Doctoral Dissertation Research: Girls' Education as a Globalized Priority: A Case Study of Corporate Philanthropic Investment in Brazil

博士论文研究：女童教育作为全球化优先事项：巴西企业慈善投资案例研究

• 批准号: 0903088
• 负责人: Ananya Roy
• 金额: $ 1.18万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-04-01 至 2010-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0903088&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Girls; Education

Over the past two decades, a globalized priority for girls' education emerged within the international development regime. This study examines a new set of actors operating within this globalized priority: transnational corporations and their foundations. Employing a case study methodology, this research examines the following research questions: 1) What is the genesis, development, and current nature of the globalized priority in girls' education? 2) How are transnational corporations and their foundations investing in girls' education in regards to this priority? 3) What are the implications of these investments for adolescent girls, and also for transnational corporations and their foundations? Using methods of participant observation, interviews, and archival research, this study will examine how the investments of a corporate foundation are constituted through partnerships with non-governmental organizations in Brazil in an effort to elucidate the foundation's broader practice of investing in adolescent girls. The research findings, based on ethnographic and discourse analytic methods, will be situated within a larger constellation of development discourse and practice in girls' education. The intellectual merit of this project lies in its contribution to better understanding international development. The research poses a new set of theoretical questions regarding the processes of development, globalization, and education. It suggests that adolescent girls and transnational corporations and their foundations are significant actors within these processes. It is the first empirical study on why a diverse set of development actors are making girls' education a globalized priority, and how transnational corporations and their foundations are emerging as critical actors within this broad coalition. The research will also contribute to knowledge of the practices and implications of corporate-sponsored development and can provide a nuanced understanding of the relationship among a corporation, its philanthropic arm, and its partnering development organizations. The proposed study will have two broader impacts within academic, policy, and practice-oriented communities through its wide dissemination in the U.S. and Brazil. First, it will influence future policy and practice by informing the public discourse on the promotion of girls' education for the purposes of economic development and poverty alleviation, and, second, it will indicate the strengths and limitations of corporate-sponsored development.

过去二十年来，在国际发展制度中出现了全球性的女童教育优先事项。本研究报告审查了在这一全球化优先事项范围内运作的一组新的行为者：跨国公司及其基金会。本研究采用个案研究的方法，探讨以下研究问题：（1）女童教育全球化的起源、发展和当前的性质是什么？2)跨国公司及其基金会如何在这一优先事项方面投资于女童教育？3)这些投资对少女以及跨国公司及其基金会有何影响？本研究将采用参与观察、访谈和档案研究的方法，研究企业基金会的投资是如何通过与巴西非政府组织的伙伴关系构成的，以阐明基金会投资于少女的更广泛做法。研究结果以人种志和话语分析方法为基础，将置于女孩教育发展话语和实践的更大范围内。 这个项目的智力价值在于它有助于更好地了解国际发展。这项研究提出了一系列关于发展、全球化和教育进程的新的理论问题。它表明，少女和跨国公司及其基金会是这些进程中的重要行为者。这是第一次实证研究，探讨为什么一系列不同的发展行为体正在将女童教育作为全球化的优先事项，以及跨国公司及其基金会如何成为这一广泛联盟中的关键行为体。这项研究还将有助于了解公司赞助的发展的做法和影响，并能对公司、其慈善机构及其伙伴发展组织之间的关系有细微的了解。拟议的研究将通过在美国和巴西的广泛传播，在学术，政策和实践导向的社区产生两个更广泛的影响。首先，它将影响未来的政策和做法，为关于促进女童教育以促进经济发展和减贫的公共讨论提供信息;其次，它将表明公司赞助的发展的优势和局限性。