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WiSe 20/21: Development and political institutions in Latin America - with a focus on South America

Jan Boesten

Information for students

Modulprüfung im BA-30-LP-Modulangebot Lateinamerikastudien: Klausur (90 Minuten) oder mündliche Prüfung (ca. 20 Minuten)

Comments

This course thematizes the development of political institutions in Latin America. It aims to provide a historical and critical analysis of the development of political institutions in Latin America. Socio-economic parameters of development—above all the foundations of inequality—will feature in the discussions, but always with the specific focus on how socio-economic inequality structured the politics in Latin America. The time frame of the course is on the one hand expansive, aiming to ground the course narrative in the post-independent state, while on the other hand focused, exploring more contemporary contributions to the understanding of political development that were produced in the post-war context. The syllabus provides students with an overview with some of the most important contributions in the political science literature on Latin America. All of these contributions have made an equally important contribution to our generic understanding of political institutions Beginning with modernization and dependence theory, they cover the period of bureaucratic authoritarianism, transitions to democracy, and (incomplete) expansion of citizenship to marginalized groups. The focus is set on South America, but there will be excurses to some developments particular to Central America such as the role of gangs and the new role of the military in policing the drug wars. As a scholar of Colombian affairs, the political history of the nation at the North Shore of South America will play a somewhat outsized role. The aim of the course is for students to get an overview of some of the most important debates in political science that have had their origin in the study of Latin American political history. Students are expected to critically understand these debates, both, appreciating their contributions to our understanding of political institutions as well as their short comings. close

15 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Tue, 10:00 - 12:00 15 Class schedule

Tue, 2020-11-03 - Tue, 2021-02-23 10:00 - 12:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Jan Boesten