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LEC #TOPICSKEY DATES
Introduction
1Introductions and Review of Syllabus

Name Game

Pop Quiz
Historical Inheritances and Current Realities
2Finish Pop Quiz and Name Game

Assign Class Presentation Dates

Set Times for Movies / Precepts

Latin America as a "Living Museum"
3Class Discussion of "Big Mama's Funeral"
The Legacies of Conquest and Slavery
4Map Test

The Conquest of Mexico
5Class Discussion of Race

Begin Discussion of Theories of Development
Development and Underdevelopment in Latin America
6Theories of Development
7Individual Presentations on Economic Development
Development and Underdevelopment
8The Latin American Debt Crisis, Structural Adjustment, and Market-oriented Reform
9Review of Mexican Development Strategies

Extemporaneous Presentations of Steroid Hormone Industry and Mexican Development Strategies Today
First paper (4-5 pages) due one day after lecture 9
Development, Underdevelopment, and Politics in Chile
10Class Discussion of The House of the Spirits

Chilean Democracy and its Breakdown
Development, Democratic Breakdown, and Military Rule
11The Breakdown of Chilean Democracy
12Bureaucratic-authoritarianism in Latin AmericaFirst paper rewrite due one day after lecture 12
Re-democratization in Chile (and Elsewhere)
13The Transition to Democracy in Chile and Elsewhere
14Class Discussion: What is Democracy? Is Chile Democratic?
Civil-military Relations in Latin America and Accountability for Past Abuses
15Brief Discussion on Day of the Dead in Mexico

Establishing Civilian Control Over the Military
16Transitional Justice

Preparations for Class Debate
Second paper (4-5 pages) due one day after lecture 16
Accountability for Past Abuses and the Rule of Law
17Class Debate: Prosecute and Punish or Forgive and Forget?
18Class Debate (cont.)
Rule of Law in Latin America: Corruption and Criminal Justice in Mexico
19The Rule of Law in Latin America: "Guilty until Proven Rich"
20One-party Rule, Democratization, and Corruption in Mexico
21Group Presentations on Fixing the Criminal Justice System in MexicoSecond paper rewrite due
The Rule of Law in Brazil
22Class Discussion of de Soto's Argument

Preparation for Class Presentations
23Group Class Presentations: How should Land Disputes in Brazil be Resolved?Third paper (4-5 pages) due one day after lecture 23
Conclusion: Latin America After Big Mama
24Class Discussion of "Big Mama's Funeral"

Latin America After Big Mama
25Latin America After Big Mama (cont.)

Class Evaluations
Third paper rewrite (optional) may be turned in with the final exam

 








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