MAR380.2 Marketing II

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. To understand the natural and cultural elements structuring the Chilean territory. This course provides the foundations for the analysis of the physical, social, and economic factors that explain the different ways of occupation and utilization of the Chilean space by man. Topics of study include: Chile in the world, geology and topography of Chile, climates in Chile, hydrographic basins, biogeography, population, urban and rural worlds, regionalization, economic activities and natural resources, and main landscapes of Chile. (UC code: GEO 1006)

The course covers the most important developments of the 20th century in Latin America from historic, geographic, and political perspectives. Topics include: cultural synthesis, political systems and political participation, integration and modernization, social change economic development, demographic dynamics and territorial challenges, such as migration and urbanization. El curso cubre los desarrollos mas importantes del siglo XX en Latinoamérica desde las perspectivas de la historia, la geografía y la política. Los temas incluyen: la síntesis cultural, los sistemas políticos y la participación política, la integración y modernización, el cambio social, el desarrollo económico, la dinámica demográfica y los problemas territoriales, como la migración y la urbanización. Class taught at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be available every semester.

The course examines the main subjects and cultural models proposed by Jose Martí (1853-1895), Pedro Henríquez Ureña (1884-1946), Alfonso Reyes (1889-1959), Octavio Paz (1914-1998), and Luis Oyarzún (1920-1972) that created a cultural tradition in Hispanic America capable of giving a singular identity to the continent. El curso examina los temas principales y modelos culturales propuestos por José Martí (1853-1895), Pedro Henríquez Ureña (1889-1959/, Octavio Paz (1914-19980, y Luis Olarzún (1920-1972), temas y modelos que crearon una tradición cultural en Hispanoamérica capaz de otorgarle un identidad singular al continente. Class taught at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be available every semester.

This course analyzes the foreign policy of Latin American countries, comparing the different strategies and perspectives that each country of the region has designed to integrate itself into the globalized world. Also, the course will analyze the processes of integration, cooperation, and defense that are currently in place in Latin America. The various foreign policies will be studied in light of the particular politics, economics, and social processes that each Latin American country has experienced from 1980 until today. Meets with PSC 380.31. (ICP0342)

Taught in Spanish. This course studies the design, approval process, and evolution of the main social policies in Latin America, as well as the different types of Welfare State that frame them in the Latin American context. The focus of the course will be the relationship between social policies, states and economic development. In this context, the course analyzes the rise, performance, and retrenchment of several social policy systems in the societies that have embraced capitalism, since the Industrial Revolution until the early 21st Century, and how this process has affected Latin America. The course will highlight the differences and similarities between Latin American and the First World in light of the process described above. The course will devote sessions to theorizing, to historical analysis and to reviewing the current debate about the concept of the Welfare State, focusing on the Latin American and Chilean specifics.

Meets with PST 380.30.

(#ICP0134)