Lecturer Regina Nockerts Office: King Center room 509 Office hours: Mon/Wed 3:00-4:00, after class with notice, other times by appointment. Class Requirements Attendance: 10% Midterm Exam: 25% Final Exam: 25% Policy Papers: 40% (10% each, 4 papers) Required Textbook: Chasteen, John Charles. Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America (New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001).

Do the countries that make up Latin America have enough in common for us to talk about the region as a cohesive entity? What Is "Latin America"?

Geography Physical continuity Geographic diversity Geography explains very little about Latin America.

People and Culture Languages European: Spanish, Portuguese, French/Creole, English Indigenous Ethnicity European Mixed Race: Mestizo, Mulatto, etc Black, Afro-Brazilian Amerindian Customs Patterns of social hierarchy, or domination Patronismo, Patriarchy, Class, Race Map:

People and Culture Religion Roman Catholic Protestant Santeria, etc. Indigenous Mixed

Politics Ideology Nationalism Marxism, etc. Liberation Theology Liberalism Political Structure Authoritarianism and the military Populism Socialism Democracy

Economic Structure Colonial Exploitation Export-Oriented Growth Import-Substitution Industrialization Communism Liberalism Socialism

Conclusions Latin America experienced history in “waves” that tended to impact the region as a whole or in close succession. Why “Politics and Markets”? The two aspects are inextricably linked such that in trying to explain one you must inevitably involve the other.