INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA

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1 Syllabus INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA Last update HU Credits: 4 Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor) Responsible Department: international relations Academic year: 0 Semester: 1st Semester Teaching Languages: Hebrew Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Prof. Arie M. Kacowicz Coordinator arie.kacowicz@mail.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: MONDAYS, Teaching Staff: Prof Arie Kacowicz page 1 / 13

2 Course/Module description: This seminar is designed to grant students basic knowledge and analytical tools for the understanding and explanation of the international relations of Latin America since the independence of the LA states about 200 hundred years ago until our days. The seminar focuses especially upon the South American region and the period since The seminar does not focus upon the foreign policies of specific countries, but rather present them within a systemic framework, by implementing theories of international relations such as conflict and cooperation. In this sense, studying the IR of Latin America provides us with a fascinating laboratory to test IR theories. The seminar consists of five parts: 1) the historical background and evolution of the IR of Latin America in the last two hundred years; (2) the major actors and their interactions; (3) alternative explanations for the long South American peace; (4) the IR of Latin America vis-a-vis extraregional actors; (5) students will present their work in progress. Course/Module aims: The seminar is designed to provide advanced undergraduate students in IR with the basic knowledge and the analytical tools to understand and explain the international relations of Latin America, with a focus upon the interactions among the different actors in the region. Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: Students will be able to understand, explain, and assess political processes (mainly international political) in the region, as it will be expressed in their seminar papers to be submitted. Attendance requirements(%): 100 Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: The course is taught not as a Lecture, but rather in a Seminar format. The Instructor presents the subject each session, followed by a presentation by 1-2 students, and an open discussion. In the last third of the term students also present their work in progress (related to their seminar papers). Course/Module Content: A. Introduction and Historical Background: page 2 / 13

3 1. Introduction (October 19). 2. Latin America as an international sub-system (October 21). 3. Historical background I: The 19th century (October 26). 4. Historical background II: The 20th century (October 28). 5. IR of Latin America after the Cold War (November 2). B. International actors and international interactions in Latin America: 6. States and foreign policy (November 4). 7. Other international actors: transnational actors and interntional organizations (November 9). 8. International conflics and conflict management (November 11). 9. Cooperation, interdependence, and economic integration (November 16). 10. South America as a zone of peace? (November 18). 11. Realism: balance of power, geopolitics, and hegemony (November 23). 12. International political economy and interdependence; the problem of poverty and inequality in the region (November 25). 13. Movie screen about the economics and development of the region (November 30). 14. The issue of development and dependency theory (December 2). 15. Democratization; pluralistic security communities and the role of norms in the region (December 7). C. IR of Latin America vis-a-vis extra-regional actors: 16. US-Latin American relations (December 9). 19. Latin American relations with other actors (December 21). 20. Summing up: Quo vadis, Latin America? (December 23). D. Empirical applications: page 3 / 13

4 Students will take a multiple-choice exam on December 14, Presentations by students and guest Lecturers will take place in the following dates: December 28, 30. January 4, 6, 11, 13, 18,and 20. Required Reading: Jan Knippers Black, Introduction: Approaches to the Study of Latin America, in J.K. Black, ed., Latin America: Its Problems and Its Promise (Boulder, CO: Westview, 1991), pp (*) Arie M. Kacowicz, The Impact of Norms in International Society: The Latin American Experience, , Chapter 3, pp (*) Jorge I. Dominguez, "The Changes in the International System During the 2000s," in Jorge I. Dominguez and Rafael Fernandez de Castro, eds., Contemporary US-Latin American Relations (New York: Routledege, 2010), pp (*) G. Pope Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, Chapter 2, pp (*) Peter H. Smith, "Strategic Options for Latin America," in Joseph S. Tulchin and Ralph H. Espach, eds., Latin America in the New International System (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2001), pp (*) Peter H. Smith, Talons of the Eagle: Dynamics of U.S.-Latin American Relations (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), Chapters 1 and 4; pp ; , (*) Joseph S. Tulchin and Ralph H. Espach, "Latin America in the New International System: A Call for Strategic Thinking," in Joseph S. Tulchin and Ralph H. Espach, eds., Latin America in the New International System, pp (*) Jorge I. Dominguez, Security, Peace, and Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges for the Post-Cold War Era, in Jorge I. Dominguez, ed., International Security and Democracy: Latin America and the Caribbean in the Post- Cold War Era (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998), pp F (*). Arie M. Kacowicz, "Regional Governance and Global Governance: The Latin American Experience, ," Paper presented at the ISA Annual Meeting, page 4 / 13

