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STUDY GUIDE: FINAL EXAM

STUDY GUIDE: FINAL EXAM. POLITICAL SCIENCE 146A WINTER 2014. TIME AND PLACE. Monday, March 17 7:00-9:59 p.m. Location: Center Hall 214 Closed-book exam No cell phones, I-pods, or anything else Bring blue books and pens/pencils Write legibly! Answer the questions!.

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STUDY GUIDE: FINAL EXAM

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  1. STUDY GUIDE: FINAL EXAM POLITICAL SCIENCE 146A WINTER 2014

  2. TIME AND PLACE • Monday, March 17 • 7:00-9:59 p.m. • Location: Center Hall 214 • Closed-book exam • No cell phones, I-pods, or anything else • Bring blue books and pens/pencils • Write legibly! • Answer the questions!

  3. DISCUSSION ITEMS (10/~13 = 30 points) • Daniel Ortega • Washington Consensus • FMLN • Nicolás Maduro • Cuban American National Foundation • Free Trade Area of the Americas • Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) • Operation Just Cause • MERCOSUR • ALBA • Operation Gatekeeper • Mérida Initiative • José Martí

  4. SHORT ESSAYS (2/4 @ 20 points each = 40 points total) • Is NAFTA working? In what sense? Are there ways in which it seems to be failing? • Evaluate the U.S. war on drugs. What are its impacts on countries of Latin America? • Analyze competing options for “immigration reform” in the United States. Which do you prefer and why? What are likely to be the most significant impacts for different countries (or sub-regions) of Latin America? • What have been the principal determinants of U.S. policy toward Latin America since 9/11? How have they affected the quality of U.S.-Latin American relations?

  5. LONG ESSAY (1/2 or 3 = 30 points) • Has U.S. influence over Latin America been rising or declining since the early twentieth century? Why and in what ways? • What has promoted U.S. military action in Latin America since the end of World War II? What have been the results? • Compare the Cold War with the post-9/11 era in terms of policy options and strategies available to Latin America. Be sure to identify similarities as well as differences. • Evaluate U.S. efforts to promote democracy in Latin America. On balance, have they succeeded or failed? Why?

  6. Principal Sources • Lectures (including guest lectures!) • David Shirk • Charles Shapiro • Jeffrey Davidow • Readings: • Smith, Talons of the Eagle • Domínguez and Fernández de Castro, Contemporary U.S.-Latin American Relations, chs. 1-9, 11 • Videos: • Missing • Balseros • The Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon

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