Agências reguladoras e Estado no Brasil: reformas e reestruturação neoliberal nos anos 90

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Mártires de abril: o MST semeando a utopia camponesa

A descrição do Assentamento Mártires de Abril e a análise dos processos de construção das práticas e do discurso sobre sua organização e gestão são o objeto deste trabalho. Desse modo é que se definiu como temática o Estudo das Formas de Organização de Assentamento do MST com a perspectiva de pensar os processos sociais que se foram construindo nos assentamentos de Reforma Agrária do MST no Pará, e a sua complexidade, a partir da experiência do Assentamento Mártires de Abril que apresenta peculiaridades. A forma de organização da produção é uma tentativa de se implantar o projeto de organização de assentamento do MST, que, neste trabalho, foram assim denominados: Grupo Coletivo ou de Produção no Sistema de Cooperação; Semi-coletivo ou Produção Familiar Integrada e Individual ou Produção Familiar Não Integrada. Nesta perspectiva, definiu-se como objetivos do trabalho: compreender os limites e as possibilidades de implementação das formas de organização de assentamento do MST, associando coletivismo e gestão familiar, a partir da experiência do Assentamento Mártires de Abril; identificar os limites e as possibilidades das formas de organização da produção coletiva numa perspectiva de construção da proposta de assentamento; identificar as representações sociais no processo de construção da organização social, econômica e política do assentamento. Foi possível identificar que no Assentamento Mártires de Abril predomina a perspectiva de uma forma de organização da produção coletiva com possibilidade de se desenvolver a semi-coletiva e a individual; existência de diferenciação no nível político-ideológico de cada pessoa assentada, resultando na distinção dos estágios de desenvolvimento dos núcleos de base, o que vai determinar a forma de organização de cada núcleo e as estratégias de reprodução e que o contexto que o Assentamento Mártires de Abril apresenta é de estágio em desenvolvimento, com expressão de conflitos ainda evidentes, face ao processo de definição de uma forma própria de organização de assentamento. Entretanto, existe uma tendência, em médio prazo, à configuração de um projeto definido como uma nova alternativa de assentamento com elementos culturais da velha forma de produção, mesclada à uma nova proposta baseada na exploração semi-coletiva e culturas diversificadas.

Velhice, ideologia e crítica: uma análise sobre a participação, protagonismo e empoderamento dos (as) velhos (as) nos espaços conferências

Pós-graduação em Serviço Social - FCHS

L’abitare come relazione sociale: il significato della casa e i processi di coesione sociale di vicinato

Se le trasformazioni sociali in atto tendono a esasperare il senso di incertezza, sradicamento ed individualismo, sussistono pratiche che si contrappongono alle tendenze dominanti, finalizzate a ricucire i legami sociali su scala locale. La progettazione urbano-architettonica interiorizza il nuovo bisogno di comunità originando soluzioni abitative tese a favorire gli scambi informali fra vicini, facendo leva sul concetto di capitale sociale, attaccamento al quartiere, identità del luogo e partecipazione. La casa, simbolo di stabilità e sicurezza ma anche di privacy, privatismo familiare, diventa sempre più oggetto di studi, domanda sociale e intervento politico. Soprattutto è sempre più intesa come un nodo di relazioni familiari in una rete di relazioni sociali più ampie. Casa e quartiere incidono nella esperienza di benessere e socialità familiare? In che modo gli spazi urbani e architettonici influenzano la coesione sociale? Quale il ruolo degli abitanti nello sviluppare socialità e integrazione? Sono queste le domande che ci siamo posti per rilevare le dinamiche sociali e culturali dell’abitare attraverso uno studio di caso condotto in due quartieri simili. Dalla ricerca emerge come il significato della casa non sia univoco ma cambi rispetto al ciclo di vita familiare e a quello economico e ciò incide nella partecipazione alle attività di quartiere. Mostriamo inoltre come lo spazio fisico costruito crea importanti opportunità per gli scambi informali e per il benessere familiare e individuale dei bambini ma che, il contesto sociale sia una discriminate fondamentale. Nel quartiere dove è presente una organizzazione di abitanti il numero delle relazioni di vicinato aumenta, cambiano anche la qualità delle relazioni e le distanze fisiche fra i vicini. Emerge inoltre che la reciprocità è il principale strumento di costruzione della coesione comunitaria interna e crea un atteggiamento di apertura e fiducia che va al di là dei confini di quartiere.