5 Toronto, March Jorge I. Dominguez (2010), The Changes in the International System during the 2000s, in Jorge I. Dominguez and Rafael Fernandez de Castro (eds.), Contemporary U.S.-Latin American Relations: Cooperation and Conflict in the 21st Century (New York: Routledge), pp (*) Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean n the International System, Chapter 4, pp *) Alberto van Klaveren, Understanding Latin American Foreign Policies, in Muסoz and Tulchin, eds., Latin American Nations in World Politics, pp (*) Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, Chapter 8, pp ; and Chapters 10-11, pp (*) The Inter-American Agenda and Multilateral Governance: The Organization of American States, A Report of the Inter-American Dialogue Study Group on Western Hemisphere Governance, April (*) Jorge I. Dominguez, Boundary Disputes in Latin America, Peaceworks, No. 50, United States Institute of Peace: Washington, DC, September (*) Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, Chapter 12, pp (*) Walter Little, International Conflict in Latin America, International Affairs, Vol. 63, No. 4, 1987, pp (*) Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, Chapter 7, pp (*) Inter-American Development Bank, Beyond Borders: The New Regionalism in Latin America (Washington, DC: Interamerican Bank, 2002), pp (*) Arie M. Kacowicz, Zones of Peace in the Third World: South America and West Africa in Comparative Perspective (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1998), Chapter 3, pp (*) Kalevi J. Holsti, The State, War, and the State of War (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), Chapter 8, pp U21.1 H627 ( ).(*) Arie M. Kacowicz, "Geopolitics and Territorial Issues: Relevance for South America," Geopolitics, Volume 5, No. 1, Summer 2001, pp (*) Andres Malamud, "A Leader without Followers? The Growing Divergence between page 5 / 13

6 the Regional and Global Performance of Brazilian Foreign Policy," Latin American Politics and Society, Vol. 53, Issue 3, pp (*) Arie M. Kacowicz, Globalization and the Distribution of Wealth: The Latin American Experience, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013), Chapter 4, pp (*) Kelly Hoffman and Miguel Angel Centeno, The Lopsided Continent: Inequality in Latin America, Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 29, August 2003, pp (*) Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent (New York: Monthly Review, 1973), pp ; (*) Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Enzo Faletto, Dependency and Development in Latin America (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1979), pp. Vii-xxv; 1-28; (*) Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, Chapter 14, pp Andrew Hurrell, An Emerging Security Community in South America?, in Michael Barnett and Emanuel Adler, eds., Security Communities (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998). (*) Arie M. Kacowicz, Latin America as an International Society, International Politics, Vol. 37, No. 2, June 2000, pp (*) Alberto van Klaveren, "Political Globalization and Latin America: Toward a New Sovereignty?", in Tulchin and Espach, eds., Latin America in the New International "Remaking the Relationship: The United States and Latin America," Inter-American Dialogue Policy Report (April 2012), pp (*) Council on Foreign Relations, US-Latin American Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality (Washington, DC: Council on Foreign Relations,. 2008). (*) Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, pp (*) Arie M. Kacowicz, Triangular Relations: Israel, the Latin American Jewry, and the Latin American Countries in a Changing International Context, , Paper presented at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, February (*) Stephen Johnson, Balancing Chinas Growing Influence in Latin America, Backgrounder, No. 1888, October 24, [available electronically in page 6 / 13

