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This paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of three anthropological approaches (interpretive, experiential and explanatory) to requests for intercession in religions and healing rituals. First, an exploration of how Native North Americans have assimilated Roman Catholicism shows how in that process they have constituted Kateri Tekakwitha as the one who heals her devotees. Second, a discussion of the work of those who advocate an experiential approach to the study of rituals illustrates how they come to understand healing powers as they are initiated in religious healing traditions. Finally, the article examines the argument that in response to the cosmic indifference to their existential condition, humans create religious traditions and healing rituals to better confront uncertainty, suffering and death. Throughout the article these three approaches are discussed in the light of the concepts of ‘dispositif' (Foucault and Deleusze) and cognitive dissonance (Fetsinger).
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Recent public policies in favor of family farming in Uruguay face a lot of tension with the dominant neoliberal logic of Uruguayan agriculture. This paper analyzes the public policy innovations in the management of natural resources, land use and rural development decentralization. It also examines their effects, especially on the area of family livestock farming. The research was conducted by crossing archives analysis and interviews with key decision makers, stakeholders and beneficiaries of the studied policies. Uruguay is in the process of integrating international standards in environmental policies (conservation of water and soil) and regional sustainable development. But the implementation of new regulatory instruments (territorial, environmental, land use, etc.) has problems as they come in tension or conflict with the interests of the corporate sector or with the identity of livestock family farmers.
Keywords: élevage familial, politiques environnementales, décentralisation, ressources naturelles, développement territorial rural, prairie naturelle, Uruguay, family livestock, environmental policies, decentralization, natural resources, rural territorial development, native grassland, Uruguay
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This study was conducted in a Tunisian context with the aim of understanding the role that the union and the works council can play in the process of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Three companies were studied by means of an interpretive epistemological approach and qualitative methodology. To carry out this comprehensive research, data were collected from three sources : field notes ; semi-structured interviews ; and the company's CSR reports. The main results show differences from one case to another in (1) CSR types, (2) CSR commitment reasons and (3) types of regulation. The type of regulation depended on the rule governing the mode of CSR practice and management. The results allow us to conclude that, in all cases, the union and the works council are an essential stakeholder in CSR through their mobilizing capacity and the various types of regulation that strengthen or weaken the CSR process. Social dialogue appears as a powerful lever to legitimize and develop CSR practices through joint collective action. As a CSR tool that is both robust and pragmatic, social dialogue regulates the process and reifies the actor's aspirations around this construct (CSR).
Keywords: Syndicat, Comité d'entreprise, Dialogue social, Types de RSE, Régulation, union, works council, social dialogue, CSR types, regulation