Arizona State University

Department of Political Science


POS 591: Latin American Politics

Spring, 2005


Instructor: (Prof.) Michael Mitchell

Office: Coor Hall 6710

Phone: (480) 965.1318

Office Hours: Tues, Thurs 11-12 noon

and by appointment

 

            This syllabus is divided into the following sections:


                                                1. Introduction

                                                2. Requirements

                                                3. Books Ordered

                                                4. Schedule of Topics and Require Readings

                                                5. Guide to Online Journals, Bibliographic Indexes, and Reference Sources


Introduction


            This seminar is designed as an introduction to the study of Latin American politics. As such, it covers a variety of topics as well as disciplinary approaches.

            Over the course of the past two decades, the study of Latin American politics, has experienced tremendous growth. Attendant to this growth, however, has been a diffusion of interests and methodological approaches in this field. Scholars employ differing paradigms, such as rational choice, historical sociology, behavioral analysis, and post-modern interpretation, among others, to conduct research in areas including democratization, political institutions, political economy, religion and politics, race relations, and human rights. This seminar will provide exposure to these approaches and topics. In the end, the goal is to start those with an interest in these topics on the way to an emersion in the literature pertinent to the study of Latin American politics.



Requirements


            Each student is responsible for completing three sets of requirements. The first set consists a 2-3 page typed precis of each week’s assigned readings. The precis will in include: 1) a brief synthesis of the readings i.e. major arguments or themes; and 2) at least one of the following, A) critical theoretical strengths and weaknesses in the readings, or B) noteworthy themes encountered across the set of readings, or C) methodological points that enhance the plausibility of the arguments being made in the readings, D) possible starting points for research, including major variables (independent and dependent), or E) Alternate approaches to those presented in the assigned readings. Students should use their precis as a basis for contributing to class discussions.

            The second set of requirements involves a series of oral presentations on the progress of their individual research projects. This presentations will consist of 1) a statement of research topic and a strategy for doing the relevant research; and 2) a report on the empirical and/or bibliographical sources being complied. The dates for these presentations are listed in the “Schedule of Topics” section.

            The third requirement is a fully developed research paper (20-30 pages) on the student’s chosen topic. Two sessions at the end of the course have been reserved for oral presentations on students’ research.




Books Ordered


The following texts have been order through and are available from The Campus Center Book Store 


Lisa Anderson (ed), Transitions to Democracy, 1999, Columbia University Press, paper


Peter H. Smith (ed), Latin America in Comparative Perspective, 1995 Westview, paper


Scott Morgenstern and Benito Nacif (eds.), Legislative Politics in Latin America, 2002, Cambridge U Press, paper


Anthony Gill, Rendering Unto Caesar: The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America, 1998, University of Chicago Press, paper


Donna Lee Can Cott, The Friendly Liquidation of the Past: The Politics of Diversity in Latin America, 2000, University of Pittsburg Press


Susan Stokes, Mandates and Democracy: Neo-Liberalism by Surprise in Latin America, Cambridge University Press, 2001, paper










Schedule of Topics and Assigned Readings

(* indicates required reading)


 


January 20:


Introduction to the Course



January 27



Approaches to the Study of Latin American Politics



            *Peter Smith, “The Changing Agenda for Social Science Research on Latin America,” in Latin America in Comparative Perspective, ed by Peter Smith, pp. 1-29

            *Amparo Menendez-Carrión and Fernando Bustamante, “Purposes and Methods of Intraregional Comparison,” in Latin America in Comparative Perspective, pp.59-80

            *Barbara Geddes, “Uses and Limitations of Rational Choice,” in Latin America in Comparative Perspective, pp. 81-108

            *Jane S. Jacquette, Rewriting the Scripts: Gender in the Comparative Study of Latin American Politics,” in Latin America in Comparative Perspective, pp. 111-133

