue of social capital from Pierre Bourdieu's perspective on the concept to analyze the diversity of stratégies and paths of "intellectuals" -defined as such in Moldovan society of Soviet type by holding university diplomas and being non-manual workers -in the post- socialism. Based on the results of two surveys, of questionnaire and of semi-structured interview, this work highlights the idea that this diversity may generate the particular features of post-socialist Moldovan capitalism. It breaks with teleological and universalist vision of a System to consider the issue taking its own spécifie institutional, historical, political, cultural characteristics. Adopting a socio-historical approach and combining différent fields of social sciences, this thesis proposes a comparative overview of the path of thèse "intellectuals", from 1980 to 2000; a period that covers three spécifie régimes of accumulation: first, corresponding to the end of the traditional socialist System, second, to the reforming socialist System, and third, Moldovan post- socialist System. It shows that the tensions caused by the différent régimes of allocation and distribution of resources can be regulated by the volume of social capital accumulated by individuals. Thus, the issue of social capital appears as central, and shows how the institutional dynamics and social action are articulated
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Bentley, Rosemary Diane. "Dancing with the Shadows of Wellbeing: An Exploration of Participatory Action Research Processes as a Catalyst for Transformation of Staff Wellbeing." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2505.
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My abiding concern with human and planetary wellbeing and an emerging interest in the potential of Participatory Action Research as a method of engaging with restorative, life-enhancing ways of being are central to the research reported here. Chomsky (2003), Kelsey (2002), Roddick (2001), and Stiglitz (2003) are amongst many authors who argue that the way in which we shape and are shaped by our relationships with one another has contributed to an intolerable, inhumane and unsustainable compromise of human and planetary wellbeing. Through a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project with staff from Te Ra, a community based on the holistic ideals of Rudolf Steiner, and thus an organisation explicitly committed to holistic wellbeing of people and planet, we sought to explore the challenges to such wellbeing. While our mutual attention was focused on enhancing staff wellbeing at their place of employment, my wider attention was also given to an investigation of the value of a critical analysis to the wider political and economic context in which this organisation works to meet the aspirations of this community. My deep attention has also focused on the potential for PAR to make a contribution to the transformational aspirations of critical theorists who are concerned to uncover and transform aspects of society that inhibit justice and wellbeing of people and planet. My metaphor of choice, to allow me the engagement in all three spheres simultaneously, is the metaphor of Dance. In my work with the staff of Te Ra, our intent was to 'dance with the Shadows', alluding to Jungian references to hidden aspects of ourselves and this community, to discover if un-wellness and disconnection from self and others could be transformed into flourishing relationships and wellbeing in the organisation. McNiff (2000) proposes that PAR has the potential to generate living theories that redefine the main purpose of organisation theory in terms of human wellbeing. Throughout this research project, principles of PAR are woven in with work of critical organisational theorists, psychologists and anthropologists. The already established ideas of reflection, observation, reflexivity, and action are choreographed with the less often considered ideas of those aspects of the research relationship that may inhibit mutuality. While this organisation is explicitly and deeply committed to underpinning all that is aspired to with a relational ethic, the impact that instrumental practices associated with an intensifying neo-liberal economic external environment have not left this organisation untouched. It took commitment, courage and resources to identify and engage with the Shadows masked by intrinsic and extrinsic pressures and processes that these research participants were experiencing. Engaging in PAR processes allowed us dance 'up close and personal' with their aspirations to begin transforming what was not well, while recognising and reinforcing the organisation's existing strong philosophical and spiritual foundations that emphasized individual freedom and collective responsibility for wellbeing of all. Based on the significant transformations achieved during this project we posit that PAR provides a collaborative opportunity for academics and practitioners to 'dance with the Shadows' of individuals and communities to make a significant contribution to the development of sustainable relationships in workplaces where human and planetary wellbeing is the priority.
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Van, Staden Maria. "Experiences of rural girls in a historically dominated organisation: scouts in Mpumalanga, Western Cape and Eastern Cape." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5844_1255685154.
