Varieties of Political Regimes: Latin America in Comparative Perspective
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Course offered by
| Number of credits | 10 |
| Course offered (semester) | Spring |
| Subject overlap | Full credit reduction with SAMPOL220 |
| Schedule | Schedule |
| Reading list | Reading list |
Language of Instruction
English
Pre-requirements
Fulfilment of general admission requirements
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
o Analyse empirical regime developments by using the theoretical conceptualizations of different political regime types
o Describe the main temporal and intraregional variations in Latin American political regime development since independence
o Compare and discuss differences and similarities between empirical cases of the various Latin American regime types
Contact Information
studieveileder@isp.uib.no/55583316
Course offered (semester)
Spring
Exam offered (semester)
Spring
Language of Instruction
English
Department
Department of Comparative Politics
Access to the Course Unit
Open for all students at the University of Bergen.
Aim and Content
Objectives: The huge variety of regime types both past and present turns Latin America into a laboratory for the study of political regimes. The course aims to use fundamental theoretical and conceptual understandings of various democratic and non-democratic regime types to discuss and analyse the range of empirical variety in political regime development in Latin America.
Content: The course is divided into four sections. The first section provides theoretical and conceptual as well as analytical tools for the empirical study of different political regime types. The second section provides an overview of political regime development in 19th century Latin America. The third section is devoted to varieties of non-democratic regimes in Latin America, whereas the fourth section concerns varieties of democratic regimes in Latin America. The course emphasizes temporal variations as well as intraregional differences and similarities between countries.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
o Analyse empirical regime developments by using the theoretical conceptualizations of different political regime types
o Describe the main temporal and intraregional variations in Latin American political regime development since independence
o Compare and discuss differences and similarities between empirical cases of the various Latin American regime types
Pre-requirements
Fulfilment of general admission requirements
Recommended previous knowledge
SAMPOL 110/SAMPOL105, SAMPOL106 & SAMPOL107, SAMPOL 115 and MET 102
Subject Overlap
Full credit reduction with SAMPOL220
Teaching Methods
Lectures
Compulsory Requirements
None
Assessment methods
6 hour desk exam
Grading Scale
Grading A-F
Course Unit Evaluation
The course is evaluated regularly
Contact Information
studieveileder@isp.uib.no/55583316