Survey of the Andean countries from the Wars of Independence in the early 19TH century to the present. The pattern of social and political resistance to ruling hierarchies and the struggles for power and justice are tracked, beginning with slave revolts and peasant rebellions through recent political history. Topics include comparative analysis of populism, Marxist political parties, guerrilla war, and Chile's own path of socialism, military government, and the return to democracy.
Prerequisites:
None
Method of presentation:
Lecture, small group discussion, students’ oral presentations.
Required work and form of assessment:
midterm exam (30%);
small group essay and oral presentation (30%);
individual research paper, 20-25 pp. (40%).
content:
Sessions 1-3:
a. Introduction to historic social and economic conditions in Chile, Argentina and Perú and their impact on political developments.
b. Distinctive revolutionary processes to independence. Comparative analysis of Chilean and
Argentinean ideas of independence and the struggle against royalist institutions represented by
Peruvian colonial government.
Readings: Romero, Las Ideas Políticas en Argentina. Ch. 3; Collier, Ideas y Política de la Independencia Chilena.Ch. 4, 5.
Sessions 4-6:
a. “Caudillismo”: the political struggle to organise the state in Argentina.
b. Political profile of “the Caudillo” and his influence in political institutions, 1819-1853.
c. Dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rozas.
Readings: Sarmiento, Facundo o Civilización y Barbarie. Ch. 1, Primera parte, Ch. I, II and III; Lynch, Juan Manuel de Rozas: 1829-1852.
Session 7: Written midterm assessment
Sessions 8-10:
a. “Populismo” in Argentina.
b. Juan Domingo Perón and his political legacy.
c. Analysis of Peron’s political profile as a representation of populist trends in Latin America.
d. The Justicialista Party.
Readings: Luna, El 45.Ch. II, III; Halperín, Argentina en el Callejón.
Session 11: Presentation of group essays
Session 12-14:
a. Chilean’s path to socialism. The government of Salvador Allende.
b. Augusto Pinochet’s government and the restoration of democracy (1969-1988).
c. Analysis of Chilean contemporary history.
Readings: Collier and Sater. Historia de Chile. 1808-1994; Walker, Del Populismo al Leninismo y la “Inevitabilidad del Conflicto”: El Partido Socialista de Chile (1933-1973); Valenzuela, El Quiebre de la Democracia en Chile.
Sessions 15-16:
a. Terrorism and guerrilla war. Case study: Sendero Luminoso in Perú. Political, social and economic background that explains its outburst.
b. Chile in the struggle against terrorism.
Readings: Strong, Sendero Luminoso. El movimiento subversivo más letal del mundo; Soto, El otro sendero. La revolución informal; Press releases and articles from magazines on Chilean’s position on terrorism after September the 11th, 2001.
Session 17:
a. Terrorism in Latin America
b. Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay: The triple border, an efficient and less known part of the international network.
Readings: Press releases and articles.
Session 18: General overview of the course: open discussion and student’s evaluation.
Required readings:
Collier Simon. Ideas y Política de la Independencia Chilena. Ch. 4, 5. Editorial Andrés Bello, Santiago, 1977.
Collier, Simond and William F. Sater. Historia de Chile. 1808-1994. Ch..11, 12, 13. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Halperín, Tulio. Argentina en el Callejón. Ariel, Buenos Aires, 1995.
Luna, Félix. El 45. Hyspamérica, Madrid, 1971. Capts. II & III.
Lynch, John. Juan Manuel de Rozas: 1829-1852. Emecé, Buenos Aires, 1984.
Romero, José Luis. Las Ideas Políticas en Argentina. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Buenos Aires, 1992. Capt. III
Sarmiento, Domingo F. Facundo o Civilización y Barbarie. Sur, Buenos Aires, 1962. Ch.1, Primera parte, Ch. I, II and III.
Soto, Hernando de. El otro sendero. La revolución informal. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 1992.
Strong Simon. Sendero Luminoso. El movimiento subversivo más letal del mundo. Peru Reporting, Lima, 1992.
Valenzuela, Arturo. El Quiebre de la Democracia en Chile. Flacso, Santiago, 1989.
Walker, Ignacio. Del Populismo al Leninismo y la “Inevitabilidad del Conflicto”: El Partido Socialista de Chile (1933-1973). Cieplan, Notas Técnicas, Nº 91. 1986.
Recommended readings:
Arciniegas, Germán. Entre la libertad y el miedo. Editorial del Pacífico, Santiago, 1953.
Bravo, Bernardino. Regimen político y partidos de gobierno en Chile. 1924-1973. Editorial Jurídica de Chile, Santiago, 1986.
Chevalier, François. América Latina de la Independencia a nuestros días. Editorial Labor, Barcelona, 1989.
Cotler, Julio. Clases, Estado y Nación en el Perú. Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, Lima, 1992.
Frühling, Hugo. El Estado frente al terrorismo. Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo, Santiago, 1995.
Godoy, Oscar, ed. Cambio de régimen político. Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago, 1992.
Halperín, Tulio. Historia contemporánea de América Latina. Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 1990.
Lynch, John. Las revoluciones hispanoamericanas. 1808-1826. Ariel, Barcelona, 1989.
Rock, David. Argentina 1516-1987. Desde la colonización española hasta Alfonsín. Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 1988.
