LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS
Political Science 283, Section 10
Fall 2010
COURSE INFORMATION
CRN 70589
Time: W 5:10-7:00 p.m.
Location: Duques 362
INSTRUCTOR
Prof. Cynthia McClintock
Office: Monroe 407
Tel: (202) 994-6589
E-mail : mcclin@gwu.edu
Office hours : W 2 :30-4 :50
(and by appointment)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
In 1978 a third “democratic wave” began in Latin America and as of 2007 all countries in the region
except Cuba were considered electoral democracies. Yet, problems of poverty, inequality, crime,
corruption, and ethnic and gender discrimination have been severe and were not resolved by the new
democracies. The quality of democracy has been uneven and in recent years there has been a
resurgence of populism and the left in the region.
In this course, we explore the trajectory of democratization and the resurgence of populism and the
left in Latin America. In our exploration, we assess four key sets of explanatory factors: 1) culturalhistorical 2) political-institutional 3) economic and 4) international. We also consider policy
recommendations for the amelioration of key social and economic problems of the region.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
As a result of completing this course, students will:
1. Know trends in the nature of Latin American governments
2. Understand the variety of scholarly explanations for Latin America’s progress and problems
3. Analyze key policy issues relevant to the region
4. Know key sources for knowledge on Latin American politics
5. Enhance their ability to make cogent analytical arguments
GRADE COMPUTATION
1. Class attendance and participation (20%). Students are expected to complete the assigned
readings prior to class and to show their knowledge of the readings through their contributions to
class discussion. If you encounter difficulties participating in class, please discuss these with the
professor. If you cannot attend class due to illness or another reason, please e-mail a 150-word
comment about the week’s readings to the professor.
2. Participation in one debate (25%). Building arguments, two students will debate one of the issues
posed for the class session. The professor and the other students will raise questions and criticism.
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3. Take-home midterm exam, distributed Oct. 6 and due Oct. 20 (20%). Students doing the Oct. 13
or Oct. 20 debates may take a one week extension on this due date.
4. Take-home final exam, distributed in early Dec. and due 10-14 days subsequently (35%).
5. Students may also opt to write a research paper of about 20 pages on a topic related to the themes
of the course, written for this course only, and including materials from the course, discussed with
the professor by Nov. 10, and due Dec. 8. For students writing the paper, the weight of course
requirements is: participation, 10%; debate, 20%, midterm, 15%; paper, 25%; final 30%.
CLASS POLICIES
Paper submission: All written work must be given to the professor in hard copy and must be typed
double-spaced, using a 12-point font and one inch margins and include proper citations.
Late work: 3 points will be subtracted from a grade for the first hour that a paper is late and, after one
day, an additional 3 points will be subtracted for each day that a paper is late.
Religious holidays: Please notify the professor if you must be absent due to a religious holiday.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Not only direct quotes but also paraphrased text and ideas taken from a source must be cited.
Academic honesty policies (http://www.gwu.edu/~ntegrity/code.html) will be strictly enforced.
Please visit the GWU Writing Center (http://www.gwu.edu/~gwriter) for further assistance.
SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
Any student who due to a disability may need an accommodation should contact Disability Support
Services at 202 994-8250. Visit http://gwired.gwu.edu/dss/ for information. For assistance with
personal, career, or study-skills problems, contact the GWU Counseling Center at 202 994-5300,
available 24/7, or visithttp://gwired.gwu.edu/counsel/CounselingServices/AcademicSupportServices.
DEBATE GUIDELINES
In the debate questions posed in the syllabus, a “/” mark indicates that students can choose either
option, or both. If both students would like to modify the debate question (emphasize one
component, add comparative perspective, etc.), they should consult the professor. Also, if the two
students cannot agree on their positions, they should consult the professor. By noon on the Monday
before the debate, each student is to e-mail a three-sentence summary of his/her argument to the class
via Blackboard. Each student is to present his/her argument for a maximum of 8 minutes, for a total
debate presentation of 16 minutes. Students are welcome to use Power Point, but might have to
work with the professor to secure the technology for our classroom. Each student submits to the
professor a paper of no more than 1,500 words; this paper is to be carefully researched and
documented, using recommended and other additional readings. Many of the debate topics require
use of current materials from websites. In the paper and presentation, the students are to address the
question as specifically as possible; historical background will be provided by the professor.
Students will be graded on the quality of both the paper and the presentation (including adherence to
time constraints and the logic of the students’ work as a pair).
TEXTS
Beyond the Black textbook, brief overviews of individual countries are available on-line at The
Economist country briefings (www.economist.com/countries/) and at www.state.gov.
