1. MID-TERM STUDY GUIDE PS 134AA/Fall 2014

2. TIME AND PLACE Thursday, November 20 Classroom 2:00-3:20 p.m. Closed-book exam Bring blue books and pens/pencils Write legibly!

3. SCOPE OF MATERIAL Class lectures 1-12 Smith, Democracy in Latin America, intro and chs. 1-11 Modern Latin America, as assigned Magaloni, “Demise of Mexico’s One-Party Regime” Htun, “Women and Democracy” Videos: “Battle of Chile,” “No,” “Garden of the Forking Paths,” and “In Women’s Hands”

4. DISCUSSION ITEMS Falkland/Malvinas Islands Salvador Allende Open-list ballots MRO “Delegative democracy” Instituto Federal Electoral Bolsa Família Evo Morales

5. SAMPLE ESSAY QUESTIONS Does professionalization of the military tend to keep the armed forces out of politics—or push them into politics? Why? Analyze key institutional components of “presidentialist” democracy in Latin America. Compare revolutionary movements in Cuba and Central America.

6. ESSAYS (cont.) Compare political party systems in Argentina and Brazil. What does Magaloni’s essay on Mexico suggest about “authoritarian elections”? What does Htun’s paper tell us about the political empowerment of women?