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This study explores the experiences of young rural girls in scouting practices, who reside in the rural areas of Mpumalanga, Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This exploratory study draws special reference to their participation in Scout programmes in what in observed as a predominantly male-dominated organisational alignment. This exploratory study uses a qualitative feminist investigation, through focus groups and semi structured interviews to investigate the impact of these organisational change initiatives on the experiences of girls in scouting. Although the aim of the study was to explore the experiences of rural girls, boys were included in the study to explore gender dynamics and to problematise how gender inequalities can be understood and addressed in scouting.
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Gazza, Clément. "De la prise en charge à la (re)prise du pouvoir ? : la participation sportive comme révélateur des dynamiques de transformation de l'Association des Paralysés de France." Thesis, Montpellier, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017MONT4007/document.
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L’Association des Paralysés de France (APF), fondée en 1933, se présente à la fois comme organisation gestionnaire d’établissements et de services médicosociaux, et comme organisation représentative de « personnes en situation de handicap ». Oscillant entre « auto-organisation » et « organisation pour autrui » (Laville & Sainsaulieu, 2013), l’APF cherche à développer un « modèle participatif » (Ebersold, 2002) en impliquant ses adhérents et usagers dans les décisions individuelles et collectives.C’est dans ce contexte que la direction nationale de l’APF a pris la décision en 2013 de recruter un doctorant en convention industrielle de formation par la recherche (CIFRE) pour travailler spécifiquement sur l’organisation des activités physiques et sportives (APS). Pourtant, la demande sportive étant rarement formulée par les adhérents et usagers, il s’avère difficile d’envisager l’organisation des APS dans une forme de co-construction. La question centrale de cette recherche est alors de mieux comprendre la place donnée ou prise par les adhérents et usagers de l’APF dans les décisions concernant l’organisation des APS.À travers une observation participante au siège national, une immersion prolongée dans 10 « structures APF », 49 entretiens qualitatifs (23 salariés ou bénévoles, 26 adhérents ou usagers) et une recherche documentaire, nous avons adopté une démarche compréhensive visant à appréhender les représentations et croyances des différents acteurs, ainsi que leurs interactions.La participation sportive apparaît au final comme un révélateur des difficultés, pour les salariés et bénévoles de l’association comme pour ses adhérents et usagers, à passer d’un modèle de prise en charge à un modèle (re)donnant le pouvoir aux personnes ayant des incapacités (Oliver, 1987, Morris, 1997, 2001)The French Association of the Paralyzed (FAP), which was created in 1933, is both an administrator for social and health establishments and services and a representative organization of “disabled people”. Fluctuating between a “self-organization” and an “organization for others” (Laville & Sainsaulieu, 2013), the FPA is attempting to develop a “participatory model” (Ebersold, 2002) by involving its members and users in individual and collective decisions.In this context, the National Directorate of FPA decided to recruit a PhD student to carry out research specifically concerning the question of physical and sports activities. However, since sports demand is infrequent among members and users, it is difficult to consider the organization of physical activities from a co-construction perspective. The central issue is then to better understand the position which is either given or taken by the members and users of the FPA in the decision-making process in terms of physical and sport activities.Through a participant observation at the headquarters of the association, plus monographic studies of 10 FPA’s units, 49 in-depth interviews (23 employees or volunteers, and 26 members or users) and a documentary research, we adopted a comprehensive approach. Its aim was to grasp the beliefs and social representations of these actors, as well as their interactions.Finally, sport participation in the association seems to expose the difficulties for the employees or volunteers and for the members and users to move from the “model of care” to the “model of empowerment” (Oliver, 1990 ; Morris, 1997, 2001)
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Falkenstein, Robert N. "Student Experiences of Participation in Tracked Classes Throughout High School: The Ethic of Justice, School Leadership, and Curriculum Design." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1193089500.
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Kolybashkina, Nina. "The effects of community development interventions on citizen participation, empowerment, regeneration of civil society and transformation of local governance : case-study of UNDP Crimea Integration and Development Programme." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522735.
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Mejia, betancur Liliana Patricia. "Les actions artistiques et culturelles comme outils de transformation socioculturelle en zones vulnérables de Medellín, Colombie (1980-2016)." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019USPCD050.
