Lecturer Regina Nockertsrnockert@du.eduOffice: King Center room 509Office hours: Mon/Wed 3:00-4:00, after class

with notice, other times by appointment.

Class RequirementsAttendance: 10%Midterm Exam: 25%Final Exam: 25% Policy Papers: 40% (10% each, 4 papers)Required Textbook: Chasteen, John Charles.

Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America (New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001).

Do the countries that make up Latin America have enough in common for

us to talk about the region as a cohesive entity?

What Is "Latin America"?

GeographyPhysical

continuityGeographic

diversity

Geography explains very little about Latin America.

People and CultureLanguages

European: Spanish, Portuguese, French/Creole, English

IndigenousEthnicity

EuropeanMixed Race: Mestizo, Mulatto, etcBlack, Afro-BrazilianAmerindian

CustomsPatterns of social hierarchy, or

dominationPatronismo, Patriarchy, Class, Race

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People and CultureReligion

Roman CatholicProtestantSanteria, etc.IndigenousMixed

PoliticsIdeology

NationalismMarxism, etc.Liberation TheologyLiberalism

Political StructureAuthoritarianism and the militaryPopulismSocialismDemocracy

Economic StructureColonial ExploitationExport-Oriented GrowthImport-Substitution IndustrializationCommunismLiberalismSocialism

ConclusionsLatin America experienced history in

“waves” that tended to impact the region as a whole or in close succession.

Why “Politics and Markets”? The two aspects are inextricably linked such that in trying to explain one you must inevitably involve the other.