GOVT385

[WesMaps Home Page] [Course Search] [Course Search by CID]

GOVT385

Latin America: Development and Democracy GOVT385 FA

Crosslistings: LAST385

Next Offered in 9899 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-03-1998

Contact wesmaps@wesleyan.edu to submit comments or suggestions.