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A Medellín (Colombie), l’art sous ses différentes expressions, a été un outil de transformation socioculturelle pour cette ville touchée fortement par la violence dans les années 1980 et 1990 notamment au cœur des quartiers vulnérables, à cause de la guerre menée par les divers groupes armés dont celui du narcotrafic mais aussi par d'autres groupes délinquants. Ainsi, en 1991, des leaders communautaires, des artistes et des citoyens, ont eu l’idée de créer des stratégies de résolution du conflit à travers des expressions artistiques telles que la comparsa avec pour but la réappropriation de leur territoire et le retour au calme de leurs quartiers. A cet effet, plusieurs manifestations artistiques ont eu lieu dans ces quartiers vulnérables, les participants ont réussi à traverser des rues signalées comme des frontières invisibles (Gouëset, 1992) et ont obtenu des résultats favorables pour la communauté. Ces événements ont été gérés par divers groupes artistiques de la ville et ont ouvert la voie au dialogue pour des négociations de paix avec les groupes délinquants. Aujourd’hui, les groupes artistiques sont toujours présents dans ces quartiers vulnérables et continuent à travailler pour la transformation sociale et culturelle de leur territoire (Gumucio, 2011). Il faut souligner que les gestionnaires culturels en charge de ces organisations sont des amateurs, ils ont appris le métier en le pratiquant. Plusieurs éléments de faiblesse ont été détectés au niveau des actions de la gestion culturelle qu’ils ont implanté. Rappelons ici que la gestion culturelle en Amérique Latine est un sujet relativement nouveau, qui a fait ses débuts dans les années 1990 et ce n’est que dans les années 2000 que l'efficacité de ses démarches commence à être reconnue.Cependant le but de cette recherche porte sur les analyses scientifiques de l’état des lieux de la gestion culturelle et ses actions dans ces quartiers vulnérables pendant les trois dernières décennies. Ainsi, dans un premier temps nous allons explorer tout le travail effectué en faveur de la transformation sociale des communautés. Par la suite nous centrerons notre recherche sur les actions de la gestion culturelle que ces groupes ont implanté. Cette étude se fait à l’issue des analyses sur les programmes de formation en gestion culturelle offerts. Nous finirons cette étude, avec une caractérisation possible du profil du gestionnaire culturel idéal pour les organisations artistiques et culturelles, visant la transformation sociale des territoires vulnérablesIn Medellín, Colombia, art through its various forms has been a way of socio-cultural transformation of the city badly harmed by violence during the eighties and nineties, in particular in fragile parts of the city, because of the war between groups involved in narcotrafficking and other offending gangs. Due to this in 1991 community leaders, artists and citizens thought of developing strategies to solve violence problems through various ways involving artistic and cultural matters such as comparsa so as to regain foot on their territories as well as sowing peace in their sections of the city. Thus several manifestation occurred in fragile sections and the people succeeded in crossing streets reknown for being invisible boundaries (Gouëset, 1992) and obtained positive results for the community. Theseevents were organized by various artistic groups of the city and opened the way to dialogue for peace negociations with these offending groups. Today, these art groups are still presentin these sensitive areas and still work for the social and cultural transformation of theirterritory.Most of the cultural managers responsible for these organisations are amateurs: they learned their job through praxis. Nevertheless, several weak elements were detected at the level of the cultural aspects they introduced. One should note that the problem of culture in Latin America is relatively new : it was initiated in the 1990’s and just in the 2000’s its function is beginning to be recongnized. Today, these art groups are still present in these fragile sections of the city and still work for the social and cultural transformation of their territory (Gumucio, 2011).Yet the aim of this research centers on the scientific analysis of the management of culture and how it has acted during the last three decades. Hence, first we shall explore the work carried out in view of social and communal transformations. We then center ourresearch on the means used to implant these new cultural aspects. This study also considersthe cultural training required and finally, the ideal cultural profile of the managers who aim at social transformation of vulnerable districts
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Rossouw-Brink, Milinda. "A guideline framework for transformation to a LED approach in local government : the Frances Baard District /." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/459.
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Södergran, Lena. "Svensk invandrar- och integrationspolitik : en fråga om jämlikhet, demokrati och mänskliga rättigheter." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2000. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-60632.