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Black, J.K., Latin America: Its Problems and Promise, 5th ed. (Westview, 2010) GET CALL
Booth, J.A., Wade, C.A., and Walker, T., Understanding Central America: Global Forces,
Rebellion, and Change , 5th ed. (Westview, 2010) (B,W, and W) F1439.B66 GET CALL
Castañeda, J. and Morales, M.A. (eds.), Leftovers: Tales of the Latin American Left. (C and M)
JL960.L44 2008
Current History, February 2008 and February 2009 issues (CH)
Reid, M., Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America’s Soul. F1414.3 .R35 2007
Required book chapters and articles are available on "Electronic Reserves" on Blackboard.
Recommended materials that are also on “Electronic Reserves” are indicated by the symbol BB.
Other recommended articles are available through "e-journal title finder" at the Aladin home page of
Gelman. Journal titles are abbreviated: JD=Journal of Democracy; FP=Foreign Policy, FA=Foreign
Affairs; LAPS=Latin American Politics and Society; JLAS=Journal of Latin American Studies;
World Politics=WP; CP=Comparative Politics; CPS= Comparative Political Studies.
Recommended books are available at the Reserve Desk in Gelman.
Also, it is required that students be up-to-date on events and issues. Valuable sources include The
New York Times (NYT), The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), The Washington Post, and The Economist;
see also the Latin American Weekly Report (LAWR) and Latin American Regional Report (LARR).
All are available through Gelman Library e-journals. Recommended websites are: 1) right, centerright: csis.org, hacer.org; 2) center: thedialogue.org, crisisgroup.org; 3) center-left, left:
ciponline.org, wola.org, lawg.org, coha.org, cepr.net.
SCHEDULE
SEP. 1
INTRODUCTION
Reid, pp. 1-16.
PART ONE
POPULISM AND THE LEFT IN LATIN AMERICA
SEP. 8
THE ORIGINS AND RESURGENCE OF POPULISM AND THE LEFT
Black, pp. 9-16, 121, 217-218, Chs. 5 & 6.
C & M, Chs. 1 and 12.
Reid, pp. 27-29, Ch. 2, 52-66, 78-80 and 115-123.
B, W, & W, pp. 17-28.
“Latin America: The return of populism,” The Economist, April 15, 2006, 39-40.
Evans, P., "Class, State, and Dependence in East Asia: Lessons for Latin
Americanists," in Deyo, F. (ed.), The Political Economy of the New Asian
Industrialism, pp. 203-226. #HC460.5. P65 1987
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“A Stubborn Curse,” The Economist, Vol. 369, No. 8349 (Nov. 8, 2003), p. 37.
Lustig, N., “Poverty, Inequality, and the New Left in Latin America,” Woodrow
Wilson Center Update on the Americas, No. 5 (October 2009).
Recommended:
McClintock, C., Peasant Cooperatives and Political Change in Peru, Ch. 3. HD1491.P4 M33
Hawkins, K.A., “Is Chávez Populist? Measuring Populist Discourse…” CPS 42, no. 8 (August 2009),
1040-1067.
Guillermoprieto, A., Looking for History, pp. 154-177. F1414.2G773 2001
Fuyukama, F. and Marwah, S., "Dimensions of Development," in Whitehead, L. (ed.), Emerging
Market Democracies. JQ1499.A91 E44 2002 (BB)
Castañeda, J., “Latin America’s Left Turn,” FA (May/June 2006), pp. 28-43.
Huber, E. and Solt, F., “Successes and Failures of Neoliberalism,” LARR, Vol. 39, No. 3 (2004) pp.
150-164.
SEP. 15
HUGO CHAVEZ'S VENEZUELA
DEBATE: 1) IT APPEARS LIKELY/UNLIKELY THAT THE POLITICAL
OPPOSITION WILL WIN VENEZUELA’S SEPTEMBER 26 LEGISLATIVE
ELECTIONS [BECAUSE] OR 2) THE YEAR IN WHICH THE CHAVEZ
GOVERNMENT BECAME AUTHORITARIAN WAS/COULD BE [BECAUSE].
Black, Ch. 21.
Reid, p. 25, 64-66, 78-80, Ch. 7, and 308-310.
C & M, Ch. 9.
CH 2008, pp. 90-92 (by Shifter).
CH 2009, article by Corrales.
McCoy, J., “Engaging Venezuela: 2009 and Beyond,” in Lowenthal, A.F. et. al., The
Obama Administration and the Americas, Ch. 10.
“Chávez Wins Bid to End Term Limits,” NYT, Feb. 16, 2009, pp. A1-A7.
“Venezuela’s Endangered Democracy: Revolutionary Justice,” The Economist, April
11, 2009, p. 36.
“Briefing: Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela,” The Economist 5/15/10, pp. 27-30.
“Venezuela: Chasing every vote,” LARR, June 2010, p. 15.
