Document Type
Graduate Syllabus
Date
Fall 2018
School
Diplomacy
Course Number
DIPL 6806
Course Description
This seminar provides an overview of major approaches to the study of political economy in Latin America, past and present development trends, and recent debates over economic policy. The course begins with classic questions of the mutual reciprocal relations between politics and economics before covering the major debates between structural and institutional approaches. It proceeds by examining the switch from import-substituting industrialization to export-led growth models in the 1980s and 1990s as well as the effects of and reactions to the rise of neoliberal economic policies. The last several weeks examine new reform efforts in industry, agriculture, finance, and administration as well as the recent economic downturn. Course readings balance theory and empirics, range across methodologies and academic disciplines, and provide contrasting normative perspectives.
Recommended Citation
Goldfrank, Benjamin Ph.D., "DIPL 6806 Political Economy of Latin America and the Caribbean" (2018). Diplomacy Syllabi. 630.
https://scholarship.shu.edu/diplomacy-syllabi/630