Talents in Migration Processes in the Conditions of the Czech Republic of the Nineties

The transformation of the 1990s has had a bearing on the academic and scientific world, as is becoming increasingly obvious with the changing numbers of foreign students wishing to study in the Czech Republic and of Czech students wishing to study abroad, the virtual collapse of doctoral studies, and the rapidly increasing age of Czech academics (placed at 48 by official sources and at rather more by this research). At the same time there is an apparent lack of interest in analysing and understanding these trends, which Mr. Cermak terms an ostrich policy, although his research showed that academics are in fact both aware and concerned about them. The mid-1990s migration of talent to and from R+D in the Czech Republic is also reflected in the number of talented Czech students studying abroad, who represent the largest and most interesting group of actual and potential migrants. Mr. Cermak's study took the form of a Delphi enquiry participated in by 44 specialists, including experts in the problems of higher education and science policy from the Presidium of the Higher Education Council (n = 23), members of the Council's Science and Research Commission (n = 14), former and current managers of higher education authorities (n = 4) and selected participants of the longitudinal talent research (n = 3). Questions considered included the influence of continuing talent migration from domestic R+D on the efficiency of domestic higher education, the diversification of forms of the brain drain and their impact on other processes in society, the possibility of positive influence on the brain drain processes to minimise the risks it presents, and the use of the knowledge obtained about the brain drain. The study revealed a clear drop of interest in brain drain problems in higher education in the mid-1990s, which is probably related to the collapsed of Czech R+D in the field of talent education. The effects on this segment of the labour market appeared earlier, with a major migration wave in 1991-1993 which significantly "cleared" the area of scientific talent. In addition, prospective talents from the ranks of younger students have not been integrated into domestic R+D, leading to the increasing average age of those working in this field. "Talent scouting" tended to be oriented towards much younger individuals, even in some cases towards undergraduate students. The R+D institutions deprived of human resources considered as basic in a functional R+D system have lost much of their dynamism and so no longer attract not only domestic talent but also talent from other regions. As a result the public, including the mass media and political structures, have stopped regarding the support of domestic science as a priority. This is clear both among the young people who are important for the future development of R+D (support for the education of talented children has dropped), from the drop in the prestige of this area as a profession among university students, and from the lack of explicit support for R+D by any of the political parties. On the basis of his findings Mr. Cermak concludes that there is no basis for the belief that the brain drain will represent a positive force in stimulating the development of the open society. Migration data shows that the outflow of talent from the Czech Republic far exceeds the inflow, and that the latter is largely short-term. Not only has the number of returning Czech professors dropped to half of its level at the beginning of the 1990s, but they also tend to take up only short-term contracts and retain their foreign positions. Recruitment of scientific talent from other countries, including the Slovak Republic, is limited. Furthermore internal contacts between those already involved in R+D have been badly hit by economic pressures and institutional co-operation has dropped to a minimum. There have been few moves to counteract this situation, the only notable one being the Program 250, launched in 1996 with government support to try and attract younger (i.e. under 40) talent into R+D. Its resources are however limited and its effects have not so far been evaluated. The deficit of academic and scientific talent in the Czech Republic is increasing and two major directions of academic work are emerging. Classic higher education science based on the teaching process is declining, largely due to economic factors, while there is an increasing emphasis on special; ad hoc projects which cannot be related directly to teaching but are often interesting to specialists outside the Czech Republic. This is shown clearly by the increase in publishing and in participation in domestic and foreign grant projects, which often serve to supplement the otherwise low salaries in the higher education sector. This tend was also accelerated by the collapse of applied R+D in individual sectors of the national economy and by substantial cutbacks in the Czech Academy of Sciences, which formerly fostered such research. Some part of the output of this research can be used in the education system and its financial contribution does significantly affect the stability of the present staff, but Mr. Cermak sees it as generally unfavourable for the development of talent education. In addition, it has led to a certain resignation on the question of integration into international structures, due to the emphasis on short-term targets, commercial advantages and individualism rather than team work. At the same time, he admits that these developments reflect those in other areas of the transformation in the Czech Republic.

Nuevas concepciones acerca de la mente

El cartesianismo ha impregnado el pensamiento filosófico y científico occidental durante siglos, pero desde las últimas décadas del siglo XX han aparecido movimientos contestatarios significativos. Las tesis cartesianas más importantes cuestionadas han sido: a) el dualismo metafísico mente-cuerpo, que supone además la adopción sistemática de otros dualismos, b) el individualismo, c) el internalismo, que caracteriza la mente por sus relaciones internas y d) la identificación de la mente con la conciencia. Estas tesis no solo fueron de importancia para la historia del pensamiento filosófico y científico, sino que acarrearon consecuencias concretas en ámbitos como la educación y la práctica científica. Presentaremos algunos de los cambios conceptuales que se han pruducido, opuestos al cartesianismo. Uno de ellos es la emergencia de categorías como las de mente corporizada, mente situada y extendida, y sus consecuencias en los distintos contextos, que se oponen especialmente al internalismo y al individualismo. La mente no es concebida como lo que está "dentro de la cabeza", sino que se la concibe de un modo que incluye elementos del entorno, sea este el medio natural, social y tecnológico. Otro caso significativo es el reconocimiento de estructuras mentales no conscientes, opuestas a la concepción que identifica mente con conciencia

