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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course is designed as an introduction to Latin American politics and society for undergraduates at MIT. No background on the region is required. Overall workload (reading, writing, class participation, and examinations) is similar to that of other HASS-D courses. Many of the themes raised here are covered in greater detail in other cou
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- foreign languages and literatures
- market-oriented reform
- latin america
- conquest
- slavery
- race
- class
- salvador allende
- democracy
- revolution
- environment
- ecology
- land disputes
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This class first offers some basic analytical frameworks - culture, social structure, and institutions - that you can use to examine a wide range of political outcomes. We then use these frameworks to understand (1) the relationship between democracy and economic development and (2) the relative centralization of political authority across
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- political science
- democracy
- political institutions
- economic development
- political conflict
- ethnic conflict
- india
- weimar germany
- market-oriented reform
- brazil
- corruption
- mexico
- ethnic violence
- iraq
- president
- division of power
- china
- gross domestic product
- gdp
- political science
- culture
- italy
- putnam
- u. s. constitution
- lipset
- leadership
- m
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Coups, civil wars, revolutions, and peaceful transitions are the "real stuff" of political science. They show us why politics matters, and they highlight the consequences of political choices in times of institutional crisis. This course will help you understand why democracies emerge and why they die, from ancient times to the recent wave
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- political science
- coups
- civil war
- revolutions
- institutional crisis
- democratization
- southern europe
- eastern europe
- developing world
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Recent years have seen an astonishing spread of democracy to many African, Asian, and Latin American countries. What caused these dramatic political transitions? What challenges do democratizing countries in the Third World face? Will these new democracies endure? We will take up these questions using film, fiction, and popular journalism,
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- political science
- sri lanka
- singapore
- senegal
- nigeria
- mexico
- india
- brazil
- third world
- latin america
- asian
- africa
- democracy
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This class explores the politics of economic reform in Latin America. Topics addressed include: Dependency, Development, and Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism; The Political Consequences of Market-Oriented Reform in Venezuela; The Mexican Peso Crisis; Transitions from Authoritarian Rule in the Southern Cone; Civil-Military Relations; Limits of
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- political science
- latin america
- history
- politics
- economy
- economic reform
- market-oriented reform
- peso crisis
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Interdisciplinary introduction to contemporary Latin America, drawing on films, literature, popular press accounts, and scholarly research. Topics include economic development, ethnic and racial identity, religion, revolution, democracy, transitional justice, and the rule of law. Examples draw on a range of countries in the region, especial
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- political science
- mexico
- venezuela
- brazil
- chile
- latin america
- spanish
- conquest
- authoritarianism
- democracy
- dictators
- argentina
- united states foreign policy
- urbanization
- poverty
- big mama's funeral
- development
- pinochet
- allende
- civilian-military relations
- police reform
- corruption
- the house of spirits
- the battle of chile
- chinchillas
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