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GOVT385
Latin America: Development and Democracy
GOVT385 FA
Crosslistings: LAST385
Next Offered in 9798 FA
Economic development and the consolidation of democracy are
Latin Americas's two contemporary challenges. This seminar
uses the case-study approach to explore how these challenges
might be met. We address the following questions: Can the
Amazon rain forest be preserved without unduly obstructing
Brazilian economic development? What impact will NAFTA have
on Mexico's urban and rural poor? Do Latin America's newly
industrializing countries have anything to learn from South
Korea and Taiwan? What is the best way to deal with the
drug trafficking problem? What accounts for the
extraordinary success of democracy in the English-speaking
Caribbean? How can civilians best gain control over the
military in Latin America's new democracies? Can those who
violated human rights during military dicatorships ever be
brought to justice? Were the Sandinistas good or bad for
Nicaragua? How have women's movements participated in the
democratization of Latin America?
MAJOR READINGS
Susana Hecht and Alexander Cockburn, THE
FATE OF THE FOREST (1988)
Gary Gereffi and Donald Wyman (eds.), MANUFACTURING MIRACLES
(1990)
Peter Smith (ed.), DRUG POLICY IN THE AMERICAS (1992)
Jorge Dominguez et al. (eds.), DEMOCRACY IN THE CARIBBEAN
Alfred Stepan, RETHINKING MILITARY POLITICS (1988)
Scott Mainwaring et al. (eds.). ISSUES IN DEMOCRATIC
CONSOLIDATION (1992)
Lawrence Weschler, A MIRACLE, A UNIVERSE: SETTLING ACCOUNTS
WITH TORTURERS (1990)
Pamela Constable and Arturo Valenzuela A NATION OF ENEMIES:
CHILE UNDER PINOCHET (1991)
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Several short papers
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicated dirctly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS GOVT
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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