Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES

Introduction

1

Introductions and Review of Syllabus

Name Game

Pop Quiz

Historical Inheritances and Current Realities

2

Finish Pop Quiz and Name Game

Assign Class Presentation Dates

Set Times for Movies / Precepts

Latin America as a "Living Museum"

3

Class Discussion of "Big Mama's Funeral"

The Legacies of Conquest and Slavery

4

Map Test

The Conquest of Mexico

5

Class Discussion of Race

Begin Discussion of Theories of Development

Development and Underdevelopment in Latin America

6

Theories of Development

7

Individual Presentations on Economic Development

Development and Underdevelopment

8

The Latin American Debt Crisis, Structural Adjustment, and Market-oriented Reform

9

Review of Mexican Development Strategies

Extemporaneous Presentations of Steroid Hormone Industry and Mexican Development Strategies Today

First paper (4-5 pages) due one day after lecture 9

Development, Underdevelopment, and Politics in Chile

10

Class Discussion of The House of the Spirits

Chilean Democracy and its Breakdown

Development, Democratic Breakdown, and Military Rule

11

The Breakdown of Chilean Democracy

12

Bureaucratic-authoritarianism in Latin America

First paper rewrite due one day after lecture 12

Re-democratization in Chile (and Elsewhere)

13

The Transition to Democracy in Chile and Elsewhere

14

Class Discussion: What is Democracy? Is Chile Democratic?

Civil-military Relations in Latin America and Accountability for Past Abuses

15

Brief Discussion on Day of the Dead in Mexico

Establishing Civilian Control Over the Military

16

Transitional Justice

Preparations for Class Debate

Second paper (4-5 pages) due one day after lecture 16

Accountability for Past Abuses and the Rule of Law

17

Class Debate: Prosecute and Punish or Forgive and Forget?

18

Class Debate (cont.)

Rule of Law in Latin America: Corruption and Criminal Justice in Mexico

19

The Rule of Law in Latin America: "Guilty until Proven Rich"

20

One-party Rule, Democratization, and Corruption in Mexico

21

Group Presentations on Fixing the Criminal Justice System in Mexico

Second paper rewrite due

The Rule of Law in Brazil

22

Class Discussion of de Soto's Argument

Preparation for Class Presentations

23

Group Class Presentations: How should Land Disputes in Brazil be Resolved?

Third paper (4-5 pages) due one day after lecture 23

Conclusion: Latin America After Big Mama

24

Class Discussion of "Big Mama's Funeral"

Latin America After Big Mama

25

Latin America After Big Mama (cont.)

Class Evaluations

Third paper rewrite (optional) may be turned in with the final exam