Varieties of Political Regimes: Latin America in Comparative Perspective

Lågaregradsemne

Emnebeskrivelse

Mål og innhald

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.

Læringsutbyte

Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:

Knowledge

  • Describe the main temporal and intraregional variations in Latin American political regime development since independence

Skills

  • Analyze empirical regime developments by using the theoretical conceptualizations of different political regime types
  • Compare and discuss differences and similarities between empirical cases of the various Latin American regime types

General competence

  • Critically relate concepts, models and theories to empirical examples and facts

Studiepoeng, omfang

10 ECTS

Studienivå (studiesyklus)

Bachelor

Undervisningssemester

Spring - irregular
Krav til forkunnskapar
None
Tilrådde forkunnskapar
Studiepoengsreduksjon
Full credit reduction with SAMPOL220
Krav til studierett
Open for all students at the University of Bergen.
Arbeids- og undervisningsformer

Form: Lectures

Number of weeks: 10

Obligatorisk undervisningsaktivitet
None
Vurderingsformer

10 hour take home exam.

The exam will be given in the language in which the course is taught.

The exam can be submitted in English. It is also possible to submit in Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.

Karakterskala
Grading A-F
Vurderingssemester

Assessment in teaching semester.

Re-take exams are arranged for students with valid absence according to § 5-5 of the Study Regulations at UiB. If a retake exam are arranged for students with valid absence, students with the following results can also register:

  • Interruption during the exam
  • Fail/Not passed

If you qualify for the retake exam and a retake exam is arranged for students with valid absence, you can register yourself in Studentweb after August 1.

Litteraturliste
The reading list will be ready before 1 July for the autumn semester and 1 December for the spring semester
Emneevaluering
Alle emne blir evaluert i tråd med UiBs kvalitetssystem for utdanning.
Programansvarleg
The Programme Committee is responsible for the content, structure and quality of the study programme and courses
Administrativt ansvarleg
The Department of Comparative Politicsat the Faculty of Social Sciences has the administrative responsibility for the course