            *David Collier, “ Trajectory of a Concept: ‘Corporatism’ in the Study of Latin American Politics, in Latin America in Comparative Perspective, pp. 135-162

            *Evelyne Huber, “Assessments of State Strength,” in Latin America in Comparative Perspective, pp. 163-193

            *Frederick C. Turner, “Reassessing Political Culture,” in Latin America in Comparative Perspective, pp. 195-224

            *Thomas Skidmore, “Studying the History of Latin America: A Case of Hemispheric Convergence, Latin American Research Review, 33:1 (1998) 105-127 [available through jstor]

            *John D. Martz, “Political Science and Latin American Studies: Patterns and Asymmetries of Research Publications,” Latin American Research Review, 25:1 (1990) 67-86 [available through jstor]

 







February 3



Democratization: Conceptualizing Transitions and Consolodations


            *Lisa Anderson, “Introduction,” in Lisa Anderson (ed). Transitions to Democracy, pp.1-13

            *Dankwart Rustow, “Transitions to Democracy: Toward a Dynamic Model,” In Amderson, Transitions to Democracy, pp. 14-41

            *Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman, “The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions,” in Anderson, Transitions to Democracy, pp. 72-96

            *Nancy Bermeo, “Myths of Moderation: Confrontation and Conflict During Democratic Transitions,” in Anderson, Transitions to Democracy, pp. 120-140

            *Evelyne Huber, Dietrich Reuschemeyer, and John D. Stephens, “The Paradoxes Of Contemporary Democracy: Formal, Participatory, and Social Dimensions,” in Anderson, Transitions to Democracy, pp. 168-192

            *Elke K. Zuern, “Bibliographical Essay: The Geneology of Democratization,” in Anderson, Transitions to Democracy, pp. 284-289


            *Latinobarómetro, “Summary Report; Democracy and Economy,” 2003, 60pp. (accessed from www.latinobarometro.org/upload/summary%20Resport%20latino%202003.pdf)

            *Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan, “Toward Consolidated Democracies,” Journal of Democracy, 7:2 (1996), 14-33 (accessed from Hayden Library internet portal)

            Thomas Carothers, “The End of the Transition Paradigm,” Journal of Democracy, 13:1 (2002), 5-21 (accessed from the Hayden Library internet portal)

            *Guillermo O’Donnell, “Delegative Democracy,” Journal of Democracy, 5 #1 1994 (Department Reserve); also available in Counterpoints, 159-73

 

            Freedom House, Country Ratings, (www.freedomhouse.org)

            Guillermo O’Donnell, “In Partial Defense of an Evanescent ‘Paradigm,’” Journal of Democracy, 13:3 (2002) 6-12

            Thomas Carothers, “A Reply To My Critics,” Journal of Democracy, 13:3 (2002), 33-38

            Guillermo O’Donnell, Counterpoints (a collection of O’Donnell’s essays on democratization spanning two decades, beginning with the seminal, “Tensions in the Bureaucratic-Authoritarian State and the Question of Democracy, orig pub in 1979)

            Juan Linz and Alfred Stepan, Problems of Democratic Transitions and Consolidations: Southern Europe, South American, and Post-Communist Europe (1996).

            Enrique Peruzzotti, “The Nature of the New Argentine Democracy: The Delegative Democracy Argument Revisited,” Journal of Latin American Studies, 33 (2000) 133-155.


Continued on next page


            Renske Doorenspleet, “Research Note: Reassessing the Three Waves of Democratization,” World Politics 52 (April, 2000) 384-406

            Peter McDonough, et.al., “Democratization and Participation: Comparing Spain, Brazil, and Korea,” Journal of Politics 60:4 (November, 1998) 919-953

            Ruth Berins Collier, Paths Toward Democracy: The Working Class and Elites in Western Europe and South America

            Robert Barro, “Determinants of Democracy,” The Journal of Political Economy, 107:6, Part 2 (December 1999) S158-S183

