POLITICAL SCIENCE 146AWINTER 2014

STUDY GUIDE: FINAL EXAM

TIME AND PLACE

Monday, March 177:00-9:59 p.m.Location: Center Hall 214

Closed-book examNo cell phones, I-pods, or anything elseBring blue books and pens/pencilsWrite legibly!Answer the questions!

I. DISCUSSION ITEMS (10/~13 = 30 points)

Daniel OrtegaWashington ConsensusFMLNNicolás MaduroCuban American National FoundationFree Trade Area of the AmericasImmigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)Operation Just CauseMERCOSURALBAOperation GatekeeperMérida InitiativeJosé Martí

SHORT ESSAYS (2/4 @ 20 points each = 40 points total)

1. Is NAFTA working? In what sense? Are there ways in which it seems to be failing?

2. Evaluate the U.S. war on drugs. What are its impacts on countries of Latin America?

3. Analyze competing options for “immigration reform” in the United States. Which do you prefer and why? What are likely to be the most significant impacts for different countries (or sub-regions) of Latin America?

4. What have been the principal determinants of U.S. policy toward Latin America since 9/11? How have they affected the quality of U.S.-Latin American relations?

LONG ESSAY (1/2 or 3 = 30 points)

1. Has U.S. influence over Latin America been rising or declining since the early twentieth century? Why and in what ways?

2. What has promoted U.S. military action in Latin America since the end of World War II? What have been the results?

3. Compare the Cold War with the post-9/11 era in terms of policy options and strategies available to Latin America. Be sure to identify similarities as well as differences.

4. Evaluate U.S. efforts to promote democracy in Latin America. On balance, have they succeeded or failed? Why?

Principal Sources

Lectures (including guest lectures!) David Shirk Charles Shapiro Jeffrey Davidow

Readings: Smith, Talons of the Eagle Domínguez and Fernández de Castro, Contemporary U.S.-Latin American

Relations, chs. 1-9, 11

Videos: Missing Balseros The Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon