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Salamanca

Individualized Studies With Spaniards - Winter 3 2009
Politics of Economic and Regional Development in Latin America

Language Level: Superior
Politics of Economic and Regional Development in Latin America
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Course taken with: Primarily Local Students
University of Salamanca (Salamanca, Spain)

Course Description

Area of Study

Business and Economics

Prerequisites and Language Level

Superior
Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of 2 upper-division college-level Spanish courses at their home university in the U.S.

Overview

This class focuses on the following topics:
1. The regional development in the theories of development. The thought of CEPAL.
2. The conditions of the regional integration during the 60's: ISI and the steps to integration.
3. Regional integration, development, and globalization in the 90's. Theoretical principles and spacial contradictions.
4. The initiative for the Americas and continental integration.
5. Mexico-NAFTA.
6. Central America-MCCA.
7. The Caribbean-CARICOM.
8. The contries of the Andean Pact.
9. MERCOSUR.