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Learning Objectives
Chapter 1
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Identify political institutions and their relevance to democracy.
- Describe democracy in Latin America.
Chapter 2
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Define the term state versus the terms nation, regime and government.
- Identify the history of indigenous people when the Spanish arrived.
- Describe how the Spanish defeated the indigenous people.
- Identify the impact of the Tupac Amaru revolt.
Chapter 3
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Describe the conditions surrounding the development of constitutional growth in Latin America.
- Identify factors which influenced the development of constitutionalism in Latin America.
- Describe the politics of constitutional change.
Chapter 4
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Describe the conditions surrounding the development of constitutional growth in Latin America.
- Describe the development of Latin American presidencies.
- Explain the relationship between bureaucracy and the executive.
Chapter 5
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Identify the significant differences between and parliamentary forms of government.
- Describe the functions of Congress.
Chapter 6
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Identify approaches to judicial organization.
- Explain the rule of law in Latin America.
- Describe the judicialization of politics in Latin America.
Chapter 7
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Identify the nature of voting in Latin American democracies.
- Explain the role and function of the Electoral System.
- Identify how political change can affect the electoral system.
- Describe presidential elections in Latin America.
- Describe the management and observation of elections.
Chapter 8
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Identify the nature of civil society in Latin American democracies.
- Identify factors which make up political parties.
- Explain how political parties and civil society work together.
- Describe the transition from political party to the party system.
Chapter 9
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Identify the range of centralization of power within federalism and unitarism.
- Describe the origins of governmental relations in Latin America.
- Describe federal and unitary design in contemporary Latin America.
- Identify differences within federal designs in Latin America.
- Describe how Latin American governments offset regional power differences.
Chapter 10
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Describe the role of the armed forces in contemporary Latin America.
- Identify aspects of Latin American military history.
- Describe civil-military relations in Latin America.
- Identify the condition of civil-military relations under democracy.