A network society communicative model for optimizing the Refugee Status Determination (RSD) procedures

This article recommends a new way to improve Refugee Status Determination (RSD) procedures by proposing a network society communicative model based on active involvement and dialogue among all implementing partners. This model, named after proposals from Castells, Habermas, Apel, Chimni, and Betts, would be mediated by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), whose role would be modeled after that of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) practice.

The international implications of the Chinese model of development in the Global South: Asian Consensus as a network power

This paper analyzes People's Republic of China (PRC) economic and political ascendance in the 21st century focusing on the evolution of the sui generis economic development model and its significances of the evolution of relationship between China and the developing countries in the peripheral "Global South." The objective of this article is to analyze the relationship between China and the Global South (Africa and South America) in the 21st century, characterized as a new Center-periphery global network power based on trade and investment that we call as "Asian Consensus."

Os padrões éticos da propaganda na América Latina

O presente estudo busca compreender a percepção sobre o conceito de ética, a performance ética e a responsabilidade social na atividade de propaganda na América Latina. Foram definidos padrões e diretrizes que norteiam a ação de um publicitário e, em função deles, foram analisadas tendências e intuições dos profissionais em nove países: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Panamá e Venezuela. A ausência de perspectiva ética pode estar sendo encontrada em muitas campanhas publicitárias veiculadas de inúmeras formas, nos anúncios de produtos, serviços e idéias.