Solid waste management is one of the main problems worldwide. Especially in developing countries, different factors such as rapid population growth, migration to urban areas, and lack of financial...Show moreSolid waste management is one of the main problems worldwide. Especially in developing countries, different factors such as rapid population growth, migration to urban areas, and lack of financial resources make difficult to implement an efficient system of collection. Waste–pickers have an important role in the solid waste management but they normally work under hazardous and precarious conditions. In Brazil, in particular, although most of scavengers work informally, there are also many formal cooperatives of waste pickers that collaborate each other and contribute significantly to clean the cities and reduce the volume of solid waste destined to the dumps. Nevertheless, solid waste management is still a complex issue in the country and there is still a lot do in order to integrate waste–pickers within the society and in the waste management system. This study analyzes the social impact of waste–pickers’ cooperatives in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Duque de Caxias, using data collected in five cooperatives during five weeks fieldwork research.Show less
En Chile hubo mucha movilización social por los estudiantes universitarios en el año 2011. Los estudiantes universitarios dicen querer otro sistema educativo en el que la educación sea pública,...Show moreEn Chile hubo mucha movilización social por los estudiantes universitarios en el año 2011. Los estudiantes universitarios dicen querer otro sistema educativo en el que la educación sea pública, gratuita de calidad. Esta tesis mira a los desarrollos en el tema de la educación superior en Chile entre 2011 y 2014 en base a las teorías del movimiento social. Es decir, se miran a las características de los viejos y nuevos movimientos sociales para determinar si el actual movimiento estudiantil universitario corresponde a los viejos movimientos sociales o los nuevos movimientos sociales.Show less