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This thesis consists of three studies that discuss and analyse Sweden's immigrant and integration policy from different perspectives. The main aim is to provide an understanding of and try to explain why the goal to develop an equal status and situation for immigrants and refugees in Sweden not has been realized. The first study, which also is a licentiate thesis, investigates national and local immigrant policy. It focuses on the political application in Umeå, a community in the north of Sweden. The second study extends the analysis by investigating interests and values that have dominated in the process which led to the Swedish integration policy of 1997. The third study extends the discussion about shifts in interests and values in Swedish immigrant policy. Its focus is on the recent increase in interest for questions about integration and repatriation respectively. The three studies are also discussed in introductory and summarizing discussions. The integration problems are here discussed from an extensive theoretical and analytical perspective with focus on questions about integration, citizenship and human rights. One main conclusion is that fundamental organisational, social, economical and political problems must be solved before the goals of Swedish immigrant policy can be reached. In addition it shows that Swedish immigrant and integration policy has developed parallel to, and been influenced by similar developments in other European immigration countries. In addition, international agreements on 'immigrants' and 'refugees' legal position have been of great importance in this development process as well. Accordingly a conclusion is that Swedish immigrant and integration policy not can be seen as an isolated Swedish phenomenon, but must be studied in relation to the development in both Sweden and to its international context. The results of the study of Swedish integration policy show that the moral foundation for this 'new' policy is both well informed and ambitious. It deals with the burning need to abandon the former immigrant policy that stigmatized and often segregated the people it was supposed to support. Yet these ambitions have been restricted by world events, Sweden's financial problems and disagreements among politicians, local workers and affected actors about political practice. The study shows that pragmatic economical considerations largely determine the development of this political field. It also shows that the contemporary debate about Sweden's integration policy consists of tensions between different perspectives, values, interests, ideologies and the like. These kinds of tension are revealed in the study of Swedish integration and repatriation policy as well. I show that both arguments for integration and repatriation political efforts can be built upon apparently humanitarian motives. An argument put forward is that two parallel and often conflicting approaches to what is meant by 'humanitarian efforts' for immigrants and refugees have developed. One approach means that fundamental structural problems in society must be solved before conditions for immigrants and refugees can be more similar to those of the majority. The other approach means that Swedish society only can offer them a life with social, economical and political marginalisation and that the best solution is to set them free from this fate. This later approach is discussed and criticized for being ambiguous and for involving moral political dilemmas. An argument put forward is that it is doubtful whether a repatriation policy can be justifed from a moral and human perspective. In the introductory and summarizing discussions I argue in favour of expanded citizenship and expanded human rights as means to promote participation in a multiethnic and multicultural democracy.digitalisering@umu
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Baykan, Deniz Altay. "La transformation spatiale d'Ankara pendant la période 1950-1970 vue à travers les demandes de dérogation des citadins au plan d'urbanisme." Paris, EHESS, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007EHES0007.
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Cette thèse est sur le développement urbain d'Ankara, la capitale de la Turquie. Dans cette thèse nous avons examiné les dossiers du Comité Administratif de la Construction pendant la périod 1950-1970, contenant les demandes de dérogation des citadins. Les données ont été analysées avec la méthode «Chi-Carrée» qui a une forte capacité de représentation des demandes des acteurs urbains. Les données sont évaluées selon différentes variables à partir du zonage fait pour Ankara en 1970. Nous avons réalisé des différents niveaux de «lectures » de la ville Ankara, à travers le temps, l'espace et les acteurs urbains. Avec les « lectures», nous donnons d'importantes informations sur la ville entière, sur le potentiel de transformation des espaces de la ville, sur la ségrégation urbaine et sur les similarités et les di versifications entre les zonesThis thesis is on the urban development of Ankara, the capital of Turkey. In this thesis, we examine the documents of the Administrative Committee of Construction (Irnar Idare Heyeti), during the period 1950-1970, containing the requests of the citizens for changes on urban development plans. We analyse the data using the "Chi-Square Method", which has the strong capacity of representation of the requests of the urban actors. The data is evaluated with respect to different variables throughout the zones of Ankara. We realize different levels of "readings" of the city (of Ankara), through time, space and urban actors. With these readings we are introducing important information on city, the transformation potential of urban space, the urban segregation and similarities and the differences between the zones of the city of Ankara
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Zaza, Ornella. "Horizons urbains en expérimentation : discours et pratiques d’une collectivité territoriale face au numérique." Thesis, Paris 10, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA100003.
