You will be allowed to bring to the examination one 8.5" x 11"study sheet. The study sheet may contain whatever information that can be fit on both sides of the paper. You will be required to turn in the study sheet with the examination.
An optional review session has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 11 (Study Day), from 4:00-5:30pm in Francis Scott Key 0102. Bring your questions, comments, and trial answers.
Additional study opportunities will be available on the course ELMS site.
The exam will consist of two sections.
You will be given SEVEN terms drawn from major figures, events, trends, places, and/or concepts that we have covered since Spring Break. Two of the terms will be drawn from the screening guides to Cautiva and Crónica de una fuga (one from each film.)
You will be asked to define FIVE of the seven terms, placing each chosen term in its proper historical context.
1) What is the historical relationship between democracy and development in modern Latin America? Your answer should correlate the history of democratic institutions, practices, and values with the history of economic development in Latin America since the 1880s.
2) Although the history of populism is often framed by the measures of the material gains of the working classes under the guidance of a charismatic populist leader, populism can also be understood as a cultural phenomenon. Develop an argument around the cultures of populism. Your essay should make an explicit case for populism in Argentina under Peronism.
3) The worldwide economic crisis of the 1929 profoundly transformed Latin America, giving rise to political economies that rejected key aspects of nineteenth-century liberalism, including laissez-faire economic policy-making, export-led growth, and limited workers' rights. Critically describe the new paths of economic development in Latin America that developed from the crisis of 1929. Where and when did these new paths of development confront tension, crisis, and failure?
4) Develop a critical assessment of the origins and languages of the revolutionary "Lefts" and reactionary "Rights" in Latin America during the Cold War.
5) Identify the actors, networks, and tactics significant in the opposition to military and other forms of authoritarian rule in Latin America. By what measures were opponents to authoritarianism frustrated? By what measures were they successful? Your answer should draw upon the case of Brazil.
The final exam represents 25% of your final grade.