Latin America Politics and Society

<p>For PhD students, the course outcomes are pass or failure</p><p>For masters students, 0-30</p>

<p>Participation in classes, reading of compulsory/optional material</p>

There are no special entry requirements for PhD students.

For masters students, it is suggested for students enrolled in the 2nd year.

This course deals with politics and society in the Latin American region, focusing on the period 1980-2020. Latin American studies is a vast field of research, which comprises various disciplines, but this module will focus on those developments that fall with the social and political sciences. Politics and society are intertwined and shape each other in various manners. The module explores events, trends and processes of change and continuity that have shaped this region in the last decades, including the transitions to democracy in the 1980s, the neoliberal agenda of the 1990s and its consequences, the left-turn of the 2000s, and the different waves of contestation of these decades. The module introduces students to the recent history of this region, and discuss its developments in light of larger debates in the social sciences such as populism, elites, ethnicity and race, class politics, gender and sexuality, contentious politics, and political institutions. PhD students interested in conducting research in the countries of the region, or that consider a comparative research design between Europe and Latin America, might find this module of interest. The module is organized as a seminar: students adopt an active role by bringing in their own research topics to the sessions, which are discussed by the group. The module also invites scholars who have published relevant works in some of the areas mentioned here, to introduce their research and discuss it with the seminar’s participants.

Bó, E. D., Hernández-Lagos, P., & Mazzuca, S. (2022). The Paradox of Civilization: Preinstitutional Sources of Security and Prosperity. American Political Science Review, 116(1), 213–230. https://doi.org/10.1017/S000305542100071X

Coatsworth, J. H. (2008). Inequality, Institutions and Economic Growth in Latin America. Journal of Latin American Studies, 40(3), 545–569.

Fahimi, M., Flatschart, E., & Schaffar, W. (Eds.). (2022). State and Statehood in the Global South: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Studies. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94000-3

Gabbert, W. (2012). The longue durée of Colonial Violence in Latin America. Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung, 37(3 (141)), 254–275.

Gans-Morse, J., Mazzuca, S., & Nichter, S. (2014). Varieties of Clientelism: Machine Politics during Elections. American Journal of Political Science, 58(2), 415–432. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12058

Garreton, M. A. (2003). Latin America in the Twenty-first Century: Toward a New Sociopolitical Matrix (1° edition). North-South Center Press.

Gobat, M. (2013). The Invention of Latin America: A Transnational History of Anti-Imperialism, Democracy, and Race. The American Historical Review, 118(5), 1345–1375.

Lange, M., Mahoney, J., & vom Hau, M. (2006). Colonialism and Development: A Comparative Analysis of Spanish and British Colonies. American Journal of Sociology, 111(5), 1412–1462. https://doi.org/10.1086/499510

Lust, J. (2019). Capitalism, Class and Revolution in Peru, 1980-2016. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91403-9

Mahoney, J. (2003). Long‐Run Development and the Legacy of Colonialism in Spanish America. American Journal of Sociology, 109(1), 50–106. https://doi.org/10.1086/378454

Mainwaring, S., Brinks, D., & Pérez-Liñán, A. (2001). Classifying Political Regimes in Latin. Studies in Comparative International Development, 36(1), 37–65. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02687584

Malamud, A. (2022). Latecomer State Formation. Political Geography and Capacity Failure in Latin America. Araucaria, 24(49), 619–622. https://doi.org/10.12795/araucana.2022.i49.29

Mazzuca, S. (2010). Macrofoundations of Regime Change: Democracy, State Formation, and Capitalist Development. Comparative Politics, 43(1), 1–19.

Mazzuca, S. L. (2010). Access to Power Versus Exercise of Power Reconceptualizing the Quality of Democracy in Latin America. Studies in Comparative International Development, 45(3), 334–357. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-010-9069-5

Mazzuca, S. L. (2013). The Rise of Rentier Populism. Journal of Democracy, 24(2), 108–122. https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.2013.0034

Munck, G. L., & Luna, J. P. (2022). Latin American Politics and Society: A Comparative and Historical Analysis. Cambridge University Press.

Pérez-Liñán, A., & Mainwaring, S. (2013). Regime Legacies and Levels of Democracy: Evidence from Latin America. Comparative Politics, 45(4), 379–397.

Roberts, K. M. (2015). Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era. Cambridge University Press.

Ryan, D. (1999). Colonialism and Hegemony in Latin America: An Introduction. The International History Review, 21(2), 287–296.

Valenzuela, J. S., & Valenzuela, A. (1978). Modernization and Dependency: Alternative Perspectives in the Study of Latin American Underdevelopment. Comparative Politics, 10(4), 535–557. https://doi.org/10.2307/421571

Weyland, K. (2021). The Politics of Market Reform in Fragile Democracies: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela. Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691223438