printer friendly pageOSPSANTG 102S: Composition and Writing Workshop for Students in Santiago
Advanced. Writing as craft and process: brainstorming, planning, outlining, drafting, revising, style, diction, and editing. Non-Spanish majors or minors may choose topics related to their studies. Prerequisite:
SPANLANG 13C, 13R, 13S, 23B, or equivalent.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Bobbert, A. (PI)
;
Rivano, P. (PI)
OSPSANTG 104X: Modernization and Culture in Latin America
Intellectual and cultural expressions of Latin America against the background of modernization viewed as a constant tension between rationalization and subjectification, change and identity preservation, and the logic of development or economic expansion and the logic of the culture. Readings include Morande,
Cultura y modernización en América Latina and Sarlo,
Una modernidad periférica.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom
OSPSANTG 116X: Modernization and its Discontents: Chilean Politics at the Turn of the Century
Chile's strides towards becoming a developed country have engendered high levels of alienation and disaffection among significant sectors of the population. The roots of this apparent paradox of modernization, focusing on newly emerging actors in the Chilean political scene: Mapuche organizations, women's groups, the environmental movement, and new features of the established ones like trade unions and human rights activists.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Correa, G. (PI)
OSPSANTG 118X: Artistic Expression in Latin America
Elite, mass-media, and popular cultural changes in Chile under conditions of economic and political liberalization. The reception of cultural meanings from the center of the world social system (U.S., EU, and Japan), reformulation to respond to local conditions, and export in the shape of cultural artifacts. Innovative elements rooted in the regional and local culture.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Albornoz, C. (PI)
OSPSANTG 119X: The Chilean Economy: History, International Relations, and Development Strategies
The Chilean economy in five stages, taking into account: the international economic position of Chile; internal economic structures closely related to the inherited historical conditions and to the changing international economic position of the country; and the economic strategies prevalent during the period and the concrete development policies conducted by government authorities.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
OSPSANTG 129X: Latin America in the International System
Latin America's role in world politics, with emphasis on the history of and models for explaining U.S.-Latin American relations. Latin America's evolving relationship in the international system.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
OSPSANTG 130X: Latin American Economies in Transition
Introduction to the main debates and approaches developed to understand and analyze the economies of Latin America. Recent processes of transition to market economies. Common characteristics among countries of the region; the differences and special traits of individual countries. Historical, analytical, and empirical perspectives on topics at the center of controversies and specific policy problems over several decades. Recommended:
ECON 1, 51, and 52.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
OSPSANTG 141X: Politics and Culture in Chile
The relationship between politics and culture in Chile during the 20th century, reflecting on the effects of such relationships on esthetics and identity. The possibility that, in Chile, culture has been pulled by politics and social praxis, a condition that has created a deficit in cultural thickness. The oligarchic regime around 1920, the welfare state around 1940, projects of social transformation around 1970, dictatorship around 1980, women writers and Mapuche poetry in contemporary Chile.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom
OSPSANTG 160X: Latin America in the International Economy
The external economic relations of Latin American countries. Similarities and differences among countries, focusing on the last 15 years. Analytical and empirical elements for interpretation of policies, and the outcome. Trade, external debt, capital flows, and the inter-relationships between domestic economy and overall growth. Recommended:
ECON 1, 51, and 52.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
OSPSANTG 221X: Political Transition and Democratic Consolidation: Chile in Comparative Perspective
The dynamics of the Chilean transition. Topics: challenges faced by democratic governments in the 90s framed by the legacy of military rule, 1973-90; political culture; institutional traditions of democracy; and the Chilean process within the broader context of Latin American political development.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
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