Student, who passed the course satisfactorily, will be able to

* explain the historical legacy of colonizaton for the contemporary political dynamics of Latin American countries

*analyze the democratization experience of  the major countries of the region by pointing to the turning points in its socio-economic modernization.

*understand the relationship between economic development and democracy in the case of Latin America from a historical and comparative perspective

*discuss the major issues of democratic development with specific reference to institutions, political culture and socio-economic inequality in Latin America