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Le numérique est-il en train de remanier la façon des collectivités territoriales de projeter la ville ? En recomposant une archéologie de ladite « révolution numérique » par ses acteurs, ses utopies et ses idéologies, un consensus semble se dégager aujourd’hui autour du projet de « smart city » : par le concept de « co-construction », la participation des citadins et la coopération avec les acteurs privés se chevauchent. La conjonction entre l’emploi de nouvelles technologies (en constante évolution et majoritairement conçues par les acteurs privés) et la prise en compte des citadins (provenant d’une idéologie du public sur laquelle s’est bâtie l’histoire de l’action publique française) fait émerger le « paradigme de l’expérimentation » auquel l’acteur public fait de plus en plus appel. Ce paradigme se déploie par une série de dispositifs qui sont analysés au travers de trois topos de l’anthropologie : l'expérimentation de nouvelles solutions numériques, qui ritualise les interactions entre les acteurs autour de la conception de « sur-objets » numériques ; l'expérimentation des politiques publiques, qui par l’émergence de « agoras en ligne » engendre une réadaptation permanente de l’action publique, entre « archaïsme » et « modernité » ; l'expérimentation urbaine, qui par des « démonstrateurs » tente d’ordonnancer les récits matériels et immatériels de la transformation urbaine. A partir d’une ethnographie au sein de la Mairie de Paris, la thèse montre qu’à travers l'expérimentation l’acteur public cherche à « publiciser » des logiques et des outils provenant du domaine privé, en atterrissant cependant au même objectif opérationnel : produire des horizons urbains dont les discours et les pratiques franchissent continuellement la frontière entre public et privéAre digital technologies reshaping the way local governments plan the city? By recomposing an archaeology of the so-called “digital revolution” through its actors, utopias and ideologies, a consensus seems to emerge today around the project of “smart city”: by the concept of “co-construction”, citizen participation and public-private cooperation overlap. The conjunction of the use of new technologies (constantly evolving and mostly designed by private actors) and the consideration of citizens (coming from the public ideology on which French public action has been built in history) brings out the “paradigm of experimentation”, to which the public actor is increasingly appealing. This paradigm unfolds through a series of devices that are analysed by three topos in anthropology: the experimentation of new digital solutions, which ritualizes the interactions between actors around the design of digital “sur-objects”; the experimentation of public policies, which generates a permanent rehabilitation of public action", between "archaism" and “modernity”, because of the emergence of “online agora”; urban experimentation, which attempts to organize the material and immaterial narratives of urban transformation by setting up digital “demonstrators”. Based on an ethnography within Paris City Hall, the thesis shows that through experimentation public actors seeks to “publicize” logics and tools coming from the private domain, landing however to the same operational objective: to produce urban horizons, whose discourses and practices continually cross the border between public and private domains
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De, Agostini Christine. "La participation paysanne, condition du développement rural : vingt ans de luttes à la recherche d'une transformation sociale : le cas de la Unión de uniones ejidales y Grupos campesinos solidarios de l'Etat de Chiapas, Mexique." Paris 1, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1992PA010601.
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Les politiques de développement menées par le gouvernement mexicain ont préconisé la modernisation de la production agricole au détriment des producteurs. Elles ont conduit à une croissante dépendance extérieure et à une polarisation des inégalités socio-économiques ou les paysans indiens sont les plus défavorisés. Dans le monde capitaliste de la fin du vingtième siècle, des communautés de l'état du Chiapas, productrices de café et de maïs, sont confrontées à un nouveau défi : comment en tant qu'organisation sociale se saisir des processus de production, d'industrialisation, de commercialisation, de financement, problèmes de caractère fondamentalement économique ? Comment résoudre l'antagonisme apparent organisation sociale entreprise productive ?The development policies implemented by the Mexican government have so far advocated the modernization of the agriculture output. However, this has proved detrimental to the farmers. Indeed, this policy has led to an increasing dependency on foreign countries as well as to greater social ans economic inequalities which have hit the Indian farmers most cruelly. In todays's capitalist word, the Chiapas villagers, growing coffee and corn, are faced with a new challenge : how can they, as a social group, get hold of production tools, as well as the industrializing, trad, and financing processes - basic economic problems? How can they deal with (and get rid of) the apparent opposition between their social organization and profitable efficient economic policies?
