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Código y Nombre de la Asignatura: CSO 0105 - COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF NORTH AMERICA
División Académica: División Hum. y Cs. Sociales Departamento Académico: Dpto. Historia y Cs. Sociales Número de créditos: Intensidad horaria (semanal para nivel pregrado y total para nivel postgrado): 3.000 Horas de Teoría 0.000 Horas de Laboratorio Niveles: Educación Continua, Educación Superior Pregrado Tipos de Horario: Teoría This course will focus on Latin American relations with the United States from a Latin-American perspective. We will focus on the major historical developments, analyze key questions that defined inter-regional relations at different time periods, and examine some of the most critical cases. Special attention will be given to the latest developments in these relations. 3. Justification Latin America has had a long a vital relationship with the U.S. from the beginnings of the colonial periods to the formation of independent states and afterwards in what has been called the formation of ¿Empire without colonies¿. Relations with the U.S. have been diverse, complex and conflictive at times. The importance and the density of relations within the hemisphere justify the attention given to inter-regional relations and form a wide diversity of approaches. However, a critical and renewed assessment is necessary and vital for us to understand not only where these interactions may go in the near future, but rather, what do we wish to think they should go and how to get them there. In this course we will try to develop a critical roadmap toward the future of Latin America- U.S. relations based on the analysis of history, contemporary issues and current intellectual debates. 4. Competence to develop - Critical thought: - Cultural and historical awareness: - Social and political character of inter-regional - Communication skills: analytical and argumentative capacities. - Diversity in interpretation and assessment. 5. General objective of the course This course will focus on: Historical and contemporary issues and discussions on inter-regional relations. We will review major social, political and economic issues that have defined the atmosphere of Latin American relation with the U.S., explore the basic ideas that led to and help develop the predominant views in the region. Special emphasis will be given to relations in and within the Caribbean. 6. Learning outcomes At the end of the course, students should be able to: Dimension of competence 6.1. Knowledge - To identify and explain in concrete and solid terms specific characteristics that have constituted the relationship between United States and the Americas. - To revise and adopt a critical perspective of different aspects and problems surrounding inter-regional. - Critical understanding of the most salient cases in these relations. 6.2. Skills - To seek, identify and interpret information and argumentations. - To identify potential future scenarios for the interrelations between regions. 6.3. Attitudes - To adopt a critical and informed opinion on inter-regional issues. 7. Course contents and schedule of activities Unit 1. Historical overview - Colonization and Independence in the Americas Unit 2. Evolving worldviews: - Monroe doctrine - Latin American and the Caribbean foreign policies. - Panama and Puerto Rico Unit 3. Cooperation and interventionism: - Panamericanism, OAS and regional integration Unit 4. Inter-regional relations during the Cold War: - Cuba - National security doctrine Unit 5. Inter-regional integration: - From ALALC to AFTAA to - Bilateral Free trade agreements Unit 6. War against Drugs: - Plan Colombia and Puebla - Towards a new understanding on illicit drugs? Unit 7. ¿No somos Latinos?: - Issues of migration and identity. Unit 8. U.S. AND Latin-American relations in the 21st century: the forgotten continent - Did Obama care? - What´s next? The future of inter-regional relations 8. Methodology: Learning Activities The course lectures will alternate with the presentation of films, videos and interviews by video conference, as well as materials available on the web for teaching. Will seek the active participation of students in the discussion of various topics. 9. Monitoring and Evaluation - In-class midterm. Week 6: 35 % - Two short analysis papers. Week 9 and 13: 30% - Final critical essay. Week 16: 35% 10. Resources. The general library counts with an important selection of the major Works on U.S. - Latin - America relations. The university maintains active subscriptions to major academic databases, like Jstor, that offer a wide selection of readings and reviews. The students can also have access to the videos section on related topics. 11. Basic bibliography Gilderhus, M. (2005). Forming an informal empire without colonies: U.S.- Latin American Relations. The University of Texas Press. Halperin Donghi, Tulio ( 19xx) Historia contemporánea de AméricaLatina. Hartlyn, J., Schoultz, L. & Varas, A. (1992). The United States and Latin America in the 1990s: Beyond the Cold War. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill and London. Hillman, R. & D¿Agostino, T. (2009). Understanding the Contemporary Caribbean. Second edition, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc, Boulder and London. Holden, R., & Zolov, E. (2011). Latin America and the United States. A Documentary History. Second edition, Oxford University Press, New York. Loveman, B. (2010). No Higher Law. American Foreign Policy and the Western Hemisphere since 1776. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. Paterson, T., Clifford, G. & otros ( 2005). American foreign Relations: a history, volume 2, since 1895, Sixth edition, Hougton Mifflin company, Boston. Smith, P. (2008). Talons of the Eagle. Latin America, the United States, and the World. Third edition, Oxford University Press, New York. Reid, Michael (2007) Forgotten Continent, the battle for Latin America´s soul,Yale University Press, New Haven. Crandall, Russell (2002)Driven by Drugs: U.S. policy toward Colombia, Lynne Reinner publishers, Boulder, Co. Payne, Anthony & Paul Sutton (eds.)(1993) Modern Caribbean Politics, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Domínguez, Jorge I. & Rafael Fernández de Castro (eds.) (2010) Contemporary U.S.-Latin American realtions: cooperation or conflicto in the 21st century, Routledge,New York. Crandall, Russell C. (2008) The United States and Latin America after the cold war, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Maingot, Anthony P. (1994) The United States and the Caribbean: Challenges of an asymetrical relationship, Westview Press, Boulder. Payne, Anthony J. (2008) The political history of CARICOM, Ian Randal Publishers, Kingston, Jamaica. Pastor,Roberto A. (1992) Whirlpool: U.S. Foreign Policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. Neuman, Stephanie G. (ed.)(1998) International Relations Theory and the Third World, St. Martin´s Press, New York. Frank O. Mora & Jeanne a.k. Hey (eds) Latin America and Caribbean foreign policy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Oxford. Dent, David W. (1999) The Legacy of the Monroe Doctrine: a reference guide to U.S. involvement in Latin America and the Caribbean, Greenwood press, Westport, CT Tulchin Joseph S. & Ralph H. Espach (eds.) Latin America in the New International System, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder. Dent, David W. (1995) U.S.- Latin American Policymaking: a reference handbook, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT.