7 (*) Christopher Sabatini, Rethinking Latin America, Foreign Affairs, Volume 91, No. 2, March/April 2012, pp (*) Julia E. Sweig, Global Brazil and U.S.-Brazil Relations, Independent Task Force Report No. 66, Council on Foreign Relations, (*) Arie M. Kacowicz, Latin America and the World: Globalization, Regionalization, and Fragmentation, Department of International Relations, unpublished manuscript, January (*) Additional Reading Material: John Ward, Latin America: Development and Conflict since 1945(London: Routledge, 1997) HC 125.W ( ) Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline, The Latin American Tradition and Process of Development, in Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline, eds., Latin American Politics and Development, 3rd edition (Boulder, CO: Westview, 1990), pp G. Pope Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System (Boulder, CO: Westview, 1999), Chapter 3, pp Andrew F. Cooper and Jorge Heine, "Introduction: The Effect of National and Global Forces on the Americas: Tsunami, Tornado or Just a Mild Breeze?", in Andrew F. Cooper and Jorge Heine, eds., Which Way Latin America? Hemispheric Politics Meets Globalization (New York: United Nations University Press, 2009), pp Arie M. Kacowicz and David R. Mares (2015), "Security Studies in Latin America: The First Two Hundred Years," in Arie M. Kacowicz and David R. Mares (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Latin American Security Studies (draft chapter, forthcoming). Cleveland Fraser, International Relations, in Richard S. Hillman, ed., Understanding Contemporary Latin America (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1997), pp Tulio Halperin Dongui, The Contemporary History of Latin America (Durham: Duke University Press, 1993), Chapters 2-5, pp F. Taylor Peck, Power Politics and the Consolidation of National Policies, , in Harold E. Davis et al., eds., Latin American Diplomatic History: An Introduction (Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1977), pp page 7 / 13

8 Will Fowler, Latin America, : Modern History for Modern Languages (London: Arnold, 2002), Chapters 1-3, pp F. Taylor Deck, Latin America Enters the World Scene, , in Davis et al., Latin American Diplomatic History, pp John J. Finnan, Foreign Relations in the 1930s: Effects of the Great Depression, in Davis et al., Latin American Diplomatic History, pp Will Fowler, Latin America, , Chapters 4-6, pp Joseph S. Tulchin and Ralph H. Espach, "Latin America in the New International System: A Call for Strategic Thinking," in Joseph S. Tulchin and Ralph H. Espach, eds., Latin America in the New International System, pp (*) Arie M. Kacowicz, The Rio Group and the South American Union as Tools of Regional Security, Paper for The New Security Equation in the Americas, 4th Colloquium of the Academic Forum of the Summits of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, May 25-26, Arie M. Kacowicz, Multilateralism and Latin America, Multilateralism in Latin America, unpublished manuscript, December Jorge G. Castaסeda and Marco A. Morales, The Current State of the Utopia, in Jorge G. Castaסeda and Marco A. Morales, eds., Leftovers: Tales of the Latin American Left (New York: Routledge, 2008), pp Andres Serbin, "Cooperative Security and Regional Governance" (draft chapter), in Kacowicz and Mares. Heraldo Muסoz, The Dominant Themes in Latin American Foreign Relations: An Introduction, in Heraldo Muסoz and Joseph S. Tulchin, eds., Latin American Nations in World Politics, 2nd ed. (Boulder, CO: Westview, 1996), pp F 1415 L 329 ( ) Robert O. Keohane, "Between Vision and Reality: Variables in Latin American Foreign Policy," in Tulchin and Espach, eds., Latin America in the New International System, pp Jorge I. Dominguez and Rafael Fernandez de Castro (eds.), Contemporary U.S.-Latin American Relations: Cooperation or Conflict in the 21st Century, Chapters on US- Mexico (chapter 2); US-Argentina (Chapter 6); US-Brazil (Chapter 7); US-Chile (Chapter 8); and US-Venezuela (Chapter 11). page 8 / 13