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Galindo, Betancourt Eliana. "Penser l’offre publique de participation en Bolivie : analyse de l’émergence et des transformations de la décentralisation participative (1994-2013)." Thesis, Paris 8, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA080071.
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Cette thèse porte sur la construction intellectuelle qui irrigue la loi de Participationpopulaire adoptée en Bolivie en 1994. A partir de cet objet, elle analyse les logiques et lesraisonnements ayant dicté l’adoption d’une approche démocratique et participative face auxdysfonctionnements de l’action publique territoriale et à l’intégration précaire de lapopulation indigène et paysanne. Elle se propose d’offrir un éclairage sur le processusd’élaboration de la loi et sur l’agencement particulier des dispositifs participatifs proposés.Elle vise aussi à comprendre les effets de la participation sur les formes d’organisation desacteurs sociaux et, de manière plus générale, sur la démocratie en Bolivie. Pour cela, elles’appuie sur un programme d’entretiens avec divers acteurs ayant participé à différentesétapes de la conception et de la mise en oeuvre de la loi. L’étude des récits des opérateurs, desconcepteurs et des décideurs de la loi permet ainsi de révéler qu’au-delà des enjeux électorauxet de légitimation politique, les valeurs et les idées à propos de l’inclusion et du pluralismeont pesé dans la définition du cadre cognitif et normatif de la loi. La pertinence de ce dernierest testée à l’égard de l’acceptation et de l’appropriation des normes et des dispositifs par lesacteurs sociauxThis thesis focuses on the intellectual construct that holds the law of Popularparticipation adopted in Bolivia in 1994. On this basis, it analyzes the logic and reasoning thatdictated the adoption of a democratic and participatory approach to counter the dysfunctionsof the territorial public action and the precarious integration of the indigenous and peasantpopulation. It aims to shed light on the law-making process and on the particular layout of theproposed participatory mechanisms. It also aims to understand their impact on the forms oforganization of social actors and, more generally, on democracy in Bolivia. For this, it relieson a series of interviews with various stakeholders who participated at different stages of thedesign and implementation of the law. The study of the stories of the operators, designers anddecision-makers of the law reveals that, beyond electoral stakes and political legitimization,the values and ideas of inclusion and pluralism have influenced the definition of the law'scognitive and normative framework. The relevance of this new framework is tested withregard to the acceptance and appropriation of the norms and policy instruments by socialactors
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Silva, Rita Rosana Braga da. "Gestão democrática e participação pedagógica: princípios do conhecimento e a práxis para um ensino de qualidade." Faculdades EST, 2012. http://tede.est.edu.br/tede/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=408.
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A questão da Gestão Democrática e a Participação Pedagógica
constitui um campo inesgotável para investigação do educador, e vários
conceitos estão relacionados a este tema, tais como: princípios do
conhecimento, ideologia e diálogo. Por outro lado, não se pode discutir o
assunto sem considerar a educação libertadora e a consciência crítica como os
pilares necessários à transformação da realidade. Neste sentido, o presente
trabalho chama a atenção dos educadores para assumirem a sua identidade
pedagógica. Isto implica o empoderamento e a curiosidade epistemológica para
alcançar a tão desejada práxis. Debate-se e exorta-se na presente dissertação
o desafio dos gestores no tocante à consecução dos seus objetivos por meio
das CHAVES DE LEITURA (Conhecimento, Habilidades, Atitudes, Valores e
Espiritualidade), reais pressupostos de trabalho.The issue of Educational Participation and Democratic Management is an inexhaustible field for investigation of the educator. This is because many concepts are related to this theme, such as principles of knowledge, ideology, and dialogue. On the other hand one can not discuss the subject without regard to liberating education and awareness as critical pillars necessary to transform reality. In this sense the present work draws attention of educators to take their pedagogical identity. This implies the empowerment, the epistemological curiosity to achieve the desired practice. Struggles and calls up the challenge in this dissertation to all managers regarding the achievement of its goals by READING KEY (Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes, Values and Spirituality), actual working conditions.
