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SOC 266
THE AMERICAS: THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE
SOC 266 SP
Crosslistings: AMST261, LAST266
Next Offered in 9899 SP
This course will analyze several critical issues
confronting Latin America and the Caribbean in the last
decade of the twentieth century. Beginning with an
evaluation of the global economic and political
restructuring that characterize the post Cold-War "New World
Order," the course will consider the changes in U.S. foreign
policy toward the Caribbean and Latin America, and their
implications for economic development and social change in
the region. Such issues as economic integration,
democratization, social inequality, and the rise of new
popular movements for social change will be considered.
MAJOR READINGS
Noam Chomsky, WORLD ORDERS OLD AND NEW
(Columbia Univ Press, 1994)
Alex Dupuy, HAITI IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER: THE LIMITS OF THE
DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION (WESTVIEW PRESS, 1996)
Sandor Halebsky and Richard L. Harris, eds., CAPITAL,
POWER, AND INEQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA (WESTVIEW PRESS,
1995)
Abraham F. Lowenthal and Gregory F. Treverton;, eds., LATIN
AMERICA IN A NEW WORLD (WESTVIEW PRESS, 1995)
Hilbourne A. Watson, ed., HUMAN RESOURCES AND INSTITUTIONAL
REQUIREMENTS FOR GLOBAL ADJUSTMENTS: STRATEGIES FOR THE
CARIBBEAN (21st Century Policy Review, 1994)
Jonathan Hartlyn, Lars Schoultz, and Augusto Varas, eds.,
THE U.S. AND LATIN AMERICA IN THE 1990s: BEYOND THE COLD WAR
(Univ of Carolina Press, 1992)
Tom Barry, ZAPATA'S REVENGE: FREE TRADE AND THE FARM CRISIS
IN MEXICO (Boston: South End Press, 1995)
Rose J. Spalding, CAPITALIST AND REVOLUTION IN NICARAGUA:
OPPOSITION AND ACCOMMODATION, 1979-1993 (The Univ of North
Carolina Press, Chapel Hill: 1994)
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three take-home essays of 7-10
pages each OR one take-home essay (7-10 pages) and a
research paper of 15-20 pages.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
LAST/AMST majors
who do not have SOC151 may enroll with permission of the
instructor. Eighteen of the 35 spaces in class will be
reserved for Sociology majors.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly 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: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS SOC
Prerequisites:
SOC 151
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
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