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COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA: DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION

COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA: DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION. POLI 134AA Spring 2014. Instructor: Peter H. Smith 364 Social Science Building phsmith@ucsd.edu Office hours: Wednesday 2-4 TA/Reader: Kathryn Dove 448 Social Science Building kdove@ucsd.edu

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COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA: DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION

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  1. COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA: DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION POLI 134AA Spring 2014

  2. Instructor: Peter H. Smith 364 Social Science Building phsmith@ucsd.edu Office hours: Wednesday 2-4 TA/Reader: Kathryn Dove 448 Social Science Building kdove@ucsd.edu Office hours: 3:50-4:50 Wednesday

  3. COURSE WEBSITE http://pages.ucsd.edu/~phsmith OR go to UCSD and then: Political Science Faculty Peter Smith Homepage Teaching PS134AA

  4. READINGS • Peter H. Smith, Democracy in Latin America: Political Change in Comparative Perspective, 2nd edition (2012) • Thomas E. Skidmore, Peter H. Smith, and James N. Green Modern Latin America, 8th revised edition (2014) • Selected Readings on Website

  5. COUNTRY BRIEFS Apr 02: Chile (PHS) Apr 09: Mexico (Melissa Flaco) Apr 23: Argentina (Sebastian Saiegh) Apr 30: Brazil (Saul Cunow) May 14: El Salvador (Elaine Denny) May 21: Colombia (TBA) May 28: Venezuela (TBA)

  6. VIDEOS • “Battle of Chile” • “No” [Chile] • “Garden of the Forking Paths” [Argentina] • “In Women’s Hands” [Chile]

  7. EXAMS AND ASSIGNMENTS • Mid-term: Wednesday, May 7 (33% of grade) • Final: Friday, June 13 (67% of grade) • Optional paper: Wednesday, May 28 (30% of course grade, reducing mid-term to 20% and final to 50%)

  8. KEY QUESTIONS • What explains the spread of democracy in Latin America? Given authoritarian past? • What kind of democracy? What quality? • What’s new about the current phase of democratic change? How does it compare to prior periods? • What role (if any) for the United States? • What implications for U.S. relations with Latin America?

  9. COURSE SCHEDULE • Apr 02: Introduction • Apr 09: Cycles and Transitions • Apr 16: Changing Roles of the Military • Apr 23: Presidentialism and Representation • Apr 30: Economic Policies and Performance • May 07: MIDTERM • May 14: Liberal and Illiberal Democracy • May 21: Politics of Gender • May 28: The Rise of the New Left • June 04: What Now? Democracy and U.S.-Latin American Relations

  10. FRIENDLY ADMONITIONS • Try to put yourself in the place of a Latin American citizen, • Imagine how the world feels, not only how it looks, • View course material as relevant to political change in other regions and parts of the world, • Take videos seriously, and • Have fun!

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