POL305Y1Y L5101
Politics and Society in Latin America
Themes
This course presents a critical analysis of Latin American politics and society. Part I of the course focuses on the main themes of Latin American politics from the colonial period to the present, providing a theoretical framework for the analysis of the region. The topics to be explored include: encounter and destruction, colonialism, state formation, agro-export development, industrialization and populism, national security and revolution, military-authoritarian regimes, democratization, the recent wave of leftist governments, and new social movements and civil society,. In Part II, the framework developed in Part I will be applied to an analysis of two case-studies: Venezuela and Bolivia.
Texts
TBA
Format and Requirements
Outline and bibliography, draft paper, final paper, and take-home test.
Prerequisites
1.0 POL credit