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The Americas: The North-South Divide
SOC266 SP
Crosslistings: AMST261,LAST266
This course will analyze several critical issues confronting Latin America and the Caribbean in the last decade of the 20th 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:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SOC
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
SOC151
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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