Recommended:
Weisbrot, M., Ray, R., and Sandoval, L., “The Chávez Administration at 10 Years: The Economy and
Social Indicators,” at www.cepr.net (CEPR has several other new reports on Venezuela also)
Ellner, S., “Hugo Chávez’s First Decade: Breakthroughs and Shortcomings,” Latin American
Perspectives, Issue 170, Vol. 37, No. 1 (January 2010), 77-96.
“Understanding Populism and Political Participation: The Case of Venezulea,” Woodrow Wilson
Center Update on the Americas, at http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/Venezuela.pdf
Myers, D.J.,“Venezuela: Delegative Democracy or Electoral Autocracy,” Ch. 12 in Domínguez, J.I. &
Shifter, M., Constructing Democratic Governance in LA, 3rd ed. JL966.C677 2008 BB
Ellner, S., Rethinking Venezuelan Politics: Class, Conflict, and the Chávez Phenomenon, esp. Chs. 6
and 7. F239.E45 2008
McCoy, J. & Myers, Unraveling of Representative Democracy in Venezuela. F2329 .U67 2006
SEP. 22
EVO MORALES’S BOLIVIA, RAFAEL CORREA’S ECUADOR, AND
DANIEL ORTEGA’S NICARAGUA: A PRO-CHÁVEZ BLOC?
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DEBATE: 1) MORALES/CORREA/ORTEGA ARE/ARE NOT STAUNCH
ALLIES OF CHÁVEZ AND MODELING THEIR GOVERNMENTS AFTER
CHÁVEZ’S VENEZUELA OR 2) THE INDIGENOUS MOVEMENTS IN
ECUADOR/BOLIVIA ARE/ARE NOT PROPITIOUS FOR DEMOCRACY IN
THESE NATIONS
Black, Chs. 22, 24, & pp. 304-308.
Reid, pp. 22-24, 141-145, 222-226, 264-270.
B, W, & W, pp. 97-107.
CH 2009, article by Van Cott.
Conaghan, C., “Ecuador: Correa’s Plebiscitary Presidency,” JD (April ’08), pp. 46-60.
“Ecuador/Politics,” LARR (August 2009), pp. 8-10.
“Ecuador/Politics,” LARR (July 2010), p. 9.
“Ecuador gets charm offensive,” Wash. Post 6/9/10, p. A12.
“Bolivia’s divisive president,” The Economist, 7/18,09, p. 35.
DeShazo, P., Testimony before the U.S. House Western Hemisphere Subcommittee,
March 3, 2009, at http://csis.org/congress/testimonies/27.
“Indigenous frustration…” and “still in good shape,” LARR July 2010, pp. 1-3.
“Daniel Ortega’s Nicaragua,” The Economist, 5/1/10, p. 42.
“Nicaragua Under Daniel Ortega’s Second Presidency: Daniel-Style Politics as
Usual?” at www.coha.org/2009/07.
Recommended:
Lehoucq, F., “Bolivia’s Constitutional Breakdown,” JD, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct. ’08), pp. 110-124.
“Understanding Populism and Political Participation: The Case of Nicaragua,” Woodrow Wilson
Center Update on the Americas, June 2009. http://wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/Nicaragua.pdf
Mainwaring, S., “The Crisis of Democratic Representation in the Andes,” JD, Vol. 17, No. 3 (July
2006), pp. 13-27.
Madrid, R.L., “Indigenous Parties and Democracy in Latin America,” LAPS, Vol. 47, No. 4 (Winter
2005), pp. 161-179.
Yashar, D.J., Contesting Citizenship in Latin America: The Rise of Indigenous Movements and the
Postliberal Challenge, esp. Ch. 1. F2230.1.P65 Y37 2005 (Or, Yashar in CP, Oct. 1998).
Mainwaring, S. et al. (eds.) The Crisis of Democratic Representation in the Andes, Chs. 4, 5, 9, 10.
JL1866. C76 2006
Gamarra, E.A., “Bolivia: Evo Morales and Democracy,” in Domínguez, J.I. and Shifter, M.,
Constructing Democratic Governance in LA, 3rd ed., Ch. 6 JL966.C677 2008
Schaick, A.V., “Morales Remakes Bolivia,” In These Times Dec. ’08, pp. 32-33.
Anderson, L. & Dodd, L., “Nicaragua: Progress Amid Regress?” JD (July 2009), pp. 153-167.
SEP. 29
THE CUBAN REVOLUTION AT FIFTY
DEBATE: 1) THERE ARE/ARE NOT LESSONS TO BE LEARNED BY OTHER
LATIN AMERICAN NATIONS FROM CUBA’S EDUCATION SYSTEM OR 2):
THE CHANGES THAT RAUL CASTRO HAS INTRODUCED IN CUBA
ARE/ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT.
Black, Ch. 18 and pp. 263-267.
Reid, pp. 26-27 and Ch. 4.
CH 2009, pp. 93-94.
“The Cuban revolution at 50: Heroic myth and prosaic failure,” The Economist, Jan.
3, 2009, pp. 18-20.
