Populism, Dictatorships, Transition to Democracy in Latin America 4206-FE114z

Having completed the course the student should have the following abilities:
-to understand the notion of populism in various historical contexts, the notion of modern military dictature in Latin America and main and to recognize main elements and phases of "transition to democracy"
-to notice the differences between the cases of populism and military dictatorship and modernization projects as well as institutional solutions proposed by them
-to recognize the difference between the popular (including journalistic) view of populism, dictatorhip and transition and historical and analytical approach
-to know the crucial figures and programs of Latin American populism as well as the detailed phases of transition from military dictatorsihip to liberalism and then to democracy in Brazil
-to provide a comparative analysis of populism, dictatorship and transition with reference to European experience

Oral examination. Participation affects the grade.

1. Wiesław Dobrzycki, Myśl polityczna rewolucji meksykańskiej, Warszawa 1986
2. Michael L. Conniff, "Introduction", w: Michael L. Conniff, ed., Populism in Latin America, Tuscaloosa and London 1999, ss. 1-21
3. Michael Coppedge, "Explaining Democratic Deterioration in Venezuela through Nested Inference", w: Frances Hagopian, Scott P. Mainwaring. Eds., The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America. Advances and Setbacks, New York 2005. ss. 289-297, 307-316
4. Guillermo A. O'Donnell, "Reflections on the Patterns of Change in the Bureaucratic-Authoritarian State", w: Latin American Research Review, Vol. XIII, No. 1, 1978, ss. 3-38
5. Guillermo A. O'Donnell, "On the State, Democratization and Some Conceptual Problems: A Latin American View with Glances at Some Postcommunist Countries", w: World Development, Vol. 12 No. 8, 1993, ss. 1355-1369
6. Guillermo O'Donnell, Philippe C. Schmitter, Transitions from Authoritarian Rule. Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies, Baltimore and London 1986, ss. 6-14
7. Andrew Hurrell, "The International Dimensions of Democratization in Latin America: The Case of Brazil", w: Laurence Whitehead, red., The International Dimensions of Democratization. Europe and the Americas, Oxford 1996, ss. 146-153
8. F. La Mond Tullis, "Konsekwencje rządów wojskowych w Brazylii", w: Ryszard Stemplowski, red., Wojsko i społeczeństwo w Trzecim Świecie, Warszawa 1979, ss. 515-536
9. Scott Mainwaring, Frances Hagopian, "Introduction: The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America", w: Frances Hagopian, Scott P. Mainwaring. Eds., The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America. Advances and Setbacks, New York 2005, ss. 1-13
10. Jose Carlos Mariategui, "Prólogo a Tempestad en los Andes, ss. 96-102 (kopia w bibliotece)
11. Jose Nun, "Zamach wojskowy klasy średniej", w: Ryszard Stemplowski, red., Wojsko i społeczeństwo w Trzecim Świecie, Warszawa 1979, ss. 21-57, 62-81
12. Robert O. Paxton, Anatomia faszyzmu, Poznań 2005, ss. 245-258
13. Adam Przeworski, Democracy and the Market. Political and Economic Reforms In Ekstern Europe and Latin America, New York 1991, ss. 88-99
14. Ryszard Stemplowski, Zależność i wyzwanie. Argentyna wobec rywalizacji mocarstw anglosaskich i III Rzeszy, Warszawa1975, ss. 19-147
15. Alfred Stepan, The Military in Politics. Changing Patterns in Brazil, Princeton 1971, ss. 123-133, 172-187
16. Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, El Antimperialismo y el APRA, Lima 1972 [oryg. 1935], ss. 3-10, 31-44
17. Andrzej Walicki, "Russia", w: Ghita Ionescu, Ernest Gellner, red., Populism: Its Meanings and National Characteristics, London 1969
18. Peter Wiles, "A Syndrome, Not a Doctrine", w: Ghita Ionescu, Ernest Gellner, red., Populism: Its Meanings and National Characteristics, London 1969, ss. 166-179

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