Teaching code

4S001531

Teacher

Federica Bertagna

Coordinator

Federica Bertagna

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-STO/04 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

Period

2 B dal Apr 12, 2023 al May 27, 2023.

Location

VERONA

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The aim of the course is to provide students with historiographic tools and skills to understand the history of Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and to analyze the specific problems of the continent.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Basic knowledge of modern history, good knowledge of contemporary history

Program

The course program is organized in three parts. The first consists of a general presentation of Latin America from a geographical, economic and social perspective. It also includes an analysis of the main concepts used in the course, including globalization. The second presents an overview of the economic history of Latin America between 1870 and 2015: the main stages of this history and the general performance of the countries in the different periods will be examined. For each of the periods examined, some representative national cases will be studied in depth (in particular Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile), articulating the analysis of economic processes with that of the institutional and political contexts that constitute their framework. Finally, starting from the concrete historical experience, the course will address on the one hand the debates on the causes of the limits of development in Latin America and on the other the comparison with the success of other countries, articulating history and theory, in a comparative perspective. All lessons will be delivered in person, streamed and videotaped and form an integral part of the program to be prepared for the exam, together with the mandatory bibliography. Compulsory bibliography for all, available in the course moodle: For an overview: - A. Rouquié, Latin America. Introduction to the Far West, Milan, Mondadori, 2007, part I and III - L. Zanatta, History of contemporary Latin America, Bari, Laterza, 2017 On the debates on late industrialization and the development of Latin America: - AO Hirschman , "A dissenter's confession": The economic development strategy revisited "in G. Meier and D. Seers, The pioneers of development," Which Development "6-7, ASAL, 1988 - R. Prebisch," Five phases of my theory on development ”, in G. Meier and D. Seers, The pioneers of development,“ Which Development ”6-7, ASAL, 1988 On immigration in Latin America: - F. Devoto,“ Italian emigration. A long-lasting phenomenon ”, Altreitalie, n ° 10, 1994, pp.75-83

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Lectures, seminars

Learning assessment procedures

Written test; possibility to opt for the oral exam for students who attend in the classroom. Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (DSA), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must contact the teacher at least 3 days in advance of the date of the session

Evaluation criteria

Accuracy of the answer, completeness of the answer, properties in the use of language

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Each of the answers will be evaluated on the basis of the indicated criteria with a score between a minimum of 0 points and a maximum of 10 points

Exam language

Italiano