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Hi! I am glad that we are in this class together! This minor ties in nicely with your majors. I am a Kinesiology major, so this topic ties in well with the health aspect of my major. But honestly this minor relates to a student in any major because we are all living in a hurting world that needs informed people to take action. Patience456 (talk) 00:58, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Hello! I am also in your class, and I admire your decision to study Latin American Studies as it is a huge field of study not many people seem to understand fully. I myself am a Computer Science Pre-medicine student, but I am very curious to see how you incorporate political science and Latin American Studies into this course! Kateraz (talk) 18:29, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I am interested in what topics you are considering for your article! Do you have any ideas in mind? Ensquared (talk) 21:37, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

I haven't really narrowed it down to anything yet, so we'll see! Efoxman42 (talk) 23:18, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Potential Wiki Articles to Edit:

TOPIC 1: Corruption in Mexico

I am interested in this topic because I think political corruption in Mexico is the root of many of the country’s issues – clientelism yields social and economic injustices and fosters problems such as economic inequality and inequity, drug trafficking, impoverished peripheries, and more. Additionally, the existing Wikipedia article for this topic is bare and uninformative; I would like to rewrite/add to revise the article by including an historical analysis of the PRI and by including a contemporary issues section.

Potential Sources:

1. PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT CORRUPTION AND DEMOCRACY IN MEXICO John Bailey and Pablo Paras Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos Vol. 22, No. 1 (Winter 2006) , pp. 57-82 Published by: University of California Press on behalf of the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/msem.2006.22.1.57

2. Miron Lopez, Benito. (2008). The ideological structure and position of the Mexican political parties (Working Paper). Retrieved from University of Oxford: https://owlspace-ccm.rice.edu/access/content/group/POLI-352-001-Sp15/Week%209%20_Mar.%2018_/The%20Ideologial%20Structure%20and%20Position%20of%20the%20Mexican%20Political%20Parties.pdf

3. POLITICAL CORRUPTION IN MEXICO. THE IMPACT OF DEMOCRATIZATION Stephen D. Morris; CORRUPTION AND DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA Charles H. Blake; Stephen D. Morris Review by: Wil Pansters European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe No. 89 (October 2010) , pp. 158-161 Published by: Centrum voor Studie en Documentatie van Latijns Amerika (CEDLA) Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20788592

4. Nacif, Benito. (2003). Policymaking under divided government in Mexico (Working Paper No. 305). Retrieved from CIDE: https://owlspace-ccm.rice.edu/access/content/group/POLI-352-001-Sp15/Week%2012%20_Apr.%207_/Policy%20Making%20Under%20Divided%20Government%20in%20Mexico.pdf

5. Orozco, José Luis. (2002). Contemporary political discourse in Mexico (Working Paper No. 254). Retrieved from Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: https://owlspace-ccm.rice.edu/access/content/group/POLI-352-001-Sp15/Week%2013%20_Apr.%2015_/Contemporary%20Political%20Discourse%20in%20Mexico.pdf

6. Tony Payan, Kathleen Staudt, and Z. Anthony Kruszewski. A War That Can’t Be Won: Binational Perspectives on the War on Drugs, (USA: University of Arizona Press, 2013).

7. Emily Edmonds-Poli and David A. Shirk. Contemporary Mexican Politics, (USA: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2012).

8. THE RESOURCE CURSE REVERSED? REMITTANCES AND CORRUPTION IN MEXICO Michael D. Tyburski International Studies Quarterly Vol. 56, No. 2 (June 2012) , pp. 339-350 Published by: Wiley on behalf of The International Studies Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23256785

9. Warmoth, Arthur. (2001). An introduction to Mexican politics in the context of NAFTA (Working Paper). Retrieved from Sonoma State University: http://www.sonoma.edu/users/w/warmotha/awmexico.html

10. Mark Wasserman. Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico: Men, Women, and War, (USA: University of New Mexico Press, 2000).

TOPIC 2: Judaism in Mexico

I am interested in this topic because I think this area of study is at the same time relevant and underrepresented. Last year I worked on a research paper that featured Judaism in Mexico for a “Politics and Culture of Mexico” class, and I found it difficult to find concise, consistent, and easily accessible information on the topic. Beyond this, the topic is interesting because it provides insight into minority groups’ struggles to find legitimate space, place, and identity within a rigid social structure. I would like to rewrite/add to the existing article on Judaism in Mexico, specifically revising the pre-independence section to include more of a focus on the Porfiriato and revising the post-independence section to include more of a focus on the years surrounding World War II.