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Domínguez, J.I., "Secrets of Castro's Staying Power," FA (Spring 1993), pp. 97-107.
"Havana and Miami, United by Distrust," Wash. Post, 1/25/04, p. B3.
"Chorus of Praises, Counterpoint of Whispers," Wash. Post, 6/27/04, p. D01 and ff.
Cohen, R., “The End of the End of the Revolution,” The NYT Magazine, Dec. 7,
2008, pp. 44-51 and 68-70.
“Cuba’s penurious revolution: When two plus two equals three,” The Economist,
8/8/09, p. 31.
“Cuba’s Economy: The demise of the free lunch,” The Economist, 10/10/09, pp. 4041.
“Cuba’s political prisoners,” The Economist, July 10, 2010, p. 36.
Hunt, B.C., “A Look at Cuban Schools: What Is Cuba Doing Right?” Phi Delta
Kappan, Vol. 85, No. 3 (Nov. 2003), pp. 246-249.
“Brazil’s poor schools: Still a lot to learn,” The Economist 6/6/2009, pp. 36-37.
Recommended:
Gonzalez, E., Cuba under Castro: The Limits of Charisma, Ch. 2. F1788.G589 BB
Leogrande, W., review of Democracy Delayed, in Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec. 2004),
pp. 874-875. BB
“Can Cuba Change?” JD (Vol. 20, No. 1) Jan. 2009, pp. 20-54.
Feinsilver, J., “Cuba’s Health Politics: At Home and Abroad,” at www.coha.org 3/5/2010.
Carnoy, M., Cuba’s Academic Advantage: Why Students in Cuba Do Better in School, esp. Ch. 7.
LA487.C36 2007
Heredia, B., “Mexico’s Education Problem: Low Returns to Merit,” Mexico Under Calderón Task
Force, at www.miami.edu/chp.
“Cuba Central” at www.democracyinAmericas.org (recent items)
McClintock, C., Revolutionary Movements in Latin America, pp. 210-216. F1488.3.M375 1998
Brenner, P., et. al. (eds.), A Contemporary Cuba Reader. F1788.C67 2008
OCT. 6
HONDURAS: THE SURPRISING RISE AND POSSIBLE DEMISE OF THE
POPULIST LEFT
Midterm exam distributed.
DEBATE: 1) THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SHOULD/SHOUD NOT HAVE
INDICATED PRIOR TO THE NOVEMBER 2009 ELECTIONS THAT THE
RESULT WOULD BE RECOGNIZED EVEN IF OUSTED PRESIDENT MANUEL
ZELAYA WERE NOT RE-INSTATED OR 2) TO AMELIORATE THE SEVERE
GANG VIOLENCE IN HONDURAS, THE FOLLOWING MEASURES [SPECIFY]
ARE RECOMMENDED.
Black, pp. 267-268 & 314-317.
B, W, & W, Ch. 8.
Ruhl, J.M., “Honduras Unravels,” JD (April 2010), 92-107.
Finnegan, W., “An Old-Fashioned Coup,” The New Yorker, 11/30/09, pp. 38 and ff.
“Honduras’s presidential election,” The Economist 12/5/09, pp. 43-44.
“Honduras’s post-coup president: Patching things up,” The Economist 7/24/10, p. 40.
On gang violence:
Reid, p. 246-254.
B, W, & W, pp. 172-175 (review) & 238-239.
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Ungar, M., “Inequality and Citizen Security in Latin America,” LASA Forum
(spring/summer 2009), pp. 26-29.
Recommended:
Pérez, O.J. et. al., “The Honduran ‘Catharsis’” at www.AmericasBarometer.org, Americas Barometer
Insights 2010 (No. 45)
Roberto Micheletti, “The Path Forward for Honduras,” WSJ, July 27, 2009, p. A15. BB
“Honduras, one year on,” LARR July 2010, pp. 1-2.
DeShazo, P., “Policing and Security in Latin America” CSIS Policy Papers on the Americas, Vol. X
XVI, 1 (May 2005) at http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/ppreform%5B1%5D.pdf.
PART TWO
LIBERAL DEMOCRACY, POPULISM, AND THE LEFT
OCT. 13
LATIN AMERICA’S "THIRD" (P0ST-1978) DEMOCRATIC WAVE:
PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
DEBATE: 1) THE POST-1978 LATIN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE SUGGESTS
THAT MODERNIZATION THEORY/DEPENDENCY THEORY DOES/DOES
NOT HAVE CONSIDERABLE VALIDITY OR: 2) LA’S ELECTORAL RULE/S
[SPECIFY ONE OR MORE RULES] ARE/ARE NOT PROPITIOUS FOR
DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY AND GOVERNANCE
Black, p. 121 (review).
Reid, pp. 7-16 (review), 120-123, 145-158, 216-222, 226-232, 270-292, 296-300,
310-314.
