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MID-TERM STUDY GUIDE

MID-TERM STUDY GUIDE. PS 134AA/Spring 2011. TIME AND PLACE. Wednesday, May 4 Classroom 5:00-6:30 p.m. Closed-book exam Bring blue books and pens/pencils Write legibly!. SCOPE OF MATERIAL. Themes: Evolution + Quality of Democracy Class Lectures

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MID-TERM STUDY GUIDE

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  1. MID-TERM STUDY GUIDE PS 134AA/Spring 2011

  2. TIME AND PLACE • Wednesday, May 4 • Classroom • 5:00-6:30 p.m. • Closed-book exam • Bring blue books and pens/pencils • Write legibly!

  3. SCOPE OF MATERIAL • Themes: Evolution + Quality of Democracy • Class Lectures • Smith, Democracy in Latin America, intro and chs. 1-8 • Modern Latin America, chs. 1-3, 5-6, 9-13 • Magaloni, “Demise of Mexico’s One-Party Regime” • Videos: “Missing,” “Battle of Chile,” “A Hazy Transparency,” “Garden of the Forking Paths”

  4. DISCUSSION ITEMS • Falkland/Malvinas Islands • Charles Horman • Salvador Allende • César Gaviria • MRO • Delegative democracy • Vlademiro Montesinos • Bolsa Família

  5. SAMPLE ESSAY QUESTIONS • Compare three broad phases of political change in Latin America during the course of the twentieth century. • Does professionalization of the military tend to keep the armed forces out of politics—or push them into politics? Why? • Analyze key institutional components of “presidentialist” democracy in Latin America.

  6. ESSAYS (cont.) • Compare revolutionary movements in Mexico (1910-17) and Cuba (1959+). • What led to Alberto Fujimori’s ouster in Peru? • Compare the evolution of strategies for economic development in Argentina and Brazil. • What does Magaloni’s essay on Mexico suggest about “authoritarian elections”?

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