| dc.description.abstract | This course will study the development patterns of Latin America since
colonial times to present days. Dependency from external factors has
underpinned Latin America´s economic development. This course will focus
on the specific issues that determined the economicdevelopment of the
region as a whole, as well as that of individual countries. The first part of
this course will focus on economic history. In the second part, students are
expected to choose one country from a list of LatinAmerican countries and
conduct research. A case study of the chosen country’s patterns of
development and how economic history forged present-day conditions
/issues /disparities/insertion in the world will bepresented, both orally -
approximately 25 minutes followed by a 10-15 discussion – as well as
written, both with a substantial weigh in the totalfinal grade of the course,
as seen below. The third part of the course will focus on the future
prospects of Latin American development, future dilemmas and strategies
to follow. | |
