Argentina: Regional Integration, Development, and Social Change

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Examine the development strategies of South America’s Southern Cone countries - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

 Students consider the economic and social integration efforts through the experience of MERCOSUR (Mercado Común del Sur/Southern Common Market).

Each student is presented with social, political, and economic problems as it deals with internal, regional, and global shifts. Based in cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, students travel on educational excursions to three of the four MERCOSUR member nations. Each country is like a distinct "lens" through which to examine the process of integration in the Southern Cone. Lectures encompass each country's political and economic history while looking at salient social issues sets the stage for a deeper understanding on educational excursions. Field visits cover relevant issues such as alternative development, participatory democracy, grassroots movements and cultural identity. Students also gain insight into the different countries' view of MERCOSUR, its benefits and its problems.Lecturers are drawn from  institutions such as:

• Institute for Social and Economic Development
• University of Rosario
• Federal University of Rio Grande
• University of the Republic in Montevideo
• Center for Research and Documentation

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