9 Heraldo Muסoz, A New OAS for the New Times, in Lowenthal and Treverton, Latin America in a New World, pp Srilal Perera, The OAS and the Inter-American System: History, Law, and Diplomacy, in Alberto R. Coll and Anthony C. Arend, eds., The Falklands War: Lessons for Strategy, Diplomacy, and International Law (Boston: George Allen & Unwin, 1985), pp Guy Goselin and Jean-Philippe Therien, The Organization of American States and Hemispheric Regionalism, in Gordon Mace and Louis Belanger, The Americas in Transition: The Contours of Regionalism (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1999), pp Domingo E. Acevedo and Claudio Grossman, The Organization of American States and the Protection of Democracy, in Tom Farer, ed., Beyond Sovereignty: Collectively Defending Democracy in the Americas (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996), pp Arie M. Kacowicz, The Impact of Norms in International Society, pp ; Arie M. Kacowicz, The Rio Group and the South American Union as Tools of Regional Security, Paper for The New Security Equation in the Americas, 4th Colloquium of the Academic Forum of the Summits of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, May 25-26, James L. Ray, International Relations in Latin America: Conflict and Cooperation, in Black, Latin America: Its Problems and its Promise, pp Paul R. Hensel, "Contentious Issues and World Politics: The Management of Territorial Claims in the Americas, ," International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 1, March 2001, pp David R. Mares and Steven A. Bernstein, The Use of Force in Latin American Interstate Relations, in Dominguez, ed., International Security and Democracy, pp Miguel Angel Centeno, Blood and Debt: War and the Nation-State in Latin America (University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002), pp. 1-32; F C Arie M. Kacowicz, The Impact of Norms in International Society, Chapter 4, pp Benjamin Miller, States, Nations, and the Great Powers: The Sources of Regional War and Peace (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), Chapter 7, pp. page 9 / 13

10 Alberto van Klaveren, Why Integration Now? Options for Latin America, in Peter H. Smith, ed., The Challenge of Integration: Europe and the Americas (Miami: North- South Center, 1993), pp Gordon Mace, The Origins, Nature, and Scope of the Hemispheric Project, in Mace and Belanger, The Americas in Transition, pp Lia Valls Pereira, Toward the Common Market of the South: Mercosurs Origins, Evolution, and Challenges, in Riordan Roett, ed., Mercosur: Regional Integration, World Markets (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1999), pp Joseph S. Tulchin and Ralph H. Espach, Introduction: MERCOSUR at a Crossroads, in Joseph S. Tulchin and Ralph H. Espach, eds., Paths to Regional Integration: The Case of Mercosur (Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Report on the Americas, # 15, 2002), pp Thomas Andrew OKeefe, A Resurgent MERCOSUR: Confronting Economic Crises and Negotiating Trade Agreements, North-South Agenda Papers, No. 60, January Roberto Bouzas and Jaime Ros, The North-South Variety of Economic Integration: Issues and Prospects for Latin America, in Roberto Bouzas and Jaime Ros, eds., Economic Integration in the Western Hemisphere (Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1994), pp HC 125.E Monica Hirst, Security Policies, Democratization, and Regional Integration in the Southern Cone, in Dominguez, ed., International Security and Democracy, pp Arie M. Kacowicz, Stable Peace in South America: The ABC Triangle, , in Arie M. Kacowicz, Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov, Ole Elgstrom, and Magnus Jerneck, eds., Stable Peace among Nations (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2000, pp Miguel Angel Centeno, Blood and Debt: War and the Nation-State in Latin America (University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002), pp. 1-32; F C David R. Mares, Violent Peace: Militarized Interstate Bargaining in Latin America (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000), Chapter 2, pp page 10 / 13