            Felipe Agüero & Jeffrey Stark (eds), Fault lines of Democracy in Post Transition Latin America (contains articles from various perspectives on democratic consolidation, including citizenship, gender, participation, ethnicity, and judicial reform)

            Steve Ellner, “Latin American Democracy in ‘Post Consolidation’ Literature: Optimism and Pessimism (A Review Essay),” Latin American Politics and Society, 43:1 (Spring, 2001) 127-142

            Philippe Schmitter, “Transitology: The Science and Art of Democratization?” Joseph Tulchin and Bernice Romeo (eds), The Consolidation of Democracy in Latin America

            Terry Karl, “Dilemmas of Democratization in Latin America, Comparative Politics, 23 (October 1990)

            Georgina Waylen, “Women and Democratization: Conceptualizing Gender Relations in Transition Politics,” World Politics 46:3 (April, 1994) 327-354

            Larry Diamond, Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation (revised versions of author’s articles which originally appeared in the Journal of Democracy)

            Samuel Huntington, The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century

            Juan Linz and Alfred Stepan (eds), The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes



February 10


Political Institutions

 

            *Brian Crisp & Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon, “ Democracy in Latin America: Individuals in Institutions (A Review Essay),” Latin American Research Review, 36:2 (2001) 175-192 (available from jstor)

            *Scott Morgenstern, “Toward a Model of Latin American Legislatures,” in Morgenstern and Nacif (eds), Legislative Politics in Latin America, pp. 1-19

            *Octavio Amorim Neto, “Presidential Cabinets, Electoral Cycles and Coalition Discipline in Brazil, “ in Morgenstern and Nacif, pp. 48-78

            *Peter M. Siavelis, “Exaggerated Presidentialism and Moderate Presidents in Chile,” in Morgenstern and Nacif, pp. 79-113

            *Scott Morgenstern, “Explaining Legislative Politics in Latin America,” in Morgenstern and Nacif, pp. 413-445

*Required Readings continued on next page

            *Gary Cox and Scott Morgenstern, “Epilogue: Latin American Reactive Assemblies and Proactive Presidents, in Morgenstern and Nacif, pp. 446-468

            *Arturo Valenzuela, “Latin American Presidents Interrupted,” Journal of Democracy, 15:4 (2004) pp. 5-19 (accessed through Project Muse or the Hayden Library electronic catalogue)

            *Gerald Munck, Democratic Politics in Latin America: New Debates and Research Frontiers,” Annual Review of Political Science, vol 7 (2004), pp. 437-62 (accessed from the Hayden Library electronic catalogue)

 

            João Resende-Santos, “Democracy, Equity, and Governance in Brazil (A Review Essay),” Latin American Research Review, 36:1 (2001) 207-237

            Scott Mainwaring & Timothy Scully (eds), Building Democratic Institutions: Party Systems in Latin America,1995

            Juan Linz & Arturo Valenzuela (eds), The Failure of Presidential Democracy

            Scott Mainwaring * Matthew Shugart (eds), Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America

            Mark P. Jones, Electoral Laws and the Survival of Presidential Democracies

            Kurt von Mettenheim & James Malloy (eds), Deepening Democracy in Latin America

            Scott Mainwaring, Rethinking Party Systems in the Third Wave of Democratization

            Margaret Keck, The Workers’ Party and Democratization in Brazil

Ollie Johmson, III, “Racial Representation and Brazilian Politics: Black Members of the National Congress, 1983-1999,” Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, 40:4 (Winter, 1998) 97-118

            Karen Remmer, “The Political Economy of Elections in Latin America,” American Political Science Review 87:2 (June, 1993) 393-407


  

February 17


Library Research–Hayden Library


February 24


Political Economy


 

            

            *Susan C. Stokes, Mandates and Democracy: Neoliberalism by Surprise in Latin America, chaps 1-7

            *Markus J. Kurtz, “The Dilemmas of Democracy in the Open Economy,” World Politics, 56:2 (2004) 262-302 (accessed from Project Muse or the Hayden electronic catalogue) 

