Readings, Weeks 1-13
Click each week's link to see details of the readings and assignments
Please note that there are more weeks listed here
than there are weeks of class. Which weeks will be dropped, and which
retained, will be decided at the first session of the semester. See the
syllabus for details.
| WEEK 1 |
The Current Latin American Context |
| WEEK 2 |
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| WEEK 3 |
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| WEEK 4 |
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| WEEK 5 |
The Politics of Economic Reform |
| WEEK 6 |
The Political Consequences of Market-Oriented Reform in Venezuela |
| WEEK 7 |
Spectacular Screw-Ups: The Mexican Peso Crisis |
| WEEK 8 |
Transitions from Authoritarian Rule in the Southern Cone |
| WEEK 9 |
Civil-Military Relations: Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, etc... |
| WEEK 10 |
Limits of Democratization: Brazil in Comparative Perspective |
| WEEK 11 |
Reforming the State in Peru and Elsewhere |
| WEEK 12 |
Political Transition in Mexico |
| WEEK 13 |
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| WEEK 14 |
Religion, Political Mobilization, and Civil Society |
| WEEK 15 |
Revolution |
| WEEK 16 |
The Mass Media in Mexico and Argentina |
| WEEK 17 |
The Hemispheric Context |