Date Posted: 06/06/2025
Req ID: 42524
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Munk Sch Global Affairs & Public Policy
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Course number and title: GLA2067H Topics in Global Justice II: Fragile Foundations: State Weakness, Violence, and Democratic Decay in Latin America
Course description: This course focuses on three historical challenges for Latin America that have inspired a vast scholarly and popular literature: state building, violence, and democratic rule. And while the course has a regional focus, it has a universal scope, and should not be considered only as a course on “Latin American politics” (although you will learn a great deal about them). Therefore, no familiarity with the region is assumed nor reading knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese is required. The course curriculum is carefully curated to answer fundamental questions in political science, such as: What are the roots of state weakness? Is criminal violence radically different from political violence? Why are certain regions of the world more afflicted by violent conflict than others? Why democratic rule has been historically precarious in the developing world? And how can we identify when a country is undergoing democratic backsliding?

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