            *Eduardo Lora and Ugo Panizza, “The Future of Structural Reform,” Journal of Democracy, 14:2 (2003), 123-137

Continued on next page

 


 


            Dietrich Rueschemeyer, “Addressing Iequality,” Journal of Democracy, 15:4 (2004) 76-90

            Kurt Weyland, “Neoliberal Populism in Latin America,” Comparative Politics, 31:4 (1999), 379-401

            Inter-American Development Bank, FACING UP TO INEQUALITY IN Latin America: Economic and Social Progress in Latin America, 1998-199 Report

            Werner Baer and Kent Hargis, “Forms of External Capital and Economic Development in Latin America,” World Development, 25 no.11 (November 1997) 1805-20

            Kennneth Jameson, “Latin America and the Dollar Bloc in the Twenty-first Century: To Dollarize or Not?,” Latin American Politics and Society, 43:4 (Winter, 2001) 1-35. (On reserve

            Kenneth Jameson, “Dollar Block Dependency in Latin America: Beyond Bretton Woods,” International Studies Quarterly, 34:4 (December, 1990) 519-541

            Philip Oxhorn & Pamela Starr, (eds), Markets and Democracy in Latin America: Conflict or Convergence? (Series of articles built around the premise “that political and economic liberalizations are characterized by autonomous [sic] logics that in any given context can be complementary, contradictory, or even directly unrelated (p.4).” Contains a comprehensive bibliography)

            Jeffry Frieden, Manuel Pastor, Jr. Michael Tomz (eds), Modern Political Economy and Latin America: Theory and Policy (condensations of several important articles)

            Leslie Bethel (ed), Latin America: Economy and Society Since 1930 (historical background)

            Stephen Haber (ed), Political Institutions and Economic Growth in Latin America (contains a brief article co-authored by Douglass North)

            Harry Costin and Hector Vanolli (eds), Economic Reform in Latin America (articles by Enrique Iglesias, Albert Fishlow, Paul Krugman, Jeffrey Sachs and others) 

            Henry Veltmeyer, James Petras, and Steve Vieux (eds), Neoliberalism and Class Conflict in Latin America

            Peter Evans, Embedded Autonomy: States and Industrial Transformations

            Eric Wibbles, “Federalism and the Politics of Macroeconomic Policy and Performance, American Political Science Review, 44:4 (October, 2000) 687-702

            Vicente Palermo & John Collins, “Moderate Populism: A Political Approach to Argentina’s Conversability Plan,” Latin American Perspectives, 25:4 (July 1998) 36-62

            Robert Kaufman & Leo Zukerman, “Attitudes Toward Economic Reform in Mexico: The Role of Political Orientations,” American Political Science Review, 92:2 (June, 1998) 359-375

            Albert Berry, “The Income Distribution Threat in Latin America,” Latin American Research Review, 32:2 (1997) 103-142

            John Welch, “The New Faces of Latin America: Financial Flows, Markets and Institutions in the 1990's,” Journal of Latin American Studies, 25:1 (February, 1993) 1-24

            Samuel Morely, Poverty and Inequality in Latin America (argues that structural reforms do not fit the conventional wisdom regarding their presumed effect of reducing poverty)

            Joseph Ramos, “ Poverty and Inequality in Latin America,” Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 38:2/3 (Summer-Autumn, 1996) 141-157

            Roberto Patricio Koreniewicz & William C. Smith (eds), Latin America in the World Economy (brief essays on the impact of neoliberal policies on certain specific topics, such as the drug trade, the Brazilian footwear industry, the environment, and tax reform; articles tend to be sketchy)

            Frederick Stirton Weaver, Latin America in the World Economy, (introductory text in the vein of the world systems approach)

            Joseph Tulchin & Allison M. Garland (eds), Social Development in Latin America: The Politics of Reform (essays by noted analysts of Latin American policy making, including Merilee Grindle, Joan M. Nelson, Judith Tendler, and Susan Eckstein)

            Peter Klarén & Thomas J. Bosset (eds), Prmise of Development: Theories of Change in Latin America (selections illustrate the thinking about Latin American political economy in the decades of the 1960's and1970's)



March 3


First Progress Reports


March 10


Religion and Politics


            *Hannah W. Stewart-Gambino, “Religious Consumers in a Changing ‘Religious Marketplace’ (A Review Essay),” Latin American Research Review 36.1 (2001) 193-206 (on reserve)

            *Anthony Gill, Rendering Unto Caesar: The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America, chaps. 1-7 and postsript

            * José Casanova, Public Religions in the Modern World, chaps 2 & 8 (on reserve)

 

            Brian Smith, Religious Politics in Latin America: Pentecostals v. Catholics

            Kenneth Serbin, Secret Dialogues: Church-State Relations, Torture, and Social Justice in Authoritarian Brazil

            Paul E. Sigmund (ed), Religious Freedom and Evangelization in Latin America (articles authored by prominent specialists)

            John Burdick, Looking for God in Brazil

            David Stoll, Is Latin America Turning Protestant?

            Scott Mainwaring and Alexander Wilde (eds), The Progressive Church in Latin America

            Paul E. Sigmund, Liberation Theology at the Crossroads

Continued on next page

            Daniel Levine, “From Church and State to Religion and Politics and Back Again, “ World Affairs 150:2 (1987) 93-108

            Philip Berryman, Liberation Theology

            Thomas Bruneau, “The Catholic Church and Development in Latin America: The Role of Basic Christian Communities, World Development 8 (1980) 535-544

            Penny Lernoux, Cry of the People

            Enrique Dussel, A History of the Catholic Church in Latin America

            Ralph DellaCava, “Catholicism and Society in Twentieth Century Brazil,” Latin American Research Review, 11 (1976) 7-50

            Lloyd Mecham, Church and State in Latin America (originally published in 1966)



March 14-18

SPRING BREAK


March 24


Race and Politics

            *Donna Lee Van Cott, The Friendly Liquidation of the Past: The Politics of Diversity in Latin America, chaps 1-6, 8,9

            *Anthony Marx, “Race Making and the Nation-State,” World Politics, 48:2 (1996), pp. 180-208 (accessed from Project Muse or the Hayden electronic catalogue)

            *Mala Htun, “From ‘Racial Democracy’ to Affirmative Action: Changing State Policy on Race in Brazil,” Latin American Research Review, 39:1 (2004), 60-89


            Anthony Marx, Making Race and Nation: A Comparison of the United States, South Africa and Brazil (1998) chaps 1-11

Arlene Torres and Norman E. Whittten, Jr. (eds). Blacknes in Latin America and the

Caribbean,2 vols ( 1998) (a selection of what the editors regard as the most significant essays on race, politics and society of Latin America written in the past three decades)

            Howard Winant, The World Is a Ghetto: Race and Democracy Since World War II (2001) (Another inter-continental comparison; the geographical and historical sweep is greater than Marx’s. Winant places his discusion within the context of European expansion culminating in globalization)

            Peter Wade. Blackness and Race Mixture: The Dynamics of Racial Identity in Colombia ( 1993)(A critique of the conventional wisdom about racial accommodation in Latin America)

            Melissa Nobles. Shades of Citizenship: Race and the Census in Modern Politics (2000) (A comparison of the evolution of the use of race in the censuses of the U.S. and Brazil; surprising similarities between the two cases)

            Michael Hanchard. Orpheus and Power: The Movimento Negro of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1945-1988. (1994 (A Gramscian approach to Black social movements)

Continued on next page

            Minority Rights Group (ed). No Longer Invisible: Afro-Latin Americans Today (1995)(reports on the emergence of social movements and identity politics of people of African descent; chapters have a country-specific focus and include Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Bolivia and others)

            Peter Wade. Race and Ethnicity in Latin America (1997) (an introduction to the study of race and ethnicity in Latin America; outlines the various approaches to the subject and concludes with a discussion of the possibilities of using post-modern analysis in the study of comparative race relations)

            Michael Hanchard. (Ed.). Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil (1999) (essays by the “post-authoritarian” generation of American scholars–with one exception)

            Rebeca Reichmann (ed). Race in Contemporary Brazil (1999) (Brief essays by some younger Afro-Brazilian scholars



March 31


Second Progress Reports


April 7


Human Rights, Citizenship, Social Movements, NGO’s

Assessing Human Rights

            *U.S. Department of State, Human Rights Report (skim for a selected country–download from the website: www.state.gov go to “international issues and topics-human rights”)

            *Todd Landman, “Comparative Politics and Human Rights,” Human Rights Quarterly, 24:4 (2002), 890-923 (accessed from Project Muse or the Hayden Library electronic catalogue)

            * Steven Poe, Sabine Carey, & Tanya Vasquez, “How Are these Pictures Different? A Quantitative Comparison of the US State Department and amnesty International Human Rights Reports, Human Rights Quarterly, 23:3 (2001) 650-677 (accessed from project muse or Hayden electronic catalogue)

            *Sonia Cardenas, “ Combining Legal and Political Approaches: Recent Scholarship on Human Rights in Latin America,” Latin American Research Review 35:2 (2000), 252-267

            *Paolo G. Carozza, “From Conquest to Constitutions: Retrieving a Latin American Tradiion of the Idea of Human Rights,” Human Rights Quarterly, 25:2 (2003) 281-313


Social Movements and NGO’s

            *Victoria M. Murillo, “Union Politics, Market Oriented Reforms, and the Reshaping of Argentine Corporatism,” in The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America, ed. by Douglas Chalmers, et.al. (1997), 72-94 (on reserve)

            *Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, “Popular Responses to State Sponsored Violence in Brazil,” in The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America, ed. by Douglas Chalmers, et.al. (1997), 261-280 (on reserve)

            *Douglas Chalmers, et.al., “Associative Networks: New Structures of Representation for the Popular Sectors,” in The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America, ed. by Douglas Chalmers, et.al. (1997), 543-582 (on reserve)


 


            Guillermo O’Donnell, Jorge Vargas Cullel, Osvaldo Iazzetta (eds.), The Quality of Democracy: Theory and Applications (2004)

            Mara Loveman, “High Risk Collective Action: Defending Human Rights in Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina, American Journal of Sociology, 104:2 (September, 1998) 477-525

            Philip Oxhorn, “From Human Rights to Citizenship Rights? Recent Trends in the Study of Latin American Social Movements (A Review Essay), Latin American Research Review, 36:3 (2001) 163-182

            Priscilla B. Hayner, Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror and Atrocity (a descriptive account of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions; includes material on Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, and Guatemala)

            Nunca Mas: Report of the Argentine National Commission on the Disappeared

            Philip Berryman (trans.). Report of the Chilean National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation 2 vols

            Louis Bickford, “The Archival Imperative: Human Rights and Historical Memory in Latin America’s Southern Cone,” Human Rights Quarterly, 21:4 (1999) (a description of efforts to preserve the archival records of the periods of repression in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile)

            Laurie S. Wiseberg, “Access to United Nations Human Rights Documentation,” Human Rights Quarterly, 19:2 (1997) 350-364

            Tom Farer, “The Rise of the Inter-American Human Rights Regime: No Longer a Unicorn, Not Yet An Ox,” Human Rights Quarterly, 19:3 (1997), 510-546

            Edward L. Cleary, The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America (a descriptive account of the evolution of human rights organizations; countries covered, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Brazil)

            Roniger, Luis & Mario Sznajder, The Legacy of Human Rights Violations in the Southern Cone: Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay (an assessment of the strategies for establishing accountability of previous authoritarian regimes)