B, W, & W, pp. 248-266.
CH 2008, article by Erikson and pp. 84-89 (on the rise of evangelicalism).
CH 2009, articles by Shifter & Joyce & Weintraub.
Przeworski, et. al., "What Makes Democracies Endure?" JD (Jan. 1996), pp. 39-55.
“The latinobarómetro poll: A slow maturing of democracy,” The Economist, Vol.
393, No. 8661 (December 12, 2009), pp. 42-44.
Lagos, M., “Latin America’s Smiling Mask,” JD (July 1997), pp. 125-138.
Recommended:
Puddington, A., “The 2010 Freedom House Survey,” JD (April 2010), pp. 140-143.
Schmitter, P.C. & O’Donnell, G., articles in “Democracy’s Past and Future,” JD (Jan. 2010), pp. 17-32.
Levine, D. H., “The Future of Christianity in Latin America,” JLAS, Vol. 41 (Feb. 2009), pp. 121-141.
Mainwaring, S., "Party Systems in the Third Wave," JD (July '98), pp. 67-81.
Encarnación, O.G, “Civil Society Reconsidered,” CP (April 2006), pp. 357-376.
Brinks, D. & Coppedge, M., “Diffusion Is No Illusion,” CPS, Vol. 39, No. 4 (May 2006), pp. 463-489.
Cheibub, J.A., "Minority Governments, Deadlock…and… Presidential Democracies," CPS (April '02),
pp. 284-312.
McClintock, C., “Lipset’s Legacy,” JD (April 2005), pp. 163-166.
Ahlquist, J.S., “Book review: Acemoglu, D. & Robinson, J.A., Economic Origins of Dictatorship and
Democracy,” CPS (2007), pp. 1026-1029.
Rothstein, B., & Uslaner, E. “All for All: Equality, Corruption, and Social Trust,” WP (Oct. 2005), pp.
41-72.
“The dragon in the backyard,” The Economist, Aug. 15, 2009, pp. 19-21.
Data on LA economic trends in CEPAL News at http://www.eclac.org/washington/ (esp. July 2010),
and at CEPAL http://www.eclac.org/estadisticas/default.asp?idioma=IN.
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Data on political institutions in Latin America, in J. Mark Payne, et. al., Democracies in Development:
Politics and Reform in Latin America 2nd ed. JL966 .D453 2007
"Catholic Devotion, and Doubts," NYT, May 10, 2005, p. A21.
OCT. 20
TWO DEMOCRATIC STARS: CHILE AND COSTA RICA
Midterm exam due.
DEBATE: 1) CHILE’S TWO POLITICAL COALITIONS ARE/ARE NOT LIKELY
TO ENDURE OR 2) THE PRIMARY EXPLANATION FOR THE
CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY IN COSTA RICA LIES/DOES NOT LIE IN
ITS PRE-1948 POLITICAL CULTURE.
On Costa Rica:
Black, pp. 318-320.
B, W, & W, Chs. 4 and 9.
Bowman, K.S., "New Scholarship on Costa Rica Exceptionalism," Journal of InterAmerican Studies and World Affairs (Summer 1999), pp. 123-130.
Lehoucq, F., "Costa Rica: Paradise in Doubt," JD (July 2005), pp. 140-154.
Rodriguez Echeverria, M. A. “Exchange [on Costa Rica],” JD (4/06), pp. 161-167.
“Chinchilla wins in the first round,” LARR February 2010, pp. 1-2.
On Chile:
Black, Ch. 26.
Reid, pp. 21-22, 109-113, 179-185, 233-241, 242-246.
C & M, Ch. 7.
Luna, J. P. & Mardones, R., “Chile: Are the Parties Over?” JD (7/2010), pp. 107-121.
Siavelis, P. M., “Chile: The End of the Unfinished Transition,” in Domínguez, J.I.,
& Shifter, M. (eds.), Constructing Democratic Governance, 3rd ed., Ch. 8.
“Chile: Another Mixed Month,” LARR June 2010, pp. 10-11.
Recommended:
Bowman, K., Militarization, Democracy, and Development, Ch/ 4 & pp. 235-242. HC130.D4B68 2002
Yashar, D., Demanding Democracy: Reform and Reaction in Costa Rica, esp. pp. 101-119, 141-151,
167-190, & 212-232. JL1456/Y37 1997
"Chile: Writing the next chapter in a Latin American success story," The Economist, Vol. 375, No.
8420, 4/2/05, pp. 32-33.
Weyland, K., "Economic Policy in Chile's New Democracy," Journal of Inter-American Studies and
World Affairs (Fall 1999), pp. 67-96.
Nelson, R.C., “Policymaking in Chile,” LAPS (Summer 2007), pp. 149-182.