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Denis, Fazlji. "Art as a tool for social transformation : A minor field study examining the increase of social and human capital amongst the urban indigenous youth of El Alto Bolivia through active participation in local cultural association ALBORs activities." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-18852.
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Denna uppsats handlar om den andra generationens ursprungsfolks urbana migranter i El Alto området Bolivia. ALBOR är en kulturförening som arbetar med ledarskapsutbildning och tala offentligt genom skapandet och framträdandet av poesi och scenkonst. Uppsatsen bygger på idéen att socialt kapital är främst något positivt som främjar sammanhållning inom samhällen och dess medlemmar. De frågor som tas upp i studien är hur kan ALBOR genom sitt arbete öka socialt och humant kapital bland ungdomar från marginaliserade ursprungsfolkgrupper i El Alto och därmed förbättra deras välbefinnande genom aktivt deltagande i föreningens verksamhet. Metoden som användes var kvalitativ där data som rör frågorna för studien samlades in genom intervjuer och materialet analyserades sedan i enlighet med teorierna om socialt kapital och andra kapital. Studien visar att ALBOR spelar en viktig roll för dessa unga människor när det gäller att skapa och upprätthålla socialt kapital. Den visar också att det är ett incitament för ungdomarna att delta politiskt så väl som ett verktyg för att få inflytande och erkännande i samhället. Det aktiva deltagandet i föreningens verksamhet har inte bara gett dem möjligheten att skapa och upprätthålla sitt sociala kapital internt inom föreningen, men även externt genom deltagande i kultur festivaler för ungdomar och därmed möjliggjort skapandet av breda sociala nätverk i hela Bolivia genom konst.
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Coetzee, Petrus Johannes van Vuuren. "A Reading of power relations in the transformation of urban planning in the municipalities of the greater Pretoria region (now Tshwane)." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10072005-140536.
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Rodriguez, Blanco Maricel. "Du barrage au guichet. Naissance et transformation des mouvements de chômeurs en Argentine (1990 – 2015)." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PSLEH117.
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Cette thèse porte dans une perspective sociohistorique et ethnographique sur le mouvement piquetero en Argentine et ses transformations successives durant les années 2000 en un vaste réseau d’organisation prestataires de services. Ce mouvement est né des actions collectives des chômeurs et travailleurs précaires à la fin des années 1990 contre les effets des réformes « néolibérales » et tient son nom de l’un de ses modes de protestation privilégié, le barrage de route ou piquete. Dès ses débuts, les piqueteros ont fait l’objet d’un double traitement de la part de l’État, entre répression et récupération dans le cadre de la mise en place de programmes de transferts conditionnés des ressources (Conditional Cash Transfer Programs). Dans cette nouvelle configuration de l’action publique ciblée, il s’agit désormais pour l’État de déléguer la distribution des aides sociales aux organisations, au regard de leur proximité territoriale avec les populations précarisées. Or, cette thèse montre que ce rôle flou de guichet, qui tend à introduire d’une manière ou d’une autre de la concurrence entre les organisations, a ainsi rapidement contribué à fragmenter l’espace piquetero, et produit des effets ambivalents sur les pratiques et les trajectoires des participants. La thèse s’appuie sur des méthodes mixtes, qualitatives et quantitatives, à partir d’une enquête de terrain menée pendant 40 mois, entre 2000 et 2015, dans deux provinces argentines. D’une part, à travers une ethnographie et des entretiens biographiques approfondis auprès des leaders, des délégués et des militants de la base (N=104), nous avons observé les interactions entre ces différentes catégories. Une prosopographie des leaders (N=76) nous a, d’autre part, permis à partir des méthodes statistiques de l’analyse factorielle (ACM) et de la classification (CAH) de rendre compte de la structuration de cet espace des organisations. Dans une première partie, la thèse s’attache – à l’appui d’archives et d’entretiens – à mettre en lumière les conditions de possibilité de la cristallisation progressive d’un mouvement social en un espace d’organisations. Nous avons cherché ici à appréhender le contexte, les enjeux et les moyens d’action de ce mouvement contestataire, en rapportant son inscription à l’évolution depuis le début du XXè siècle des rapports entre État, partis politiques et syndicats. La deuxième partie de la thèse est, elle, consacrée à l’analyse des pratiques militantes et des formes d’encadrement au sein des organisations. L’ouverture de la boîte noire des organisations