Political Economy of Latin America

A color map of South America.

A map of South and Latin America. (This image is in the public domain. Source: The CIA World Factbook.)

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MIT Course Number

17.554

As Taught In

Fall 2002

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

This class explores the politics of economic reform in Latin America. Topics addressed include: Dependency, Development, and Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism; The Political Consequences of Market-Oriented Reform in Venezuela; The Mexican Peso Crisis; Transitions from Authoritarian Rule in the Southern Cone; Civil-Military Relations; Limits of Democratization; Parties and Elections in Latin America; Religion, Political Mobilization, and Civil Society; and Revolution.

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Chappell Lawson. 17.554 Political Economy of Latin America. Fall 2002. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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