GLBL 446/546 - Development and Social Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

Summer 2025 WEB/ASYNC (ONLINE)
1st summer session: 6/23/25-7/20/25
Professor Derrick Hindery

Learn about pressing issues in
Latin America and the Caribbean,
based on literature written by
scholars and practitioners working
there!!! The region is undergoing
transformative social and
environmental change leading to
significant repercussions. We'll
cover issues that are particularly
relevant to Oregon. Topics will
include root causes and solutions
related to developmental
challenges, debt cycles, Latinos in
the U.S., neoliberalism, populism,
socialism, gender and the
environment, politics, US-Latin
American relations, ecotourism,
and drug conflicts.

Summer 2025 WEB/ASYNC (ONLINE)
1st summer session (6/23/25-7/20/25)Learn about pressing issues in
Latin America and the Caribbean,
based on literature written by
scholars and practitioners working
there!!! The region is undergoing
transformative social and
environmental change leading to
significant repercussions. We'll
cover issues that are particularly
relevant to Oregon. Topics will
include root causes and solutions
related to developmental
challenges, debt cycles, Latinos in
the U.S., neoliberalism, populism,
socialism, gender and the
environment, politics, US-Latin
American relations, ecotourism,
and drug conflicts.
Professor Derrick Hindery

Course Details

Department Global Studies
Department Contact Derrick Hindery
Course Type undergraduate and graduate
Credits 4
Dates 6/23/25-7/18/25
Meets Requirements Meets various Global Studies Profession Concentration areas: Environmental Justice and Resilience; Development Studies; Diplomacy, Peace and Conflict Studies; Media and Communications; Business, Trade and Tourism; Arts & Identity; Gender, Race and Inequal
Extraction of medicinal copaibo oil in the heart of Bolivia’s Chiquitano Dry Forest, the last best conserved tall dry tropical forest in the world. Monkox / Chiquitano communities are producing the oil to sustain their livelihoods, prevent emigration and protect the forest. Professor Hindery with Monkox / Chiquitano indigenous peoples.