OCT. 27
ARGENTINA: PERONIST RE-INVENTION UNDER THE KIRCHNERS
DEBATE: 1) ARGENTINA DESERVES/DOES NOT DESERVE ITS B+
FREEDOM HOUSE RATING OR 2) THE GENDER OF PRESIDENT CRISTINA
FERNÁNDEZ DE KIRCHNER/OTHER LA FEMALE PRESIDENTS IS/IS NOT A
FACTOR IN THEIR SOCIAL POLICIES/ POLICIES ON REPRODUCTIVE AND
MATRIMONIAL RIGHTS
Black, Ch. 27.
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Reid, pp. 20, 113-115, 124-141.
CH 2008, article by Schamis.
Levitsky, S. & Murillo, M.V. “Argentina: From Kirchner to Kirchner,” JD (April
2008), pp. 16-30.
“Argentina’s mid-term election,” The Economist, June 20, 2009, p. 36.
“Can Argentina sustain its current economic growth rate?” LARR July 2010, pp. 1-2.
“Alfonsín takes UCR primaries,” LARR June 2010, p. 7.
On the recent political role of women:
Black, Ch. 11.
Gutiérrez de Piñeres, S.A., “Feminism in Latin America,” in Millet, R.L., et. al., Latin
American Democracy, Ch. 8.
“South America Ushers in the Era of La Presidenta,” Wash. Post, 10/31/07, p. A12.
Webber, J., “First among unequals,” Financial Times, 9/29/07, at
www.ft.com/s/0/acfdb4ce-6e62-11dc-b818-0000779fd2ac.html
Recommended:
Mahon, J.F. and Corrales, J., "Argentina's Meltdown," CH (Feb. '02), pp. 72-80. BB
“A victory by default?’’ The Economist, Mar. 5, 2005, pp. 67-70.
Franko, P., The Puzzle of Latin American Development, pp. 107-140 and (BB) 130-140 (Good
background on relevant concepts in economics) HC125 .F682 2007
Corrales, J., Presidents without Parties: The Politics of Economic Reform in Argentina and Venezuela
in the 1990s, esp. Chs. 8-11. HC175.C6684 2002
Levitsky, S. et. al. (eds.) Argentine Democracy: The Politics of Institutional Weakness JL2031.A745
2005
“Sex, Lies, and the Left,” NACLA Report on the Americas, Vol. 40, No. 3 (May/June 2007), p. 3 BB
“La Casa Rosada Turns Pink: Cristina Kirchner’s Impressive Bid for the Argentine Presidency,”
http://www.coha.org/2007/07/23
“The Latin Hillary,” Time, Oct. 8, 2007, p. 48.
Sehnbruch, K., “Chile: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies
(Spring 2007), pp. 6-9, at www.clas.berkeley.edu/2007 BB
Htun, M. and Power, T.J., “Gender, Parties, and Support for Equal Rights in the Brazilian Congress,”
LAPS, Vol. 48, No. 4 (Winter 2006), pp. 83-104.
NOV. 3
BRAZIL: ARGUABLY, THE LA COUNTRY THAT HAS TAKEN THE
GREATEST POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STRIDES IN RECENT YEARS
[AND YET…]
DEBATE: 1) THE LULA GOVERNMENT’S BOLSA FAMILIA PROGRAM HAS
BEEN AN IMPORTANT POVERTY-REDUCTION PROGRAM/A PALLIATIVE
HAND-OUT WHEN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS
SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED OR 2) AMID DEMOCRATIZATION IN
BRAZIL, CORRUPTION HAS/HAS NOT GOTTEN WORSE, AND SHOULD BE
REDUCED BY SUCH MEASURES AS [SPECIFY].
Black, Ch. 25.
Reid, pp. 17-18, 106-109, 185-198, and 232-236 (review).
C & M, Ch. 6.
CH 2008, article by Hurrell.
Fukuyama, F., “Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy: The Latin American
Experience,” JD, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct. 2008), pp. 69-79.
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Basombrío, C., “Corruption in the Andean Region: Is Progress Being Made?” InterAmerican Dialogue Working Paper, 7/09, intro. & secs. II-V (skip sec. I).
Hunter, W., and Power, T.J., “Rewarding Lula: The Brazilian Elections of 2006,”
LAPS, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Spring 2007), pp. 1-30.
"Unending Graft is Threatening Latin America," NYT, 7/30/05, pp. A1 and A6.
“Poverty in Latin America: New thinking about an old problem,” The Economist,
9/17/05, pp. 36-39.
“How to get children out of jobs and into school,” The Economist 7/31/10, pp. 19-20.
“Race and the law in Brazil: The race docket,” The Economist, 8/7/10, 36.
“Presidential Politics in Brazil,” The Economist, Aug. 29, 2009, p. 32.
“Brazil’s presidential campaign,” The Economist 7/3/10 pp. 35-38.
“Brazil’s congress: cleaning up,” The Economist, 7/10/10, p. 36.