Nuevas concepciones acerca de la mente

El cartesianismo ha impregnado el pensamiento filosófico y científico occidental durante siglos, pero desde las últimas décadas del siglo XX han aparecido movimientos contestatarios significativos. Las tesis cartesianas más importantes cuestionadas han sido: a) el dualismo metafísico mente-cuerpo, que supone además la adopción sistemática de otros dualismos, b) el individualismo, c) el internalismo, que caracteriza la mente por sus relaciones internas y d) la identificación de la mente con la conciencia. Estas tesis no solo fueron de importancia para la historia del pensamiento filosófico y científico, sino que acarrearon consecuencias concretas en ámbitos como la educación y la práctica científica. Presentaremos algunos de los cambios conceptuales que se han pruducido, opuestos al cartesianismo. Uno de ellos es la emergencia de categorías como las de mente corporizada, mente situada y extendida, y sus consecuencias en los distintos contextos, que se oponen especialmente al internalismo y al individualismo. La mente no es concebida como lo que está "dentro de la cabeza", sino que se la concibe de un modo que incluye elementos del entorno, sea este el medio natural, social y tecnológico. Otro caso significativo es el reconocimiento de estructuras mentales no conscientes, opuestas a la concepción que identifica mente con conciencia

Nuevas concepciones acerca de la mente

El cartesianismo ha impregnado el pensamiento filosófico y científico occidental durante siglos, pero desde las últimas décadas del siglo XX han aparecido movimientos contestatarios significativos. Las tesis cartesianas más importantes cuestionadas han sido: a) el dualismo metafísico mente-cuerpo, que supone además la adopción sistemática de otros dualismos, b) el individualismo, c) el internalismo, que caracteriza la mente por sus relaciones internas y d) la identificación de la mente con la conciencia. Estas tesis no solo fueron de importancia para la historia del pensamiento filosófico y científico, sino que acarrearon consecuencias concretas en ámbitos como la educación y la práctica científica. Presentaremos algunos de los cambios conceptuales que se han pruducido, opuestos al cartesianismo. Uno de ellos es la emergencia de categorías como las de mente corporizada, mente situada y extendida, y sus consecuencias en los distintos contextos, que se oponen especialmente al internalismo y al individualismo. La mente no es concebida como lo que está "dentro de la cabeza", sino que se la concibe de un modo que incluye elementos del entorno, sea este el medio natural, social y tecnológico. Otro caso significativo es el reconocimiento de estructuras mentales no conscientes, opuestas a la concepción que identifica mente con conciencia

Shaping Tolerant Attitudes towards Immigrants: The Role of Welfare State Expenditures

This article contributes to the ongoing discussion on how tolerance may be fostered in Western European countries and to the question of how contextual factors such as welfare state expenditures may contribute to this formation. Tolerance is understood as a basic democratic principle that helps civil societies cope with rising levels of diversity stemming from increased immigration and individualism. Within the tolerance literature it is commonly agreed upon that a comprehensive welfare state is capable of bridging class divides and overcoming social categorization. However, over the past decades European welfare states experienced an ongoing influx of immigrants, challenging their general purpose and increasing notions of ‘welfare chauvinism’. Drawing on insights from both tolerance and welfare state solidarity literature, we implement hierarchical analyses based on Eurobarometer data to assess the potential influence of welfare state universalism on political and social tolerance in 15 Western European countries. Moreover, we demonstrate that this relationship is highly conditional on the degree of ethnic heterogeneity within a country.