            Seuann Caulfield, In Defense of Honor: Sexual Morality, Modernity, and Nation in Early Twentieth Century Brazil

            Elizabeth Jelin, “Citizenship Revisited:Solidarity, Responsibility, and Rights,” in Constructing Democracy: Human Rights, Citizenship and Democracy in Latin America, ed by Elizabeth Jelin and Eric Hershberg (1996), 101-119

            Elizabeth Jelin, “ Women, Gender and Human Rights,” in Constructing Democracy: Human Rights, Citizenship and Democracy in Latin America, ed by Elizabeth Jelin and Eric Hershberg (1996), 177-196

            Teresa P.R. Caldeira, “Crime and Individual Rights: Reframing the Question of Violence in Latin America,” in Constructing Democracy: Human Rights, Citizenship and Democracy in Latin America, ed by Elizabeth Jelin and Eric Hershberg (1996), 197-211

            Michael Mitchell & Charles H. Wood, "The Ironies of Citizenship: Skin Color, Police Brutality, and the Challenge to Brazilian Democracy," Social Forces 77:3 (March, 1998). 1001-1020.

            Steven C. Poe & C. Neal Tate, “Repression of Human Rights to Personal Integrity in the 1980's: A Global Analysis,” The American Political Science Review, 88:4 (December 1994) 853-872

            Arturo Escobar & Sonia Alvarez(ed), The Making of Social Movements in Latin America: Identity, Strategy and Democracy (1992) (seminal volume on social movements during the later phases of the democratic transitions)

            Sidney Tarrow, Power in Movement: Social Movements, Collective Action, and Politics (1994) (still one of the standard theoretical discussions of social movements)




April 14-21


Presentations of Research Findings


April 28


Rap Up



Guide to Online Journals, Bibliographic Indexes, and Reference Sources


Journals


The following journals are available online and for downloading from the Hayden Library online catalogue.


 


            From the JSTOR Electronic Collection:

                        Latin American Studies

                                    Hispanic American Historical Review, 1918-1999

Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, 1959-1969, 1970-1998

                                    Journal of Latin American Studies, 1969-1996

                                    Latin American Perspectives, 1974-1998

                                    Latin American Research Review, 1965-1998


 



            Political Science

                                    American Journal of Political Science, 1973-2000

                                    American Political Science Review, 1906-1998

                                    Journal of Politics, 1939-1998

                                    Political Science Quarterly, 1886-1997

                                    World Politics, 1948-1995


                        Sociology

                                    American Journal of Sociology, 1895-2000

                                    American Sociological Review, 1936-1996

Social Forces, 1925-1998


            From Project Muse


                                    Human Rights Quarterly, 1995-2000

                                    Journal of Democracy, 1995-2000

                                    World Politics


            The following journal is available directly from the Hayden online catalogue entry


                                    World Development




Bibliographic Indexes



            The following bibliographic indexes are accessible through the Hayden Library online catalogue


                                    Public Affairs Information Bulletin*

                                    Handbook of Latin American Studies**

                                    Hispanic American Periodicals Index*


*Access may require either a “PPP” computer account or use of a computer terminal in Hayden Library

**The Handbook of Latin American Studies (of the Library of Congress) may be accessed independently from the Hayden Library online network







Online Reference


Ciao: Columbia International Affairs Online

An internet gateway to a substantial amount of material on International Relations. Provides access to the working papers from think tanks such as the Brookings Institution, the Council of Foreign Affairs, The Kellogg Institute (University of Notre Dame), the Cato Institute and others. Also provides access to abstract of articles in the leading journals in foreign affairs, and an assortment f online books (only three in Latin American Studies). Contains links to Latin American Centers such as Cornell University’s Latin American Government Documents collection, and the Latin American Studies Centers at Harvard, Columbia and the University of Miami (the North-South Center). Ciao is available only through Hayden Library online with a “PPP computer account or at a library terminal..


