InstructionsThe final project is a term paper (approximately
2500–3000 words, or 10–12 pages) on a Latin American issue. Your final paper
should include at least ten references, and at least five of these references
should be from peer-reviewed sources.You may communicate with your Open Learning Faculty
Member as you develop your chosen project idea from the list below. You will
complete
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Instructions
The final project is a term paper (approximately
2500–3000 words, or 10–12 pages) on a Latin American issue. Your final paper
should include at least ten references, and at least five of these references
should be from peer-reviewed sources.
You may communicate with your Open Learning Faculty
Member as you develop your chosen project idea from the list below. You will
complete and submit your final project after you have completed
Assignment 4.
Write about ONE topic from the following list.
1.
Explain how
globalization has impacted and changed the entire region we call Latin America.
2.
Explain the
origin of the BRIC countries and how Brazil became a member of BRIC. What is
the role of BRIC, and Brazil in particular, in shaping the rise of the Emerging
Economies and the G20? How has BRIC, the Emerging Economies, and the G20 group
challenged the dominance of the world by the West?
3.
How has the
debt problem shifted from Latin America to European countries? What are the
major causes of this important shift?
4.
How did
President Hugo Chavez and Venezuela challenge American imperialism in Latin
America? Which Latin American countries have been the major supporters of
Chavez and Venezuela in challenging US imperialism?
5.
How has
American warmongering disasters in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Middle East
helped Latin America to escape continued US imperialism in Latin America?
6.
How has the
massive increase in migration into the US by Latin Americans changed Latin
America? Comment on whether Latin Americans who return to lands which were
taken militarily from Mexico by the US should be considered illegal immigrants.
7.
Has the
continued high demand for illegal drugs by Americans caused the drug menace in
Mexico? What solutions would you recommend?
8.
Explain why
free trade areas such as NAFTA benefit all of the member countries. Explain how
trade is different from colonization. Focus on the key factor that trade is
mutually beneficial to all parties because it is voluntary, while colonization
benefits the imperial power at the expense of the colonies because it is
imposed by military force.
9. Explain why it’s impossible for Latin
America to develop and increase its per capita income without global free
trade, foreign investment, population control, and emigration out of Latin America.
Comment on why foreign debt incurred for investment and economic growth is good
debt; whereas, foreign debt incurred for private or public consumption is bad
debt.
Suggested
Approaches to Choosing a Topic
Here are some suggested approaches to choosing a topic
for the final project. You may want to examine one particular issue related to
one country, sub-area, or the entire region.
If you are interested in economics and globalization you
may want to explore, for example, the economic impact on parts of Latin America
of the migrants who leave the area to work in North America in order to send
money to their countries of origin. The issue of globalization in a particular
area could also be analyzed from a socio-cultural perspective; for example, you
may want to discuss the impact of globalization on Latin American contemporary
culture or the influence of American culture on certain cities or regions. If
your field is international relations, politics, or economics, you may want to
discuss how the influences of power and dominance from external forces
influenced the people in the past and continue today (e.g., IMF, structural
adjustments, US influence).
Organic
Approach to Developing the Final Project
We recommend that you take an organic approach to developing
the final project as you work through the course and the readings. Keep notes
of ideas, points, and issues as your work through the course modules and record
your questions and reflections about what grabs your interest or concerns you
in each module so that you can draw on your notes when completing your project.
Get your own voice on paper first, including the
questions that you have in your mind. Then research to explore your own
thinking further, to learn what others think of the issue, and to find facts
that support or refute your initial views. Answer the questions that were on
your mind.
When you are writing your final project, revise your
draft as you go along. Keep each of your drafts (HUMN 3981 Project draft 1, 2,
3, etc.). This helps you follow the evolution of your own thoughts.
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