QUESTION
1. Outline a theory or concept of globalization and critically discuss to what extent it applies to Brazil
Essay 1 requirements:
The essay must discuss the question in relation to one Latin American country, referring to examples from this country and to and to the concepts/theoreties mentioned in the question. In the essay, you may not re-submit work for different assessments or use information you have used substantially in other assessed work for any part of your degree.
PLAN
General Essay Writing Advice
• Plan your essay thoroughly before you begin to write. Break the question down into its different elements where possible. Conduct serious research, starting with the assigned and recommended readings before going (much) further, and think critically about your findings. The essay should explain your academic view on the topic in such a way that is supported by appropriate evidence and a reasoned argument. It should not be a summary of other peoples’ work. Ensure that you do not throw marks away needlessly on structure and style, take care with spellings and grammar and references (consider using referencing software, such as Zotero). Again, I will enthusiastically provide assistance if approached so please do make use of my office hours – particularly in the run-up to this essay!
Two pieces of additional advice:
• Never think a question is too basic or stupid: the worst you can do is NOT ask a question you’re stuck with;
• And, never hesitate to strike out in innovative or intellectually adventurous directions if that is where your reading and thinking takes you – just make sure to consult with me where possible so that I can help guide your research in an appropriate direction for the course assessment criteria.
Score needed
First Class 70-79
Written work will be of a very high standard throughout. It will demonstrate thorough research and contain analysis of a wide range of academic sources. It will critically engage with competing academic perspectives within a coherent and well-argued framework. There will be very few grammatical or factual errors. Referencing should be flawless
Required reading (in recommended reading order)
• Victor Bulmer-Thomas (2014) The Economic History of Latin America since Independence, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (or earlier edition).
• Victor Bulmer-Thomas, Coatsworth, J. and Cortes-Conde, R. (2006) The Cambridge Economic History of Latin America: Volume 2. The Long Twentieth Century, Cambridge: CUP (available online).
• Vandana Desai and Robert Potter (eds) (2014) The Companion to Development Studies, Hodder Arnold (available online).
• Cristóbal Kay and Robert Gwynne (2004) Latin America Transformed: Globalization and Modernity, Hodder Arnold, 2nd ed.
• Ronaldo Munck (2013) Rethinking Latin America: Development, Hegemony and Social Transformation, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
• Gavin O’Toole (2017) Politics Latin America, London: Routledge. Esp. Part I, III and V (recommended for purchase).
• Williams, G., Meth, P. and Willis, K. (2009) Geographies of Developing Areas: The Global South in a Changing World, London: Routledge (available online).
• Skidmore, T.E. and Smith, P.H. (any recent edition) Modern Latin America, New York: Oxford University Press.
• Wiarda, H.J. and Kline, H. (eds) (2012) Latin American Politics and Development, Boulder: Westview Press. Available online.
• Bethell, Leslie (ed.) (1998) Latin America: Economy and Society since 1930, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (available online)
• Bethell, Leslie (ed.) Latin America: Politics and Society since 1930, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (available online)
• Cárdenas, E., Ocampo, J.A. and Thorp, Rosemary (eds) (2000) An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America, London: Palgrave. (available online). Vol. 1: The Export Age; Vol. 3: Industrialization and the State in Latin America – The Postwar Years.
• Cooper, A.F. and Heine, J. (2009) Which Way Latin America? Hemispheric Politics Meets Globalization, Tokyo and New York: United Nations University Press. (online)
• Ocampo, J.A. and Martin, J. (eds) (2004) Globalization and Development: A Latin American and Caribbean Perspective, Stanford: Stanford University Press. Available online.
• Font, M.A. and Spanakos, A. (2004) Reforming Brazil, Lanham: Lexington Books.
• Kingstone, P.R. and Power, T.J. (eds) (2009) Democratic Brazil Revisited, Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh University Press.
• Love, J.L. and Baer, W. (eds) (2009) Brazil under Lula: Economy, Politics and Society under a Worker-President, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
• Luna, F.V. (2006) Brazil Since 1980, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Montero, A. (2014) Brazil: Reversal of Fortune, Cambridge: Polity.
• Wood, C.H. (ed.) (2005) Rethinking Development in Latin America, University Park, PA: Penn State University Press.