Código y Nombre de la Asignatura: CSO 0105 - COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF NORTH AMERICA

División Académica: División Hum. y Cs. Sociales
Departamento Académico: Dpto. Historia y Cs. Sociales
Número de créditos:
Intensidad horaria (semanal para nivel pregrado y total para nivel postgrado):
3.000 Horas de Teoría
0.000 Horas de Laboratorio
Niveles: Educación Continua, Educación Superior Pregrado
Tipos de Horario: Teoría

This course will focus on Latin American relations with the United States from a Latin-American perspective. We will focus on the major historical developments, analyze key questions that defined inter-regional relations at different time periods, and examine some of the most critical cases. Special attention will be given to the latest developments in these relations.

3. Justification
Latin America has had a long a vital relationship with the U.S. from the beginnings of the colonial periods to the formation of independent states and afterwards in what has been called the formation of ¿Empire without colonies¿. Relations with the U.S. have been diverse, complex and conflictive at times. The importance and the density of relations within the hemisphere justify the attention given to inter-regional relations and form a wide diversity of approaches. However, a critical and renewed assessment is necessary and vital for us to understand not only where these interactions may go in the near future, but rather, what do we wish to think they should go and how to get them there.

In this course we will try to develop a critical roadmap toward the future of Latin America- U.S. relations based on the analysis of history, contemporary issues and current intellectual debates.

4. Competence to develop
- Critical thought:
- Cultural and historical awareness:
- Social and political character of inter-regional
- Communication skills: analytical and argumentative capacities.
- Diversity in interpretation and assessment.

5. General objective of the course
This course will focus on:

Historical and contemporary issues and discussions on inter-regional relations. We will review major social, political and economic issues that have defined the atmosphere of Latin American relation with the U.S., explore the basic ideas that led to and help develop the predominant views in the region. Special emphasis will be given to relations in and within the Caribbean.

6. Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to:

Dimension of competence
6.1. Knowledge
- To identify and explain in concrete and solid terms specific characteristics that have constituted the relationship between United States and the Americas.
- To revise and adopt a critical perspective of different aspects and problems surrounding inter-regional.
- Critical understanding of the most salient cases in these relations.

6.2. Skills
- To seek, identify and interpret information and argumentations.
- To identify potential future scenarios for the interrelations between regions.

6.3. Attitudes
- To adopt a critical and informed opinion on inter-regional issues.

7. Course contents and schedule of activities

Unit 1. Historical overview
- Colonization and Independence in the Americas

Unit 2. Evolving worldviews:
- Monroe doctrine
- Latin American and the Caribbean foreign policies.
- Panama and Puerto Rico

Unit 3. Cooperation and interventionism:
- Panamericanism, OAS and regional integration

Unit 4. Inter-regional relations during the Cold War:
- Cuba
- National security doctrine

Unit 5. Inter-regional integration:
- From ALALC to AFTAA to
- Bilateral Free trade agreements

Unit 6. War against Drugs:
- Plan Colombia and Puebla
- Towards a new understanding on illicit drugs?

Unit 7. ¿No somos Latinos?:
- Issues of migration and identity.

Unit 8. U.S. AND Latin-American relations in the 21st century: the forgotten continent
- Did Obama care?
- What´s next? The future of inter-regional relations

8. Methodology: Learning Activities
The course lectures will alternate with the presentation of films, videos and interviews by video conference, as well as materials available on the web for teaching. Will seek the active participation of students in the discussion of various topics.

9. Monitoring and Evaluation
- In-class midterm. Week 6: 35 %
- Two short analysis papers. Week 9 and 13: 30%
- Final critical essay. Week 16: 35%

10. Resources.
The general library counts with an important selection of the major Works on U.S. - Latin - America relations. The university maintains active subscriptions to major academic databases, like Jstor, that offer a wide selection of readings and reviews. The students can also have access to the videos section on related topics.

11. Basic bibliography
Gilderhus, M. (2005). Forming an informal empire without colonies: U.S.- Latin American Relations. The University of Texas Press.
Halperin Donghi, Tulio ( 19xx) Historia contemporánea de AméricaLatina.
Hartlyn, J., Schoultz, L. & Varas, A. (1992). The United States and Latin America in the 1990s: Beyond the Cold War. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill and London.
Hillman, R. & D¿Agostino, T. (2009). Understanding the Contemporary Caribbean. Second edition, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc, Boulder and London.
Holden, R., & Zolov, E. (2011). Latin America and the United States. A Documentary History. Second edition, Oxford University Press, New York.
Loveman, B. (2010). No Higher Law. American Foreign Policy and the Western Hemisphere since 1776. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
Paterson, T., Clifford, G. & otros ( 2005). American foreign Relations: a history, volume 2, since 1895, Sixth edition, Hougton Mifflin company, Boston.
Smith, P. (2008). Talons of the Eagle. Latin America, the United States, and the World. Third edition, Oxford University Press, New York.
Reid, Michael (2007) Forgotten Continent, the battle for Latin America´s soul,Yale University Press, New Haven.
Crandall, Russell (2002)Driven by Drugs: U.S. policy toward Colombia, Lynne Reinner publishers, Boulder, Co.
Payne, Anthony & Paul Sutton (eds.)(1993) Modern Caribbean Politics, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Domínguez, Jorge I. & Rafael Fernández de Castro (eds.) (2010) Contemporary U.S.-Latin American realtions: cooperation or conflicto in the 21st century, Routledge,New York.
Crandall, Russell C. (2008) The United States and Latin America after the cold war, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Maingot, Anthony P. (1994) The United States and the Caribbean: Challenges of an asymetrical relationship, Westview Press, Boulder.
Payne, Anthony J. (2008) The political history of CARICOM, Ian Randal Publishers, Kingston, Jamaica.
Pastor,Roberto A. (1992) Whirlpool: U.S. Foreign Policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
Neuman, Stephanie G. (ed.)(1998) International Relations Theory and the Third World, St. Martin´s Press, New York.
Frank O. Mora & Jeanne a.k. Hey (eds) Latin America and Caribbean foreign policy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Oxford.
Dent, David W. (1999) The Legacy of the Monroe Doctrine: a reference guide to U.S. involvement in Latin America and the Caribbean, Greenwood press, Westport, CT
Tulchin Joseph S. & Ralph H. Espach (eds.) Latin America in the New International System, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder.
Dent, David W. (1995) U.S.- Latin American Policymaking: a reference handbook, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT.

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