Latin American Politics
Syllabus
Schedule
Assignments
Study guides
Class materials
Crash course on Latin America
Class materials
Hello
Crash course on Latin America
Race and identity
Poverty and inequality
Crime
State capacity
Informality
Clientelism
Corruption and public trust
Democratic erosion, populism
On this page
Readings
Required
Personal recommendations
Slides
Crash course on Latin America
Readings
Required
Ch. 1 and 2
Harvey F. Kline, Christine J. Wade, and Howard J. Wiarda
Latin
American
Politics and Development
(
Routledge
, 2018).
Personal recommendations
Antonio Di Benedetto
Zama
(
New York Review of Books
, 2016).
Why does Latin America underperform?
Slides
Tuesday slides here
Thursday slides here