Listed in: Political Science, as POSC-386
Formerly listed as: POSC-22 | POSC-73
Javier Corrales (Section 01)
[CP, IR] [G - starting with the Class of 2015] Can small and non-powerful nations ever profit from a relationship with a more powerful hegemon? Who gains and who loses in this type of asymmetrical relationship? This seminar attempts to answer these questions by looking at the relations between the U.S. and Latin American nations. The seminar begins by presenting different ways in which intellectuals have tried to conceptualize and analyze the relations between the U.S. and Latin America. These approaches are then applied to different dimensions of the relationship: (1) intra-hemispheric relations prior to World War II (the sources of U.S. interventionism and the response of Latin America); (2) political and security issues after World War II (the role of the Cold War in the hemisphere and U.S. reaction to instability in the region, with special emphasis on Cuba in the early 1960s, Peru in the late 1960s, Chile in the early 1970s, The Falklands War and Nicaragua in the 1980s); and (3) economic and business issues (the politics of foreign direct investment and trade, and the debt crisis in the 1980s). Finally, we examine contemporary trends: the emerging hemispheric convergence, economic integration, drug trade, immigration, the defense of democracy regime, and the re-emergence of multilateral interventionism. This course fulfills the requirement for an advanced seminar in political science.
Requisite: POSC 213 or its equivalent. Admission with consent of the instructor. Limited to 15 students. Fall semester. Professor Corrales.
If Overenrolled: Priority will be given to Juniors, and then Sophomores. Seniors will be admitted to the course only if they need an advanced seminar in Political Science to graduate.
Cost: $73.00 ?
Section 01
W 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM BARR 102
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contemporary U.S.-Latin American relations : cooperation or conflict in the 21st century | Routledge (2010) | Jorge I. Domínguez and Rafael Fernández de Castro | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Neighborly Adversaries: Readings in U.S.-Latin American Relations | Rowman and Littlefield (2006) | Michael LaRosa and Frank O. Mora | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Exiting the whirlpool : U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean | Westview Press (2001) | Robert A. Pastor | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Understanding U.S.–Latin American Relations | Routledge (2011) | Mark E. Williams | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| U.S.-Venezuela Relations since the 1990s: Coping with Midlevel Security Threats | Routledge(2013) | Javier Corrales and Carlos A. Romero | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.