AS 230.346 - Contemporary Economic Sociology of Latin America

Institution:

Johns Hopkins University

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Description:

Latin American development will be analyzed as a historical process that is driven by intertwined internal socio-economic factors and constraint by the world economy. This course will focus on the analysis of the economic developmental patterns starting in the middle of the 19th century to the present. The inclusion of these countries in the world economy since the colonial times fostered the formation of outward oriented economies based on primary export commodities. In the middle of the 20th c. followed a period of inward-oriented development called populism. Since the last decades of the 20th c., globalization is the force that drives economic, social and political processes in Latin America. The new global order fostered a reorientation of the national economies towards global markets. The first decade of the third millennium Latin American governments moved to the left that constitutes a dramatic change from the former period. The course will elucidate the economic policies and the influence of external factors during each period. Cross-listed with Program in Latin American Studies

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jhu.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 516-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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