A) Neostructuralism - a definition
1.) The failure of grand development theories:
a) Dependencia
and modernization theories: Why did they fail?
b) The "end
of the Third World"?
2.) Neoliberalism:
a) What do
we understand by Neoliberalism?
b) Sense
and Nonsense of Neoliberalism in Latin America (Sucesses and problems after
15 years of neoliberal transformation)
c) The Neoliberal
Revolution in Chile since 1973
3.) Neostructuralism:
a) The CEPAL
b) Similarities
and differences between Neostructuralism and the older Structuralism
c) Similarities
and differences between Neostructuralism and Neoliberalism
B) Dimensions of Neostructuralism
1.) From industrial competitiveness to systemic competitiveness:
a) The failure
of importsubstituted industrialization
b) The interaction
between micro-, meso- und macro levels
2.) Relation between state and market in the development process:
a) The consequences of deregulation and privatization
3.) equity (equidad):
a) The problem
of poverty in Latin America
b) The inter-relation
of productivity and equity
4.) The meaning of democracy in neostructural concepts:
a) Social
development and democratic consolidation
b) Democracy
as precondition for integrated development?
5.) Regional integration as precondition for active world market integration:
a) The failure
of previous integration projects (span.)
b) The concept
of open integration
c) Mercosur
as innovative integration concept
d) The
social deficit of open regionalism (engl., written by Andrea Schrage,
Chile)
6.) The network society:
a) Is there
a dilemma between state and market?
b) Patterns
of cooperation between private and public actors
c) Is
Chile on the way to a networking economy?
C) Chile
1.) The transition to market economics in Chile:
a) Neoliberal
Transformation (span., written by Francisca Lira, Chile)
b) Poverty
and Economic Policies in the Military Regime (engl., written by Andrea
L. Findley, Chile)
c) The macro-economic
stabilization (budget tightening, debtmanagement, inflation reduction)
d) The opening
towards the world market (trade liberalization, export orientation, trade
agreements) (engl.)
e) Privatization
and deregulation (reform of social security etc.) (engl.)
f) The meaning of technocratic elites in Chile
2.) The "Chilean model" and its development perspectives:
a) Equidad
since 1990
b) Resource
based export strategies (span.)
c) Reforms
and revisions of neoliberal strategies (labor market, taxes, environment)
d) Social Funds - new concepts fighting poverty?
e) Role of education (engl., written by Karina
Droguett López, Chile)
f) The Human
Development Report and the Human Development Index of Chile
g) Poverty in Chile (span.)
h) Social
policies and poverty reduction in Chile since 1990 (span.)