Doctoral Dissertation Research in Sociology

本文将通过对厄瓜多尔高原省阿祖伊省昆卡教区的个案研究，考察天主教牧民对拉丁美洲社会经济发展的贡献。这项研究将探索牧民的发展战略和促进社会变革的努力的成果。特别关注的是牧民代理人如何以及为什么在他们的教区采用不同的工作方法，以及这样做的成功和失败的不同比率。将研究七个变量：意识形态、牧民的背景和知识、资源的可获得性和动员、社会网络、组织的访问和使用以及教区结构。

This dissertation will examine the contribution Catholic pastoral agents make to socioeconomic development in Latin America through a case study of the Diocese of Cuenca in the highland province of Azuay, Ecuador. The study will explore the development strategies of pastoral agents and the outcomes of efforts to promote social change. Special focus is on how and why pastoral agents adopt different methods of working in their parishes, and do so with varying rates of success and failure. Seven variables will be studied: ideology, the background and knowledge of pastoral agents, resource availability and mobilization, social networks, access and use of organizations, and parish structure.