Semester: Spring 2000
Class Hour: Tuesdays, 6:00--8:50 p.m.
Professor: Clifford E. Griffin
Classroom: Caldwell G109
Office: Caldwell 226; phone: 515-5048
Office Hours: Tues., 10-11 a.m.; Thur. 3-4 p.m.
E-mail: griffin@social.chass.ncsu.edu
Home page: http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/c/ceg/www/index.html

Course Description: When countries such as Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Mexico make the news, it is often in relation to drugs, migration and political conflict.  However, these countries not the only ones of importance in Latin America and the Caribbean. Further there are important issues beside drugs, migration and political conflict that are central to understanding events throughout the region. In fact, there is a history of US relations with the region that students should know. This course will examine aspects of that history and will pay particular attention to the issues of democratization and migration and their implications Latin American and Caribbean International Relations

Course Requirements and Grading Scheme: Each student will do the following:
1. Thesis, Annotated Bibliography and research paper--60 per cent
2. Mid Term exam --25 per cent
3. Attendance and participation 15 per cent

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
1. Tape recording is allowed only in special circumstances. Permission must be given by me.

2. Attendance is mandatory and participation is essential. Students will be given the opportunity to lead the discussion based on a system of assigned responsibility. At the same time, all students will be responsible for all reading assignments.

3. An "A" average grade throughout the course is necessary to earn an "A" grade for the course.

6. Please turn off all cell phones and beepers while in class.

Required Readings: The following books are available at the bookstore:
1. John Peeler: Building Democracy in Latin America. Lynne Reinner Publishers, Boulder, CO., 1998.

2. Max J. Castro., ed. Free Markets, Open Societies, Closed Borders?: Trends in International Migration in the AmericasNorth-South Center Press, University of Miami, 1999.

Reference and Required Readings:
1. Ivelaw L. Griffith, The Quest for Security in the Caribbean, M.E. Sharpe, 1994.

2. Anthony P. Maingot, The US and the Caribbean, Westview Press, 1994.

3 Abraham F. Lowenthal, Partners in Conflict: The US and Latin America in the 1990s, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990.

4. C. Y. Thomas, The Poor and the Powerless, Monthly Review Press, 1988.

5. Franklin Knight, The Caribbean: The Genesis of a Fragmented Nationalism, Oxford University Press, 1978, Chapter 1.

6. M. G. Smith, The Plural Society in the British West Indies, University of California Press, 1974, Chapters 3 and 4.

7. Anthony Payne and Paul Sutton, eds, Modern Caribbean Politics, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.

8. Ivelaw L. Griffith, ed., Strategy and Security in the Caribbean, Praeger Publishers, 1991.

Course Calendar:
January 11:- Introduction and overview of course.
January 25:-Readings: Building Democracy in Latin America,
Introduction: "Basic Issues in Democratic Theory"
Chapter 1: "Basic Roots in the Latin American Tradition"
Chapter 2: "Early Democracy: Managing Participation"
Chapter 3: "Later Democracies: Patterns of Regime Change"

February 1:- Understanding Democracy and Democratization;
Readings: Building Democracy in Latin America
Chapter 1: "Basic Roots in the Latin American Tradition"
Chapter 2: "Early Democracy: Managing Participation"
Chapter 3: "Later Democracies: Patterns of Regime Change"

February 8:- Building Democracy in Latin America
Chapter 4: "Authoritarian Regimes"
February 15:- Trends in International Migration and Immigration Policy in the Americas, Chapters 1 and 2.
Trends in International Migration and Immigration Policy in the Americas, Chapters 3 and 4.
Trends in International Migration and Immigration Policy in the Americas, Chapters 11, 13 and 14.

February 22:- Library Trip

February 29:- Presentation of Theses

March 7:-Mid-Term Exam

March 21:-Oral Presentations

March 28:-Oral Presentations

April 4:-Oral Presentations

April 11:-Oral Presentations

April 18:-Oral Presentations

April 25:-Unfinished Business

May 2:- Final draft of research paper due.

2. You must submit a five-page, annotated bibliography on the subject of your research. The bibliographies must have the appropriate author, title, place, publisher, year, and page citations, and should reflect a variety of sources: books, journal articles, newspaper articles, documents, etc. Bibliographies that are not prepared properly will have to be redone.

Research Paper
Each student will complete a research paper.  Graduate students will complete a 20-25 page, double spaced, including notes or bibliography, depending on the style being used. Papers will be completed following a process that involves (a) submission of a five-page research proposal for approval by March 3; (b) presentation of preliminary research in class, and (c) submission of the final paper by April 28.

The five page proposal must indicate:
1. the topic
2. the propositions/hypothesis to be developed/tested
3. an explanation of your reason for choosing the topic and what you expect to get out of it (one paragraph)
4. a 3-4 page preliminary annotated bibliography with varying kinds of sources, not all books, all articles, or all documents.

Suggested Topics:
1. The impact of NAFTA on Mexico, the Caribbean, Latin America, or the entire region
2. The US embargo against Cuba
3. The US/UN intervention in Haiti
4. The domestic, regional or international impact of drug trafficking/cultivation in one or two specific countries
5. Offshore banking
6. Rebellion and revolution in the Americas
7. Migration
8. Human rights
9.; Foreign policy
10. The role of tourism in economic development
11. The status of indigenous people in the region (or in a specific country)
12. The political/economic status of women in the region (or in a specific country)
13. Religion and politics in the region (or in a specific country)
14. US relations toward the region (subregion, or any specific country)
15. The role of Europe in the Caribbean

Please note that you are free to propose your own topic; you are not required to choose from this list.