Latin American Politics History
- How did colonialism introduce a pattern of inequality in Latin America that would persist into the present?
- Latin American criollos (creoles) came to want independence -that is, territorial sovereignty. What did most of them not want to happen with independence?
- How did the phenomena of caudillos or coroneles first arise in Latin America? How would you explain the role of such figures in nineteenth century Latin America?
- List at least three important ways in which the Latin American society of the early 1900’s was different from that of Latin America around 1800.
- What is populism? What characterized populist leaders in Latin America during the twentieth century?
- Why were Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) policies not successful in most Latin American countries? Cite at least one example.
- What are the key ways in which modernization and dependency theory differ?
- Did neoliberal economic policies implemented in Latin America in the 1990’s strengthen or weaken existing levels of inequality? Explain.