Library of Congress Country Studies (formerly Army Area Handbooks)

intended as a guide for U.S. personnel being posted abroad. Offers quick information on various facets of individual countries. Short write-ups on history (by period), the economy (by sector), geography, political institutions (by specific institution), religion, education, and social policies. Includes a brief but often times dated bibliography.

Site address: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/


Latin America Information Center (LANIC) (University of Texas)

web gateway to a wide range of internet links. Provides access to research institutes, newspapers and journals, and reference materials. Can be used either by pointing either to specific countries or subjects. Subjects include social science, economy, government and politics, and society and culture. Society and Culture includes categories such as human rights, indigenous affairs, the African Diaspora, and religion and theology.

Site address: http://lanic.utexas.edu/la


Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown University)

provides access to political resources such as constitutions, electoral information, political parties, and political institutions. Also allows for access to the subjects by specific countries, such as the Electoral Court of Brazil. Among the other sites linked to this one are those for democratization, human rights, trade, criminal justice, and the environment.

Site address: ww.georgetown.edu/pdba/



Inter-American Development Bank


contains reports on various economic and social issues, including poverty and inequlaity, rural development, health, fiscal reform and finance, information technology, indigenous peoples, women, and reform of the state. Also available is the yearly Social Progress Trust Fund report which monitors the latest developments in social and economic policies and the impack of bank loans.

Site address for the Bank; www.iadb.org

Site address for the Trust Fund Report: www.iadb.org/oce/IPES2000eng.htm



Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

carries the commision’s annual report as well as reports on selected country visits. Cite also contains legal documents related to human rights. Available in Spanish and English

Site address: www.cidh.oas.org


The NAFTA Secretariat

Contains the official record of NAFTA negotiations and rubrics for commodities trade. Also provides links to related sites.

Site address: www.nafta-sec-alena.org


Mercosur/Mercosul

site of the Southern Cone common market.


U.N. Human Development Reports

carries statistical profiles of all U.N. countries. Human development indicators include GDP per capita, doctors per 1,000 people, infant mortality, schooling, and others. Aggregates indicators into a score used in a ranking of nations according to level of development (i.e. quality of life).

Site address: www.undp.org/hdr2001


U. S. Department of State: Human Rights Country Reports

contains the annual reports issued by the Department of State on the condition of human rights of individual countries. The report is based on newspaper accounts as well as data gathering by embassies and consulates.

Site address: www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/


Freedom House

provides special reports oncertain countries and situations, as well as a ranking of countries by degrees of political freedom civil liberties. Countries are ranked on a scale of 1 to 7 for each dimenstion and assigned a designation of “free,” “partially free,” or “not-free.” Scores are based on the evaluations of a panel of in-country specialists.

Site address: www.freedomhouse.org


Public Opinion: Latinobarometro

part of the Eurobarometer set of surveys. Covers opinions on democracy, government performance, economy and trade, and social policies. Internet access is restricted.



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Elections Around the World

Maintains an updated list of all recent national elections. Also provides short breakdown of party composition of National Congresses and Parliaments with a brief description of the political parties.

Site address: www.electionworld.org


Transparency International (Non Governmental Organization)

            Tracks the extent of economic and governmental corruption throughout the world. Conducts a reputational survey on which a ranking is made of some 90 countries. Also offer Brief sketches of corruption by region and select countries.

Site address: www.transparency.org


Religion in Latin America (Providence University)


Offers information on various aspects of relgion, politics and society in Latin America. Site is divided into areas such as “Discussion” “Documents” (mainly religious), “Statistics” (very basic), “Protestants and Afro-Indigenous Religions,” and “Politics and History.” The last two sections contain useful starting bibliographies on church-state relations (by region and by country), and Non-Catholic religions institutions and movements. Also provides links to Latin American sites, such as CELAM and the CNBB.

Site address: www.providence.edu/las