Politics in Latin America

Note: Chapters 2-12 conclude with Activities and Exercises, Suggested Readings, and Endnotes. 1. An Introduction to Latin American Politics A Tale of Two Women and Two Countries The Challenges of Development, Liberty, and Governance The Plan of This Book Endnotes 2. A Bird's Eye View of Latin American History The Colonial Era (1492-1809) Governing Strategies: Hernan Cortes The Peruvian Experience: Large Landowners in Seventeenth-Century Arequipa The Independence Movement (1810s and 1820s) The Peruvian Experience: Independence from Spain The Age of Political Instability (1820s to 1870s) The Age of State Building and Free Trade (1880s to 1920s) The Peruvian Experience: Caudillo Politics (1824-1895) The Peruvian Experience: Oligarchic Democracy and Personal Dictatorship (1895-1930) The Second Wave of Democratization and the Rise of State Capitalism (1930s to 1950s) Global Perspectives: State Capitalism in the 1940s and 1950s Concepts in Action: Clientelism and Voting The Peruvian Experience: The Slow Emergence of State Capitalism (1930-1968) The Age of Authoritarian Reaction (1960s and 1970s) Concepts in Action: Modernization Theory and Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism The Peruvian Experience: Military Rule (1968-1980) 3. The Context of Contemporary Latin American Politics (1980 to the Present) The Economic Context The Peruvian Experience: Economic Policy from 1980 to 2000 The International Context Concepts in Action: Dependency Theory The Peruvian Experience: The OAS Electoral Observation Mission in 2000 The Societal Context Concepts in Action: Liberation Theology The Political Context Governing Strategies: Alberto Fujimori Global Perspectives: Military Coups in Spain and Beyond Democracy and the Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance 4. The Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance The Quest for Development Global Perspectives: The Size of Government The Peruvian Experience: Economic Policy Under Toledo The Quest for Liberty The Peruvian Experience: Freedom of the Press During the Fujimori Government The Peruvian Experience: Human Rights Policy Under Toledo Concepts in Action: Case Law Versus Code Law The Quest for Governance Governing Strategies: Fernando Belaunde The Peruvian Experience: Toledo's Search for Governance 5. Argentina Historical Background from 1880 to 1983 Governing Strategies: Evita Peron Contemporary Political Framework Concepts in Action: Plurality Versus Proportional Representation Political Participation The Contemporary Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance Global Perspectives: Regional Economic Integration Research Question: Under What Conditions Are Governments Likely to Develop Civilian Control of the Military? 6. Brazil Historical Background from 1889 to 1985 Concepts in Action: Pluralist and Corporatist Interest Group Politics Governing Strategies: Juscelino Kubitschek Contemporary Political Framework Political Participation The Contemporary Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance Global Perspectives: The Asian Crisis of 1997-1998 Research Question: Under What Conditions Are Presidents Likely to Receive Legislative Support? 7. Chile Historical Background from 1891 to 1989 Concepts in Action: Land Reform Governing Strategies: Salvador Allende Contemporary Political Framework Political Participation The Contemporary Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance Research Question: Under What Conditions Are Governments Likely to Spend More Money on Social Policy? Global Perspectives: International Human Rights Trials 8. Cuba Historical Background from 1868 to 1990 Governing Strategies: Ernesto "Che" Guevara Concepts in Action: Command Economics Contemporary Political Framework Political Participation The Contemporary Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance Global Perspectives: Economic Reform Under Communist Rule Research Question: Under What Conditions Are Countries Likely to Develop Democratic Political Systems? 9. Guatemala Historical Background from 1871 to 1996 Governing Strategies: Jacobo Arbenz Contemporary Political Framework Political Participation The Contemporary Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance Global Perspectives: Contemporary Indigenous Movements Concepts in Action: Peace-Making, Peace-Keeping, and Peace-Building Research Question: Under What Conditions Are Civil Wars Likely to End? 10. Mexico Historical Background from 1876 to 1988 Governing Strategies: Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Global Perspectives: The Debt Crisis of the 1980s Contemporary Political Framework Political Participation The Contemporary Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance Concepts in Action: Exchange Rate Policy Research Question: Under What Conditions Are Indigenous Rebellions More Likely to Occur? 11. Venezuela Historical Background from 1908 to 1993 Governing Strategies: Romulo Betancourt Global Perspectives: Resource Wealth and Democratization Contemporary Political Framework Political Participation The Contemporary Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance Research Question: Under What Conditions Are Citizens More Likely to Support Market-Oriented Economic Reform? Concepts in Action: Praetorianism 12. Challenges and Choices in the Twenty-First Century The Quest for Development Revisited The Quest for Liberty Revisited The Quest for Governance Revisited Democracy in Latin America