The Radical Tradition Of Chile, Argentina, And Peru
Survey of the Andean countries from the Wars of Independence in the early 19TH century to the present. The pattern of social and political resistance to ruling hierarchies and the struggles for power and justice are tracked, beginning with slave revolts and peasant rebellions through recent political history. Topics include comparative analysis of populism, Marxist political parties, guerrilla war, and Chile's own path of socialism, military government, and the return to democracy.
None
Lecture, small group discussion, students’ oral presentations.
midterm exam (30%);
small group essay and oral presentation (30%);
individual research paper, 20-25 pp. (40%).
Sessions 1-3:
a. Introduction to historic social and economic conditions in Chile, Argentina and Perú and their impact on political developments.
b. Distinctive revolutionary processes to independence. Comparative analysis of Chilean and
Argentinean ideas of independence and the struggle against royalist institutions represented by
Peruvian colonial government.
Readings: Romero, Las Ideas Políticas en Argentina. Ch. 3; Collier, Ideas y Política de la Independencia Chilena.Ch. 4, 5.
Sessions 4-6:
a. “Caudillismo”: the political struggle to organise the state in Argentina.
b. Political profile of “the Caudillo” and his influence in political institutions, 1819-1853.
c. Dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rozas.
Readings: Sarmiento, Facundo o Civilización y Barbarie. Ch. 1, Primera parte, Ch. I, II and III; Lynch, Juan Manuel de Rozas: 1829-1852.
Session 7: Written midterm assessment
Sessions 8-10:
a. “Populismo” in Argentina.
b. Juan Domingo Perón and his political legacy.
c. Analysis of Peron’s political profile as a representation of populist trends in Latin America.
d. The Justicialista Party.
Readings: Luna, El 45.Ch. II, III; Halperín, Argentina en el Callejón.
Session 11: Presentation of group essays
Session 12-14:
a. Chilean’s path to socialism. The government of Salvador Allende.
b. Augusto Pinochet’s government and the restoration of democracy (1969-1988).
c. Analysis of Chilean contemporary history.
Readings: Collier and Sater. Historia de Chile. 1808-1994; Walker, Del Populismo al Leninismo y la “Inevitabilidad del Conflicto”: El Partido Socialista de Chile (1933-1973); Valenzuela, El Quiebre de la Democracia en Chile.
Sessions 15-16:
a. Terrorism and guerrilla war. Case study: Sendero Luminoso in Perú. Political, social and economic background that explains its outburst.
b. Chile in the struggle against terrorism.
Readings: Strong, Sendero Luminoso. El movimiento subversivo más letal del mundo; Soto, El otro sendero. La revolución informal; Press releases and articles from magazines on Chilean’s position on terrorism after September the 11th, 2001.
Session 17:
a. Terrorism in Latin America
b. Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay: The triple border, an efficient and less known part of the international network.
Readings: Press releases and articles.
Session 18: General overview of the course: open discussion and student’s evaluation.
Collier Simon. Ideas y Política de la Independencia Chilena. Ch. 4, 5. Editorial Andrés Bello, Santiago, 1977.
Collier, Simond and William F. Sater. Historia de Chile. 1808-1994. Ch..11, 12, 13. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Halperín, Tulio. Argentina en el Callejón. Ariel, Buenos Aires, 1995.
Luna, Félix. El 45. Hyspamérica, Madrid, 1971. Capts. II & III.
Lynch, John. Juan Manuel de Rozas: 1829-1852. Emecé, Buenos Aires, 1984.
Romero, José Luis. Las Ideas Políticas en Argentina. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Buenos Aires, 1992. Capt. III
Sarmiento, Domingo F. Facundo o Civilización y Barbarie. Sur, Buenos Aires, 1962. Ch.1, Primera parte, Ch. I, II and III.
Soto, Hernando de. El otro sendero. La revolución informal. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 1992.
Strong Simon. Sendero Luminoso. El movimiento subversivo más letal del mundo. Peru Reporting, Lima, 1992.
Valenzuela, Arturo. El Quiebre de la Democracia en Chile. Flacso, Santiago, 1989.
Walker, Ignacio. Del Populismo al Leninismo y la “Inevitabilidad del Conflicto”: El Partido Socialista de Chile (1933-1973). Cieplan, Notas Técnicas, Nº 91. 1986.
Arciniegas, Germán. Entre la libertad y el miedo. Editorial del Pacífico, Santiago, 1953.
Bravo, Bernardino. Regimen político y partidos de gobierno en Chile. 1924-1973. Editorial Jurídica de Chile, Santiago, 1986.
Chevalier, François. América Latina de la Independencia a nuestros días. Editorial Labor, Barcelona, 1989.
Cotler, Julio. Clases, Estado y Nación en el Perú. Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, Lima, 1992.
Frühling, Hugo. El Estado frente al terrorismo. Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo, Santiago, 1995.
Godoy, Oscar, ed. Cambio de régimen político. Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago, 1992.
Halperín, Tulio. Historia contemporánea de América Latina. Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 1990.
Lynch, John. Las revoluciones hispanoamericanas. 1808-1826. Ariel, Barcelona, 1989.
Rock, David. Argentina 1516-1987. Desde la colonización española hasta Alfonsín. Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 1988.