Autonomy will not be given, it must be created!

TERRITORIO ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 87-90
Author(s):  
Pulska Grupa
Keyword(s):  
Political Context ◽  
The State ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Management ◽  
New Model ◽  
Island Area ◽  
The Commons ◽  
Abandoned Spaces ◽  
The Military

This text, by the Pulska Grupa group of activists, describes the socio-political and community conditions in Pola on the Adriactic coast of Croatia. Its objective is to grasp specific local transformations in a very broad geo-political context. The temporary reuse methods and projects initiated by associations, artists, architects and activists in some of the abandoned spaces in the huge military naval arsenal, such as the Casoni Vecchi fort, the Karlo Rojc barracks, the former sheds, the military warehouses and the buildings on the Katarina-Monumenti Island area are exemplary of a new model for the self-management of space, the ‘komunal'. Those of the Pulska Grupa use this term from Istrian dialect to mean ‘common land', belonging to the commons, not governed by the state and given to the community as land for experimenting with local activities, dreams and desires.

scholarly journals Commons, Global (Economic) Governance, and Democracy: Which Way Forward for International Law?

2021 ◽  
pp. 68-88
Author(s):  
Samuel Cogolati ◽  
Jan Wouters
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Economic Governance ◽  
Marginalized Populations ◽  
Democratic Practice ◽  
The Commons ◽  
Grazing Lands ◽  
Global Economic Governance

Millions of people have been depending on commons such as forests, pastures, grazing lands, and fisheries to meet their basic needs for centuries. Because these commons are often left unrecognized, they face the threat of enclosure, which risks depriving peoples in the Global South from their most basic access to essential resources. Legal scholars are therefore called upon to rethink the prevailing system of global governance. Very little has been said about the role that international law could play in the empowerment of communities in the self-management of their resources and in the resistance against enclosure. It remains unclear to what extent international law can require states to recognize the commons as a democratic practice of its own and protect marginalized populations from enclosure and dispossession. This chapter asks the question as to whether international law can be rethought as part of the solution in saving the commons from enclosure.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of Biopsychosocial Training Programs for the Self-Management of Emotional Stress: Potential Applications for the Military

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Crawford ◽  
Dawn B. Wallerstedt ◽  
Raheleh Khorsan ◽  
Shawn S. Clausen ◽  
Wayne B. Jonas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Emotional Stress ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Stress Reactions ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
The Military

Combat-exposed troops and their family members are at risk for stress reactions and related disorders. Multimodal biopsychosocial training programs incorporating complementary and alternative self-management techniques have the potential to reduce stress-related symptoms and dysfunction. Such training can preempt or attenuate the posttraumatic stress response and may be effectively incorporated into the training cycle for deploying and redeploying troops and their families. A large systematic review was conducted to survey the literature on multimodal training programs for the self-management of emotional stress. This report is an overview of the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) identified in this systematic review. Select programs such as mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management, Autogenic Training, Relaxation Response Training, and other meditation and mind-body skills practices are highlighted, and the feasibility of their implementation within military settings is addressed.

scholarly journals A Influência das Agências Internacionais no Brasil: os acordos MEC/USAID no contexto da ditadura militar de 1964

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 246
Author(s):  
Alex Ricardo Bombarda
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Political Context ◽  
The State ◽  
Military Dictatorship ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Military ◽  
Education In Brazil

O objetivo deste artigo será discorrer acerca da participação de organismos internacionais na reforma promovida pelo Estado na área da educação durante a ditadura militar (1964-1985). Para viabilizar essa proposta, serão considerados os acordos MEC/USAID, focando, dentro dos limites deste artigo, as Leis 5.540/68 e 5.692/71. Além disso, será realizada discussão com base em autores que discutiram a crise que ocorreu no Brasil ao longo da década de 1960, com o intuito de compreendermos qual era o contexto econômico e político em que esses acordos foram firmados. A hipótese levantada é a de que esses organismos internacionais influenciaram – e ainda influenciam - de forma negativa a educação no Brasil e, além de criar empecilhos para que esse direito seja promovido segundo os pressupostos constitucionais da qualidade e da universalidade, contribuíram para o processo de precarização das condições de trabalho dos professores.Palavras-chave: Acordos MEC/USAID. Cidadania. Ditadura Militar.The Influence of International Agencies in Brazil: the MEC/USAID agreements in the context of the 1964 military dictatorshipABSTRACTThe purpose of this article will be to discuss the participation of international organizations in the reform promoted by the State in the area of education during the military dictatorship (1964-1985). In order to make this proposal feasible, the MEC / USAID agreements will be considered, focusing, within the limits of this article, Laws number. 5.540 / 68 and number. 5.692 / 71. In addition, discussion will be held on the basis of authors who discussed the crisis that occurred in Brazil throughout the 1960s in order to understand the economic and political context in which these agreements were signed. The hypothesis raised is that these international bodies influenced - and still influence - in a negative way the education in Brazil and, besides creating impediments for this right to be promoted according to the constitutional assumptions of quality and universality, contributed to the process of precariousness of teachers' working conditions.Keywords: MEC / USAID agreements. Citizenship. Military dictatorship.La Influencia de las Agencias Internacionales en Brasil: los acuerdos MEC/USAID en el contexto de la dictadura militar de 1964RESUMENEl objetivo de este artículo será discurrir sobre la participación de organismos internacionales en la reforma promovida por el Estado en el área de la educación durante la dictadura militar (1964-1985). Para viabilizar esta propuesta, se considerarán los acuerdos MEC / USAID enfocando, dentro de los límites de este artículo, las leyes nº 5.540 / 68 y nº5.692 / 71. Además, se realizará discusión con base en autores que discutieron la crisis que ocurrió en Brasil a lo largo de la década de 1960 con el objetivo de comprender cuál era el contexto económico y político en que esos acuerdos fueron firmados. La hipótesis planteada es la de que estos organismos internacionales influyeron -y aún influyen- de forma negativa a la educación en Brasil y, además de crear obstáculos para que ese derecho sea promovido según los supuestos constitucionales de la calidad y de la universalidad, contribuyeron al proceso de precarización de las condiciones de trabajo de los profesores.Palabras  clave: Acuerdos MEC / USAID. Ciudadanía. Dictadura militar.

State-Minority Contestations in Post-colonial Sri Lanka

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 157-165
Author(s):  
Mansoor Mohamed Fazil
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Research Method ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Social Force ◽  
State Structure ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
State And Society ◽  
The Military

Abstract This research focuses on the issue of state-minority contestations involving transforming and reconstituting each other in post-independent Sri Lanka. This study uses a qualitative research method that involves critical categories of analysis. Migdal’s theory of state-in-society was applied because it provides an effective conceptual framework to analyse and explain the data. The results indicate that the unitary state structure and discriminatory policies contributed to the formation of a minority militant social force (the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam – The LTTE) which fought with the state to form a separate state. The several factors that backed to the defeat of the LTTE in 2009 by the military of the state. This defeat has appreciably weakened the Tamil minority. This study also reveals that contestations between different social forces within society, within the state, and between the state and society in Sri Lanka still prevail, hampering the promulgation of inclusive policies. This study concludes that inclusive policies are imperative to end state minority contestations in Sri Lanka.

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