UF Center for Latin American Studies
Days: Wednesdays
Times: 3:00 - 6:00 pm
Location: Grinter 376
Course description
This seminar reviews Latin Americanists’ debates on authoritarianism and democratization. It focuses on theoretical and conceptual debates on bureaucratic authoritarian dictatorships, transitions to democracy, and democratic backsliding. The course has three goals: 1) to analyze debates on dictatorship, transitions to democracy, and democratic backsliding in Latin America, 2) to contrast dictatorship with democratic backsliding, and 3) to critically evaluate current debates on the crises of democracy.
Carlos de la Torre
313 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email: delatorre.carlos@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: 352-392-7134
Research Interests
Populism, democratization, and authoritarianism; racism and citizenship in the Americas.
Geographic Expertise
Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia
