Formación para el Diseño Social. Percepciones y expectativas entre los estudiantes de la Facultad de Diseño de la Universidad del Pacífico, Chile

La Facultad de Diseño ha asumido una Línea de Desarrollo, que orienta el quehacer académico a las necesidades de las personas e instituciones que requieren del diseño. Después de casi tres décadas de haberse implantado el actual plan de estudio, este trabajo analiza la percepción de los estudiantes respecto al enfoque curricular, explorando las experiencias subjetivas e individuales que han tenido en un conjunto de iniciativas de diseño social. El estudio aplicó una metodología cualitativa y descriptiva para recoger, clasificar y sintetizar las expectativas de los participantes sobre su propia formación y su inclusión en proyectos de diseño aplicados a realidades concretas en distintas zonas y barrios de Chile. The School of Design has assumed a Development Line, which guides the academic work to the needs of the people and institutions that require the design. After almost three decades of having implemented the current curriculum, this paper analyses the perception of the Students regarding the curricular approach, exploring the subjective and individual experiences they have had in a set of social design initiatives. The study applied a qualitative and descriptive methodology to collect, classify and synthesize the expectations of the participants about their own formation and their inclusion in design projects applied to specific realities in different Chile’s zones and neighbourhoods.A Escola de Design estabeleceu uma Linha de Desenvolvimento, que orienta o trabalho acadêmico às necessidades das pessoas e instituições que exigem design. Depois de quase três décadas de ter lançado o currículo atual, este artigo analisa a percepção de alunos sobre a abordagem curricular, explorando as experiências subjetivas e individuais que eles tiveram em um conjunto de iniciativas de design sociais. O estudo utilizou uma metodologia qualitativa e descritiva para recolher, classificar e resumir as expectativas dos participantes sobre sua própria formação e inclusão em projetos de design aplicados a realidades concretas, em diferentes áreas e bairros de Chile

THE BIT GENERATION’S EMERGENCE AS A COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEM: Prisoner's dilemma or network effects?

This paper presents a new theory that explains why developing countries have been entering into Bilateral Investment Treaties in the last 50 years. It disputes Andrew Guzman’s account which depicts the BIT generation as a result of a prisoner’s dilemma among developing countries. As explained here, the BIT “game” differs from a prisoner’s dilemma in two key ways. First, the BIT game has a sequential/evolutionary nature, stemming from the fact that developing countries have been joining (and rejecting) the network at various times since 1959. Second, unlike the prisoner’s dilemma, the BIT system demonstrates the positive externalities or network effects of having one system of treaties defined in closely similar terms. Taking into account those two differences leads to the emergence of a new theory: the BIT generation as a virtual network

THE BIT GENERATION’S EMERGENCE AS A COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEM: Prisoner's dilemma or network effects?

This paper presents a new theory that explains why developing countries have been entering into Bilateral Investment Treaties in the last 50 years. It disputes Andrew Guzman’s account which depicts the BIT generation as a result of a prisoner’s dilemma among developing countries. As explained here, the BIT “game” differs from a prisoner’s dilemma in two key ways. First, the BIT game has a sequential/evolutionary nature, stemming from the fact that developing countries have been joining (and rejecting) the network at various times since 1959. Second, unlike the prisoner’s dilemma, the BIT system demonstrates the positive externalities or network effects of having one system of treaties defined in closely similar terms. Taking into account those two differences leads to the emergence of a new theory: the BIT generation as a virtual network

El procedimiento administrativo: una tarea esencial aún pendiente para el Congreso

Desde la perspectiva del Derecho Público en General, y del Administrativo en particular, una de las misiones más relevantes del Congreso es poner en práctica el principio de legalidad. Aunque sea algo obvio, no por ello debemos pasarlo por alto: si el Congreso no legisla, o no lo hace bien, la vinculación de la Administración al ordenamiento se debilita. Hay aquí una ecuación básica del Derecho Público que no debe jamás olvidarse: a menor programación normativa legal, mayor discrecionalidad administrativa. No debe entonces extraííar que, estando atribuido por ley a lo menos el contorno sustantivo de una potestad, la Administración no se detenga ante la falta de densidad normativa de forma ylo fondo, sino más bien, termine por disponer de una mayor discrecionalidad como consecuencia de esta carencia