1. MID-TERM STUDY GUIDE PS 134AA/Spring 2011

2. TIME AND PLACE Wednesday, May 4 Classroom 5:00-6:30 p.m. Closed-book exam Bring blue books and pens/pencils Write legibly!

3. SCOPE OF MATERIAL Themes: Evolution + Quality of Democracy Class Lectures Smith, Democracy in Latin America, intro and chs. 1-8 Modern Latin America, chs. 1-3, 5-6, 9-13 Magaloni, “Demise of Mexico’s One-Party Regime” Videos: “Missing,” “Battle of Chile,” “A Hazy Transparency,” “Garden of the Forking Paths”

4. DISCUSSION ITEMS Falkland/Malvinas Islands Charles Horman Salvador Allende César Gaviria MRO Delegative democracy Vlademiro Montesinos Bolsa Família

5. SAMPLE ESSAY QUESTIONS Compare three broad phases of political change in Latin America during the course of the twentieth century. Does professionalization of the military tend to keep the armed forces out of politics—or push them into politics? Why? Analyze key institutional components of “presidentialist” democracy in Latin America.

6. ESSAYS (cont.) Compare revolutionary movements in Mexico (1910-17) and Cuba (1959+). What led to Alberto Fujimori’s ouster in Peru? Compare the evolution of strategies for economic development in Argentina and Brazil. What does Magaloni’s essay on Mexico suggest about “authoritarian elections”?