Socio-political analysis of Latin America

Teacher(s)

Pleyers Geoffrey;

Language

French

Main themes

- Get an insight of Latin-American political problems through a global analysis of the contemporary stages of political processes in relation with socio-economic evolutions. - The course will be centered around the issue: Which democracies do we find in Latin America? It raises the issue of the existence and the nature of democracies in Latin America as well as the potential (of sur-vival, of deepening) of these democracies. Answering to this issue would mean to analyse the caracteristics and dynamics of the political regime, but also to take into account the main historical aspects of Latin-American societies.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	- Ability to understand the complexity and the diversity of Latin-American realities and political proc-esses.

Teaching methods

Course and individual lectures with some interactive sessions where the students are led to deepen themes presented by the course owner.

Online resources

Available on MOODLE

Bibliography

Disponible sur MOODLE.                                   

Teaching materials

• Les PPT des cours et les textes sont disponibles sur Moodle.

Faculty or entity

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