PSC 342R - Challenges to Democratization in Latin America

Course Units: 1.0

(Not Offered this Academic Year) Democracies in Latin America confront a number of challenges, obstacles, and dilemmas that frequently put their continuity at risk. This course explores five thematic clusters. Social indicators on rights and inequality, political identities and citizenship, political and legal institutions, life and economic growth, and public safety, crime, and state violence. A preoccupation with some of the most urgent challenges faced by democracy in the region will also lead us to assess actual and potential alternatives. Prerequisite(s): PSC 111 or PSC 112 or sophomore standing. CC: LCC, SOCS ISP: LAS