Update article(s) on Brazil’s 2010 elections TBA.
Recommended:
Geddes, B. and Neto, A.R., "Institutional Sources of Corruption in Brazil," pp. 21-46 in K. S. Rosenn
& R. Downes (eds.), Corruption and Political Reform in Brazil, F2538.3.C67 1999 (BB)
Armijo, L.E. et. al., “Compared to What? Assessing Brazil’s Political Institutions,” CPS (Vol. 39, No.6
(August 2006), pp. 759-786.
Reiter, B. & Mitchell, C., Brazil’s New Racial Politics.
Valuable reports on achieving growth with equity include: Executive Summary of the Social Agenda
for Democracy in Latin America for the Next Twenty Years at www.English.cgdd.org (Global
Center for Development and Democracy) and www.cgdev.org (Center for Global
Development), Fair Growth: Economic Policies for Latin America’s Poor and MiddleIncome Majority (1/17/2008), esp. Chs. 3 and 9.
NOV. 10
MEXICO: A YOUNG, CHALLENGED DEMOCRACY
DEBATE: 1) THE CALDERON GOVERNMENT HAS DONE/HAS NOT DONE
AS WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG LORDS
AND GANGS BECAUSE [SPECIFY] OR 2) TO BUILD PARTY COALITIONS
AND OVERCOME LEGISLATIVE PARALYSIS, MEXICO SHOULD/SHOULD
NOT ADOPT A RUNOFF RULE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT.
Black, Ch. 15.
Reid, pp. 19, 72-75, 198-211, 247-254.
C & M, Ch. 11.
CH 2008, article by Selee.
CH 2009, article by González and pp. 60-61.
Grayson, G., “The PRI Makes a Comeback in Mexico,” FPRI, July 9, 2009, at:
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200907.grayson.pricomebackmexico.html
“After Mexico’s midterm election: Calderón’s hatful of troubles,” The Economist,
July 11, 2009, pp. 37-38.
Selee, A. Shirk, D., & Olson, E.,“5 Myths about Mexico’s drug war,” Wash. Post,
3/28/10, p. B3.
“Film on Mexico’s Disputed ’06 Election Stirs Emotions,” NYT 12/2/07, p. 19.
“Why the PRI is no longer a certainty for 2012,” LARR August 2010, pp. 3-4.
“Even under Siege, Democracy Endures…” NYT 7/26/10 pp. 1 & A12.
Recommended:
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“Mexico’s state elections: joining forces,” The Economist, 7/10/10, p. 35.
“Mexico’s Drug Crackdown Fuels Rights Complaints, Report Says,” NYT, Aug. 19, 2009, p. A9. BB
“Mexico’s drug gangs: Taking on the unholy family,” The Economist, 7/25/09, p. 34.BB
Rubio, L., & Davidow, “Mexico’s Disputed Election,” FA (Sept.-Oct.’06), pp. 75-86.
Holzner, C.A., “The Poverty of Democracy: Neoliberal Reforms and Political Participation of the Poor
in Mexico,” LAPS (Summer 2007), pp. 87-122.
Dresser, D., “Mexico: Dysfunctional Democracy,” in Domínguez, J.I. and Shifter, M., Constructing
Democratic Governance, Ch. 10. JL966.C677 2008
McClintock, C., “Presidential-Election Rules in Latin America: Is Plurality or Runoff Better for
Democracy?” Paper presented at the American Pol. Sci. Assoc. meeting, Sep. 2009. (BB)
Bonner, R., “Battling Mexico’s Drug Cartels: The New Cocaine Cowboys,” FA (July-Aug. ‘10), 35-47.
Castañeda, J., “What’s Spanish for Quagmire?” FP (July-Aug. 2010), pp. 76-81.
Olson, E., “Shattered Dreams and Restoring Hope,” Feb. 22, 21010, at wwwics.org, Mexico Institute.
NOV. 17
COLOMBIA: MILITARY PROGRESS, BUT DEMOCRATIC DEFICITS
DEBATE: THE URIBE ADMINISTRATION’S MILITARY PROGRESS
WAS/WAS NOT BUILDING DEMOCRACY IN COLOMBIA
Black, Ch. 20 and pp. 258-259.
Reid, pp. 24-25 and 254-263.
CH 2008, article by Bustamante and Chaskel.
Bejarano, A.M. & Pizarro, E., “From ‘Restricted’ to ‘Besieged,’” in Hagopian, F. &
Mainwaring, S.P. (eds.), The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin
America: Advances and Setbacks, pp. 235-260.
Navarro, A., “Ending the Conflict with the FARC,” Inter-American Dialogue Andean
Working Paper, Jan. 2007, at www.thedialogue.org
O’Grady, M.A., “The Real Uribe Record,” at www.hacer.org/current/Colo066.php.
