A map of South and Latin America. (This image is in the public domain. Source: The CIA World Factbook.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Chappell Lawson
MIT Course Number
17.554
As Taught In
Fall 2002
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Description
This class explores the politics of economic reform in Latin America. Topics addressed include: Dependency, Development, and Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism; The Political Consequences of Market-Oriented Reform in Venezuela; The Mexican Peso Crisis; Transitions from Authoritarian Rule in the Southern Cone; Civil-Military Relations; Limits of Democratization; Parties and Elections in Latin America; Religion, Political Mobilization, and Civil Society; and Revolution.