Chronic illness in non-heterosexual contexts: towards a critical LGBTQ health psychology

In this thesis, I contribute to the expansion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ) psychology by examining chronic illness within non-heterosexual contexts. Chronic illness, beyond the confines of HIV/AIDS, has been a neglected topic in LGBTQ psychology and sexual identity is often overlooked within health psychology. When the health of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people has been considered there has been an over-reliance on quantitative methods and comparative approaches which seek to compare LGB people?s health to their heterosexual counterparts. In contrast, I adopt a critical perspective and qualitative methods to explore LGBTQ health. My research brings together ideas from LGBTQ psychology and critical health psychology to explore non-heterosexuals? experiences of chronic illness and the discursive contexts within which LGB people live with chronic health conditions. I also highlight the heteronormativity which pervades academic health psychology as well as the „lay? health literature. The research presented in this thesis draws on three different sources of qualitative data: a qualitative online questionnaire (n=190), an online discussion within a newsgroup for people with diabetes, and semi-structured interviews with 20 LGB people with diabetes. These data are analysed using critical realist forms of thematic analysis and discourse analysis. In the first analytic chapter (Chapter 3), I report the perspectives of LGB people living with many different chronic illnesses and how they felt their sexuality shapes their experiences of illness. In Chapter 4, I examine heterosexism within an online discussion and consider the ways in which sexuality is constructed as (ir)relevant to a diabetes support forum. In Chapter 5, I analyse LGB people?s talk about the support family and partners provide in relation to their diabetes and how they negotiate wider discourses of gender, sexuality and individualism. In Chapter 6 I explore how diabetes intersects with gay and bisexual men?s sex lives. In the concluding chapter, I discuss the contributions of my research for a critical LGBTQ health psychology and identify some possible areas for future research.

The Mistranslation of the ABCs: An American AIDS Education Campaign in Botswana

The majority of Botswana citizens have access to national HIV/AIDS education, but the messages ignore native cultural practices. The purpose of this paper is to critique the influence of American humanism and individualism on the ABC model of HIV/AIDS prevention used to stem the AIDS epidemic in Botswana.

The way to succeed in mexican business realations

The article is based on the research project titled “Intercultural Dimension in Corporate Culture of Multinational Companies” and it deals mainly with cultural stereotypes that influence business relations. The article takes a famous research of Geert Hofstede and extends it on Czech-Mexican business reality. The article is therefore dedicated to Czech businessmen who are interested in having good relations with Mexico and avoiding mistakes that could prevent them from doing so. The first part of the article covers Hofstede´s dimensions and compares them with other studies. The comments include topics such as social hierarchy in Mexico, Mexican collectivism and life values, approach to pragmatism of both Czech and Mexican nations and also how these nations tend to indulgency. The second part of the article is aimed at the image of Czech Republic in the foreign markets and includes the feedback on Czech work behaviour from Latinoamericans who have previously worked with Czechs.

Innovación tecnológica, oportunismo y acción colectiva en la concentración quesera de Tlaxco, Tlaxcala, México

Tlaxco es una pequeña cuenca lechera del centro de México. Concentra a los diferentes actores implicados en la cadena productiva de queso: ganaderos, recolectores de leche, queseros y comerciantes. Se estudió a través de la metodología de los Sistemas Agroalimentarios Localizados (SIAL) que permite un análisis multidisciplinario. La actividad quesera se desarrolló por la disponibilidad de leche, y los comerciantes han aprovechado la fama que ha ganado el queso a nivel regional. Los agentes se caracterizan por la pequeña escala en sus actividades y un bajo nivel tecnológico y económico; a pesar de eso, la quesería sigue desarrollándose, pero las relaciones son limitadas: las definen la falta de confianza, oportunismo e individualismo. El lugar de promover colectivamente la calidad, la competencia se basa exclusivamente en el precio. La falta de activación colectiva de la cuenca debilita a los actores e impide un uso óptimo de los recursos.   ABSTRACT Tlaxco, is a small dairy area ubicated in the central part of México. The different actors implicated in cheese value chain are concentrated in this zone: dairy farmers, milk collectors, cheese makers and sellers. The Local Agrifood System methodology has been applied to bring us a multidisciplinary point of view. Milk availability made possible cheese-making activity, and Tlaxco cheese enjoy a regional reputation. Actors are characterized by small scale activities and a low technological and economical level. Nevertheless. Cheese-making activities are still in development. But relationships are limited: their main characteristics are mistrust. Opportunism and individualism. Instead of promoting collectively product quality, competition is almost only based on price. The lack of collective activation in the area weakens actors and stops an optimal use of resources.

Assessing alternative models of individualism and collectivism: A confirmatory factor analysis

Six alternative structural models of individualism-collectivism are reviewed and empirically compared in a confirmatory factor analysis of questionnaire data from an Australian student sample (N=340). Central to the debate about the structure of this broad social attitude are the issues of (I) polarity (are individualism and collectivism bipolar opposites, or orthogonal factors?) and (2) dimensionality (are individualism and collectivism themselves higher-order constructs subsuming several more specific factors and, if so, what are they?). The data from this Australian sample support a model that represents individualism and collectivism as a higher-order bipolar factor hierarchically subsuming several bipolar reference-group-specific individualisms and collectivisms. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.