This week’s reading was centered on the idea that Latin American States are seeing as not strong enough to maintain social order, collect taxes, or even maintain the normal level or political stability which is expected of them. In contrast, strong states are considered robust because they rely relatively little on violence and more on […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, Barbarims, Civilizatioin, Colonial, Economical, latin america, modernity, Political
This week’s reading was centered on the idea that Latin American States are seeing as not strong enough to maintain social order, collect taxes, or even maintain the normal level or political stability which is expected of them. In contrast, strong states are considered robust because they rely relatively little on violence and more on […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, Barbarims, Civilizatioin, Colonial, Economical, latin america, modernity, Political
This week’s reading was very centered on the theme of modernity and it got me thinking. I mean, if you have taken economy classes, you probably have learned that the fastest way for an underdeveloped country to embrace progress is through forest investment and international borrowing. Many countries in Latin America followed this policy after […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with America, Argentina, Civilizatioin, Colonial, latin america, modernity
This week’s reading was very centered on the theme of modernity and it got me thinking. I mean, if you have taken economy classes, you probably have learned that the fastest way for an underdeveloped country to embrace progress is through forest investment and international borrowing. Many countries in Latin America followed this policy after […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with America, Argentina, Civilizatioin, Colonial, latin america, modernity
It is clear that right after independence was gained by different countries in Latin America, the ‘caudillo’ figure was born out of necessity. Consequently, this was the care because some political similarities were necessary to maintaining pre-existing colonial ways of managing power relations. I find it interesting to know the story of Santa Anna, Mexico’s […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 5 | Tagged with Argentina, Barbarims, Civilizatioin, literature