révèle ainsi à quel point leur fonctionnement interne résulte de la capacité d’un ensemble d’intermédiaires à mener un travail de représentation, de mobilisation et de gestion des ressources vis-à-vis de certaines fractions des classes populaires particulièrement disposées à s’engager dans la durée. L’examen statistique des trajectoires de leaders nous renseigne par ailleurs sur les ressources nécessaires à l’occupation d’un tel poste et aussi sur ce que l’engagement fait aux parcours individuels. Enfin, une troisième partie a servi à appréhender les pratiques associatives au sein des organisations. Restituer les logiques de recrutement et les profils des recrutés a donné à voir dans la durée aussi bien les conditions de l’engagement de ces chômeurs et travailleurs précaires que les effets sur leurs trajectoires. L’observation des pratiques notamment lors des assemblées permet de montrer les principes d’encadrement tendus entre militantisme et entreprenariat qui pèsent sur les participants. Si cette fraction de précaires témoigne au sein des classes populaires de formes de mobilisation et de résistance particulièrement exemplaires, ils tendent également à déployer des modalités d’accommodement aux organisations, différenciées suivant leur socialisation et le volume et la nature de leurs ressourcesThis thesis discusses the Piquetero movement in Argentina and its successive transformations during the 2000s into an extensive network of service provider organizations throughout the territory from a sociohistorical and ethnographic perspective. This movement was born out of the collective actions of the unemployed and precarious workers in the late 1990s against the effects of "neoliberal" reforms, and takes its name from one of their preferred modes of protest, the roadblock or picket. Since its beginnings, the Piquetero movement has been the subject of a double treatment by the State, between repression and recovery in the context of the establishment of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs. In this new configuration of targeted public action, it is now up to the State to delegate the distribution of social assistance to a network of organizations, given their territorial proximity to the underprivileged populations. However, this thesis shows that this fuzzy wicket role, which tends to introduce in one way or another the competition amid the organizations, has thus quickly contributed to fragment the piquetero space, and produces ambivalent effects on the practices and the trajectories of the participants. The thesis is based on mixed methods, qualitative and quantitative, from a large 40-month field survey conducted between 2000 and 2015 in two Argentinian provinces. On the one hand, through an ethnography and in-depth biographical interviews with leaders, delegates and grassroots activists (N=104), we observed the interactions between these different categories. A prosopography of the leaders (N=76) allowed us, on the other hand, from the statistical methods of factor analysis (ACM) and hierarchical classification (CAH), to report on the structuring of this space of organizations. In the first part, the thesis focuses – with the support of archives and interviews – on the conditions of the gradual crystallization of a social movement into a space of organizations. We sought here to understand the context, the stakes and the means of action of this protest movement, relating its inscription to the evolution since the beginning of the XXth century of the relations between State, political parties and unions. The second part of our thesis is devoted to the analysis of activist practices and forms of supervision within organizations. The opening of the black box of the organizations thus reveals to what extent their internal functioning results from the capacity of a set of intermediaries to carry out a work of representation, mobilization and management of resources among working classes particularly willing to engage in the long term. The statistical examination of the trajectories of leaders also informed us about the resources that were necessary to occupy such a position and also about the effects of their engagement to their individual trajectories. Finally, a third part serves to apprehend associative practices within organizations. Restoring the recruiting logics and the profiles of the recruits has shown in the long term both the conditions of the commitment of these unemployed and precarious workers and the effects on their trajectories. The observation of practices, especially during assemblies, shows the principles of supervision stretched between activism and entrepreneurship which weighed on the participants. If this fraction of precarious people testifies within the working classes of forms of mobilization and resistance particularly exemplary, they also tend to deploy modes of accommodation to organizations, differentiated according to their socialization, and the volume and nature of their resources