Haugard, L., et. al., “A Compass for Colombia Policy,” Oct. 2008, at www.lawg.org
“Colombia: Uribe’s Hostage Triumph,” The Economist, 7/5/08, p. 45
“Despite Rebel Losses, Cocaine Sustains War in Rural Colombia,” NYT, 7/27/08, pp.
1 & 8.
“Presidential re-election in Colombia: Uribe edges toward autocracy,” The Economist,
May 16, 2009, pp. 43-44.
“Colombia’s presidential election,” The Economist, 6/5/10, p. 43.
Recommended:
Bouvier, V.M. (ed.), Colombia: Building Peace in a Time of War. JZ5584.C7 C65 2009
Isacson, A., “Plan Colombia—Six Years Later,'" Center for International Policy Report, Nov. 2006, at
www.ciponline.org BB
Cepeda, F., “Colombia: Democratic Security and Political Reform,” in Domínguez, J.
and Shifter, M. (eds.), Constructing Democratic Governance in LA, Ch. 9. JL966.C677 2008
“Colombia’s Political Horizon: The Rise of a New Left,” at www.coha.org/2008/10
“The Other Half of the Truth,” June 2008, at www.lawg.org
Mauceri, P., “States, Elites, and the Response to Insurgency,” in Burt and Mauceri (eds.), Politics in
the Andes, pp. 147-163. F2212 .P615 2004 BB
NOV. 24
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
DEC. 1
PRECARIOUS DEMOCRACY IN PERU AND [AT BEST] VERY
PRECARIOUS DEMOCRACY IN HAITI
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DEBATE: 1) TO AMELIORATE PERU’S SOCIOECONOMIC DIVIDES BUT
MAINTAIN ROBUST ECONOMIC GROWTH, THE GARCÍA GOVERNMENT
SHOULD HAVE [SPECIFY] 2) IT IS/IS NOT LIKELY THAT PERUVIANS WILL
ELECT A POPULIST IN 2011 BECAUSE [SPECIFY] 3) THE HAITIAN
GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO THE 2010 EARTHQUAKE HAS BEEN/HAS
NOT BEEN AS EFFECTIVE AS COULD BE EXPECTED 4) IT IS/IS NOT
LIKELY THAT HAITI’S ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY WILL ENDURE
BECAUSE [SPECIFY].
Black, Ch. 23 and pp. 364-365.
Reid, pp. 22-23, 75-76, 212-217 (Peru).
Reid, p. 55 (Haiti).
C & M, Ch. 10.
Featured Q&A, Inter-American Dialogue’s Latin America Advisor, 7/29/10, pp.
1, 3, & 4.
“Peru’s Fujimori Gets 25 Years,” Wash. Post, April 8, 2009, p. A6.
Fauriol, “Haiti: The Failures of Governance,” in Wiarda, H. J. & Kline, H.F., Latin
American Politics and Development, 6th ed., pp. 565-580.
Erikson, D.P., “Haiti’s Political Outlook,” in Lowenthal, et. al., The Obama
Administration and the Americas, pp. 96-108.
“In Quake’s Wake, Haiti Faces Leadership Void,” NYT, 2/1/10, p. A 5.
“Haiti’s earthquake: Frustration sets in,” The Economist 7/31/10, pp. 26-27.
Wiarda, H.J., “Haiti as a Hopeless Case,” Issues in Foreign Policy, Comparative
Politics, and International Affairs (August 2010).
Article on Haitian elections TBA.
Recommended:
Degregori, C.I., “Peru: A Missed Opportunity,” in Domínguez, J.I. and Shifter, M., Constructing
Democratic Governance in Latin America, 3rd ed., pp. 264-284 JL966.C677 2008
Degregori, C.I., “The Vanishing of a Regime…” in Domínguez, J.I. and Shifter, M., Constructing
Democratic Governance in Latin America, 2nd ed., pp. 220-243. CALL NUMBER
Tanaka, M., “Peru 1980-2000: Chronicle of a Death Foretold?” in Hagopian, F. and Mainwaring, S.,
The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America, pp. 261-288. NEED Call Number
Palmer, D.S., Shining Path of Peru, esp. Ch. 1. NEED CALL NUMBER
“Oil and land rights in Peru: Blood in the jungle,” The Economist, June 13, 2009, p. 30.
“Peru’s reshuffled government: Playing for Time,” The Economist, July 18, 2009, p. 36. BB
Fatton, R., Haiti’s Predatory Republic: The Unending Transition to Democracy. NEED CALL NO.
Erikson, D., “The Haiti Dilemma,” Brown Journal of World Affairs (Winter/Spring 2004), 285-297.
Maguire, R., “Prospects for Haiti’s New Government,” USIP Peace Brief, Jan. 2010, at usip.org.
Review materials on growth with equity that were recommended for the Brazil sessions.
DEC. 8
CONCLUSION
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