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Political representation and civil organisations: new forms of mediation and the challenges for legitimacy

This article examines the new forms of political representation civil organisations are constructing in their relation with the State, and some of the possible consequences for the quality of ... established models of representation which enable one to explore how civil organisations, in the absence of the elections or formal membership, can construct their political representativeness. For this reason

Integrating risk management concepts into the drilling non-productive time

a sound technique to evaluate operational losses or wastes of many resources, including time. This paper presents an attempt to couple RM techniques with NPT philosophy together with other concepts ... professional development conference and exposition , Seattle, Washington, 11 - 14 June, ASSE- 06 -544E Pareto V , Page A ( 1971 ) Translation of manuale di economia politica “manual of political economy”, A.M

Study of an internal materials workflow based on the Lean Manufacturing philosophy

Recently, Brazilian companies have searched for ways to optimize the results of industrial processes. Studies by the Lean Institute Brasil (2012) indicate that the industries of Brazil, on average, require the most overtime for compliance with manufacturing operations. This is directly linked to the high amount of stocks between processes, waste handling and the storage of...

The politics of the Universal Church and its consequences on religion and politics in Brazil

The paper analyses the insertion of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in the national politics scenario and its effects in the religious and political fields. Due to the efficacy of ... loyalty in voting and the growing political success verified in every new election. Furthermore, the political practice of the UCKG is producing a mimetic effect on other evangelic churches, which tend to

The politics of the Universal Church and its consequences on religion and politics in Brazil

The paper analyses the insertion of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in the national politics scenario and its effects in the religious and political fields. Due to the efficacy of ... loyalty in voting and the growing political success verified in every new election. Furthermore, the political practice of the UCKG is producing a mimetic effect on other evangelic churches, which tend to

Lean philosophy and its applications in the service industry: a review of the current knowledge

, Curitiba, Brazil, bPUCPR, Curitiba, Brazil ABSTRACT This article presents an in-depth bibliographic study about the creation, principles, evolution, and practices of the lean philosophy ... . Other limitations are due to the scarce articles in the literature. However, this research showed that the use of the lean philosophy in services proved to be effective and quite worthwhile. Several cases

Lean philosophy and its applications in the service industry: a review of the current knowledge

This article presents an in-depth bibliographic study about the creation, principles, evolution, and practices of the lean philosophy oriented to the services sector. More than 70 papers about “lean ... . Other limitations are due to the scarce articles in the literature. However, this research showed that the use of the lean philosophy in services proved to be effective and quite worthwhile. Several cases

Shale gas: a step toward sustainable energy future

factors such as political matters, wars, social and economic aspects, and exploration techniques. Depending on the recoverable reserve (RR), production of shale gas entails different methods and with a ... prevailing in that particular region. As the administration introduces new policies, this can lead to political and economic turmoil. Therefore, widespread corruption, weak institutional and government support

Marxism and elitism: two opposite social analysis models?

The purpose of this article is to contrapose the propositions on power, class and political domination presented by a particular interpretation of Marxism - structuralist Marxism - through a critical ... of political systems and the ideological mirages of liberal pluralism, Nicos Poulantzas seized the occasion to defend the theoretical purity of theoretical Marxism. Both in Political Power and Social

The creation of municipalities after the 1988 constitution

This article examines the decision process in states governments and the political-institutional context (intergovernmental flow of funds, competences of governmental entities in federation ... actors' political strategies and determination of politics outcomes. The interpretation and empiric research produced the following hypothesis to explain this political process: 1) the new municipalities

A produção enxuta como fator diferencial na capacidade de fornecimento de PMEs

philosophy coined lean production. This paper aims at pointing out some considerations about what could be done, regarding the production process, that may improve the supply capability of the autoparts firms

Antonio Colbacchini and salesian etnography

political mechanisms which are used at a given moment to produce a certain image of the Indian and construct - for the Brazilian society - a convincing and absorbing view on their way of life and on what ... : Mission; Identité; Culture.     The huge problem of the political historical relations between Indians and Christian missionaries has, as a background, an important anthropological question – the

Through the looking glass: subjectivity in My formation, by Joaquim Nabuco

thread for the investigation. Having always as a reference the way through which political and literary values intertwine in his reflections, we intend to suggest that his subjectivity seems to be ... understood as a kind of re-actualization of one of the major characters of ancient philosophy and medicine, the melancholic.  For this, as Agamben (1993, chaps. 1 and 2) argues, the re-appearance of melancholy

"Every jack to his trade?": power, identity and market segmentation in the homosexual movement

, as well as some processes related to the constitution of the political subject of the homosexual movement in a context of both multiplication of identifying categories and destabilization of this ... political subject, comprised by multiple identity categories, not always driven by the same discourses. Without considering this problematic aspect, it becomes difficult to understand many of the positions

Orta Doğu’daki Karmaşadan Bir Düzen Tesis Etmek: Küresel Bir Meydan Okuma

The problem of order in the Middle East has always been a challenging issue on the world’s political agenda. The peculiarity of the problem lies in the fact that the Middle East has a complex social ... problem seems to be related to incapacity of governance. The problem of establishing order in the Middle East is a problem of governing the ethnic, religious and political complexity. This means developing

Riser and well casing analysis during drift-off: a coupled solution in the time domain

casing during drift-off, additional calculations were performed with the inclusion of a Production Adapting Base (height = 2.22 m), using Philosophy 2. The tension used in these calculations was 1,600 kips ... % 7.3% 7.3% 7.1% 0.9% 2.8% 2.6% 2.4% 2.6% 3.5% 3.5% 3.3% 2.6% 3.5% 3.5% 3.3% 37 104 100 96 67 119 120 115 67 119 119 114 As it can be seen on Table 2, the results obtained with philosophy 1 (quasi-static

Learning lean with lego: developing and evaluating the efficacy of a serious game

This study presents the use of a serious game developed to teach Lean philosophy. The structure of this game was built from theoretical elements and predefined learning events. Learning outcomes and ... philosophy. For this, a set of theoretical elements and a set of learning events (conditions which have the function of improving student learning) have been defined. After, the structure of an SG developed

Learning lean with lego: developing and evaluating the efficacy of a serious game

This study presents the use of a serious game developed to teach Lean philosophy. The structure of this game was built from theoretical elements and predefined learning events. Learning outcomes and ... philosophy. For this, a set of theoretical elements and a set of learning events (conditions which have the function of improving student learning) have been defined. After, the structure of an SG developed

System dynamics for social good

, consisting of human flourishing. The concept of the common good is a consistent theme in political philosophy through the centuries (Lee, 2013). Since it was founded sixty years ago, system dynamics has