11 Arie M. Kacowicz, The Impact of Norms in International Society, pp Benjamin Miller, States, Nations, and the Great Powers: The Sources of Regional War and Peace (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), Chapter 7, pp Thomas Guedes da Costa, "Strategies for Global Insertion: Brazil and its Regional Partners," in Tulchin and Espach, eds., Latin America in the New International System, pp Marina Regina Soares de Lima, "Brazil's Response to the New Regionalism," in Gordon Mace and Jean-Philippe Therien (eds.), Foreign Policy and Regionalism in the Americas (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1996), pp. 137-`58. E18.85 F ( ). Arie M. Kacowicz, Economics and Security: The Counter-Intuitive Case of Latin America, , Paper Draft, April Arie M. Kacowicz, Globalization and Poverty: The Latin American Experience, , Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New York, February 14-18, 2009 Judith Teichman, Latin America: Inequality, Poverty, and Questionable Democracies, in Richard Sandbrook, ed., Civilizing Globalization: A Survival Guide (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2003), pp Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, Chapter 13, pp Juan Gabriel Valdes, Changing Paradigms in Latin America: From Dependency to Neoliberalism in the International Context, in Joseph S. Tulchin, ed., The Consolidation of Democracy in Latin America (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1995), pp JL 966C 675 ( ). Peter H. Smith, Talons of the Eagle, Chapter 10, pp Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Charting a New Course: The Politics of Globalization and Social Transformation (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001), pp Patrice M. Franko, The Puzzle of Latin American Economic Development (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999), Chapter 1, pp. 1-28; Chapter 15, pp HC125.F page 11 / 13

12 Arie M. Kacowicz, Globalization and the Distribution of Wealth: The Latin American Experience, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013), Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 (excerpts). Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, Chapter 14, pp David R. Mares, Inter-American Security Communities: Concepts and Challenges, in Lars Schoultz, William C. Smith, and Augusto Varas, eds., Security, Democracy, and Development in U.S.-Latin American Relations (Miami: North-South Center, 1994), pp Arie M. Kacowicz, Latin America as an International Society, International Politics, Vol. 37, No. 2, June 2000, pp (*) Arie M. Kacowicz, The Impact of Norms in the International Society: The Latin American Experience, Peter H. Smith, Talons of the Eagle, Chapters 9, 11, 12, and Conclusions, pp ; Joseph S. Tulchin, "The United States and Latin America in the World Today," in Joseph S. Tulchin, ed., The Consolidation of Democracy in Latin America (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1995), pp Louis Balthazar, "Changes in the World System and U.S. Relations with the Americas, in Mace and Therien, Foreign Policy and Regionalism in the Americas, pp Heraldo Muסoz, "Good-bye U.S.A.?", in Tulchin and Espach, eds., Latin America in the New International System, pp Michael C. Desch, Why Latin America May Miss the Cold War: The United States and the Future of Inter-American Security Relations, in Dominguez, International Security and Democracy, pp Jorge I. Dominguez and Rafael Fernandez de Castro (eds.), Contemporary US-Latin American Relations [selected chapters on different bilateral relations: Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Cuba, and Mexico] Gavin OToole, Politics Latin America (London: Longman, 2007), pp Victor Bulmer-Thomas, The European Union and Mercosur: Prospects for a Free page 12 / 13

13 Powered by TCPDF ( Trade Agreement, Journal of InterAmerican Studies and World Affairs, Vol. 42, No. 1, Spring 2000, pp Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 0 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 30 % Project work 0 % Assignments 0 % Reports 20 % Research project 30 % Quizzes 20 % Other 0 % Additional information: The submission of the research (seminar) paper grants 100% and a separate grade for the course. Hence, the course consists of 4 credits for the seminar paper and 4 credits for the class. The grade of the course consists of: active participation (30%); bibliographical short paper (20%); project prospectus [referat] (30%); and multiple choice exam (20%). page 13 / 13