Social and Political Problems in Latin America II 3305-PSPAL2-1U
The focal point of the following course will be an introduction to the main concepts of interpretation of social and political problems of Latin America. Apart from the presentation of introductory issues, the course is going to raise problematic questions: race, class, ethnicity, gender. The course is going to cover the following topics:
1. Introduction to course
2. Different interpretation of relation of power and society
3. Introduction to postcolonial theory
4. “People without history”- teaching history in the context of power relations
5. Institutions in Latin America
6. The representation theory, Elite theory
7. Conceptions of democracy, populism
8. Latin American society and its problems
9. Latin American identity
10. Race issues
11. Gender issues
12. Class issues
13. Army in Latin America
14. Religion in Latin America
15. Problems of development and dependency
Those issues will be analyzed in the light of scientific articles, newspapers articles and cultural texts.
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Bibliography
Acemoglu D., Robinson J., Why Nations Fail, NY: 2012.
Chang-Rodríguez E., Latinoamérica: su civilización y su cultura. Boston: Heinle, 2000.
Gawrycki M.F., Dzieje kultury latynoamerykańskiej, Warszawa: PWN, 2009.
Hellinger D.C., Comparative Politics of Latin America: Democracy at Least?, NY: Routledge 2011.
Moraña M., Dussel E., Jauregui C. A. (red.), Coloniality At Large. Latin America and the Postcolonial Debate, Durham-London 2008.
Literatura Teresa Castro Escudero, Lucio Oliver Costilla (red.), Poder y política en América Latina, Siglo XXI, Mexico, D.F. 2005.
Pablo González Casanova, El Estado en América Latina: teoría y práctica, Siglo XXI, Mexico, D.F. 1990.
Néstor García Canclini, Culturas híbridas, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México, D.F. 2012.
Atilio A. Borón, Estado, capitalismo y democracia en América Latina, CBC, Buenos Aires 1997.
Jorge Graciarena, Poder y clases sociales en el desarrollo de América Latina, Paidós, Buenos Aires 1972.
Aldo E. Solari, Rolando Franco, Joel M. Jutkowitz, Teoría, acción social y desarrollo en América Latina, Siglo XXI, Mexico, D.F. 1976.
Tomasz Rudowski, Vías a la modernidad. Noción y concepto de desarrollo en América Latina: un marco teórico. En: Czerny Mirosława, Serna Mendoza Ciro Alfonso (red.), Globalizaciόn y desarrollo sostenible, WUW, Varsovia 2018, p. 69-82.
M.F. Gawrycki (red.), Ameryka Łacińska we współczesnym świecie, Warszawa 2006.
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