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POLI 134AA FALL 2014 COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA: DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION

Instructor: Peter H. Smith 364 Social Science Building Office hours: Wednesday 3-5

COURSE WEBSITE OR go to UCSD and then: Political Science Faculty Peter Smith Homepage Teaching PS134AA

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

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

EXAMS AND ASSIGNMENTS Mid-term Exam: Thursday, November 20 (33% of grade) Analytical Paper: Thursday, December 11 (67% of grade)

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?

2014 ELECTION CYCLE Costa Rica Panama Colombia El Salvador Brazil (October ) Bolivia (October 12) Uruguay (October 26 + November 30)

COURSE SCHEDULE Oct 02: Introduction Oct 07: “Battle of Chile” Oct 09: Cycles and Transitions Oct 16: Changing Roles of the Military Oct 21: “No” Oct 23: Presidentialism and Representation Oct 28: “Garden of the Forking Paths” Oct 30: The Role of Political Institutions Nov 04: Economic Policies and Performance Nov 06: Liberal and Illiberal Democracy

Nov 11: The Politics of Gender Nov 13: “In Women’s Hands” Nov 18: The Rise of the New Left Nov 20: MID-TERM EXAM Nov 25: Country Brief: Venezuela Dec 02: What Now? Democracy and U.S.-Latin American Relations Dec 09: Political Change in Retrospect Dec 11: PAPER DUE

FRIENDLY ADMONITIONS 1. Try to put yourself in the place of a Latin American citizen, 2. Imagine how the world feels, not only how it looks, 3. View course material as relevant to political change in other regions and parts of the world, 4. Take videos seriously, and 5. Have fun!