Political and Social Change

Course Description This course focuses on political and social change and its instrumental role in the formation of national identity. Drawing mainly on historic sources, the course analyzes the cases of Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia and Argentina. Students will get familia...

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Autores principales: González Chiaramonte, Claudio, Evangelista, Liria
Formato: Learning Object
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Program in Argentine and Latin American Studies (PALAS) - Universidad de Belgrano 2015
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Acceso en línea:http://repositorio.ub.edu.ar/handle/123456789/4910
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Sumario:Course Description This course focuses on political and social change and its instrumental role in the formation of national identity. Drawing mainly on historic sources, the course analyzes the cases of Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia and Argentina. Students will get familiar not only with the political system and parties but also with the uprising of new social actors and protest movements and prospects resulting from the dialogue between states, societies and social forces. The course will also address the role citizenship and institutions play in democracy nowadays and the effect the succession of repressive military dictatorships had in relation to memory.