Ronald H. Chilcote

Trotsky and Development Theory in Latin America

Elaboration of four concepts in the thought of Trotsky (backwardness, combined and uneven development, permanent revolution, and socialist transition and revolution) that are useful in understanding developmental theory and their relevance to theories of capitalist development, underdevelopment, and dependency, as prominently manifested in Latin America during the last half of the 20th century. Identification of Trotskyist movements and their splinter tendencies. Examination of principal theorists and their ideas, with emphasis on Argentine and Brazilian thought and their relevance to developmental theory.

Latin American Perspectives: A Journal on Capitalism and Socialism

Latin American Perspectives (LAP) is a theoretical and scholarly journal, founded in 1974, for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. Its objective is to encourage class analysis of socio-cultural realities and political strategies to transform Latin American socio-political structures. The journal makes a conscious effort to publish a diversity of political viewpoints, both Marxist and nonMarxist perspectives, that are influencing progressive debates in Latin America. Top priority is given to articles that address important theoretical issues, particularly subjects that have received inadequate discussion or are in sharp dispute. For more than 40 years, LAP has been committed to bringing the work of Latin American scholars to an English-speaking public and to providing a forum for scholars and activists around the world to engage in the most timely analyses of current social issues, structures, and movements and of Latin America’s insertion into the international political and economic system. In six issues per year, LAP combines studies of economics, political science, sociology, geography, anthropology, international relations, history, philosophy, and culture to offer a vital multidisciplinary view of the powerful forces impacting the lives of people across the Americas. Most issues focus on a single problem, nation, or region, providing an in-depth analysis from scholars and participants in social change throughout the hemisphere. There is also one yearly open issue that contains articles on a variety of topics. The 2015 Google Scholar Metrics rate Latin American Perspectives as the leading journal in Latin American studies. These recent issues illustrate the range of LAP’s subject matter:

Teaching Iran-Contra: Further Reflections

pletely as I did in this experiment. Educational practices can be partly democratized, consonant with time constraints, the subject matter, and the level of willingness and preparation of students. While it is clear that students in this course were both willing and able to shoulder more responsibility for their own learning, the shift from my shoulders to theirs need not be as extensive as it was in this course. Notes

ERNEST DUFF and JOHN MCCAMANT. Violence and Repression in Latin America. Pp. 322. New York: The Free Press, 1976.

too slow to re-examine them. A prime example of convenient periodization that has become commonly accepted in Chinese history is the first stage of The People’s Republic, which is generally viewed as a period dominated by China’s adoption of &dquo;the Russian model&dquo;; although the exact years assigned to this period vary a bit, it is usually seen as 1949-56 or thereabouts. Now William Brugger has subjected to a close examination the supposed Chinese application of Soviet experience and has raised a number of questions that challenge this conventional periodization.

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The two courses assumed a relationship between internal and external aspects of depen* While we consider this report as well as our experience in the two courses to have been consequences of collective effort, our specific roles as defined by the University were typically hierarchical: Chilcote as Associate Professor of Political Science; Sheehan as doctoral candidate and Teaching Assistant in Political Science; Gorman and Le Roy as undergraduate students majoring in Latin American Studies and Political Science. Besides the two instructors there were approximately 35 students in each of the courses. dency. In fact our starting point was Theotonio dos

Internal and External Issues of Dependency: Approach, Pedagogical Method, and Critique of Two Courses on Latin America

TRADITIONAL and continuous patterns of oligarchical authority and power structure are assumed to prevail from generation to generation in backland communities of Latin America. In time, the offspring of the dominant class inherit the positions of the dominant class. Children of proprietors and local government officials become proprietors and officials when they grow up. Such a tendency persists regardless of the form of rule. Thus the attitudinal characteristics of these potential leaders might be useful in assessing the prospects for continuity and change within their communities. The purpose of the present study was to assess the attitudes of dominant