Potential Sources:

1. MEMORY, OBLIVION, AND JEWISH CULTURE IN LATIN AMERICA, MARJORIE AGOSÍN Publisher: University of Texas Press (August 2009) Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7560/706439

2. ASHKENAZI JEWS IN MEXICO: IDEOLOGIES IN THE STRUCTURING OF A COMMUNITY ADINA CIMET Review by: Susan Drucker-Brown Bulletin of Latin American Research Vol. 17, No. 2 (May, 1998) , p. 258 Published by: Wiley on behalf of Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS) Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3339251

3. JEWS AS A MINORITY IN MEXICO ADINA CIMET Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revue canadienne des études latino-américaines et caraïbes Vol. 20, No. 39/40, Special Issue: Cárdenas, Vargas, Perón and the Jews (1995) , pp. 215-225 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41799921

4. LOS CAMISAS DORADAS EN LA ÉPOCA DE LÁZARO CÁRDENAS ALICIA GOJMAN DE BACKAL Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revue canadienne des études latino-américaines et caraïbes Vol. 20, No. 39/40, Special Issue: Cárdenas, Vargas, Perón and the Jews (1995) , pp. 39-64 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41799913

5. MEXICO—ANOTHER PROMISED LAND? A REVIEW OF PROJECTS FOR JEWISH COLONIZATION IN MEXICO: 1881-1925 CORINNE A. KRAUSE American Jewish Historical Quarterly Vol. 61, No. 4 (JUNE, 1972) , pp. 325-341 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23880524

6. RESEARCH PROBLEMS IN MEXICAN JEWISH HISTORY SEYMOUR B. LIEBMAN American Jewish Historical Quarterly Vol. 54, No. 2 (DECEMBER, 1964) , pp. 165-180 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23874357

7. THE JEWS OF COLONIAL MEXICO SEYMOUR B. LIEBMAN The Hispanic American Historical Review Vol. 43, No. 1 (Feb., 1963) , pp. 95-108 Published by: Duke University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2510438

8. ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE IDEOLOGY OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION CLAUDIO LOMNITZ Representations Vol. 110, No. 1 (Spring 2010) , pp. 1-28 Published by: University of California Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/rep.2010.110.1.1

9. LATIN AMERICA'S AUTHORITARIAN POPULIST RULERS AND THE JEWS: AN AFTERWORD RONALD C. NEWTON Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revue canadienne des études latino-américaines et caraïbes Vol. 20, No. 39/40, Special Issue: Cárdenas, Vargas, Perón and the Jews (1995) , pp. 207-214 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41799920

10. THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF JEWS IN ARGENTINA AND OTHER LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES MOSHE SYRQUIN Jewish Social Studies Vol. 47, No. 2 (Spring, 1985) , pp. 115-134 Published by: Indiana University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4467290

TOPIC 3: Human Rights in Mexico

I am interested in this topic because I think it has the potential to encompass numerous issues that face Mexico. Rather than simply isolating one problem, this topic addresses multiple, and works to find common impetuses and roots. Issues such as the fight for legitimate freedom of speech and expression, the presence of widespread violence, and child labor are systematic problems that require research and questioning. The existing Wikipedia article briefly covers some of these issues, but does not adequately address or cover them; I would like to rewrite/add to the existing article by adding more information on the current subtopics (Freedom of the press, massacres, corruption, domestic violence, child labor, LGBT rights) and by potentially analyzing these issues through the lens of the Mexican democratization process.

Potential Sources:

1. TRANSNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC PROCESSES IN THE DEFINITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS POLICIES IN MEXICO Alejandro Anaya Muñoz Human Rights Quarterly Vol. 31, No. 1 (Feb., 2009) , pp. 35-58 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20486736

2. HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS IN MEXICO: GROWTH IN TURBULANCE EDWARD L. CLEARY Journal of Church and State Vol. 37, No. 4 (AUTUMN 1995) , pp. 793-812 Published by: Oxford University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23918800

3. MONITIORING AND PROTECTING HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN MEXICO Octavio Gómez-Dantés , Julio Frenk and Patricia Zorrilla Health and Human Rights Vol. 1, No. 3 (1995) , pp. 282-294 Published by: The President and Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of Harvard School of Public Health/François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4065140

4. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN MEXICO: PERSPECTIVES OF MEXICAN COUNSELORS Arturo Enrique Orozco, M. Angela Nievar and Wendy Middlemiss Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 43, No. 5 (SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2012) , pp. 751-772 Published by: Dr. George Kurian Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23267844

5. BINATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS: THE US-MEXICO EXPERIENCE Editors: William Paul Simmons, Carol Mueller Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press (August 2014) Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1287p25 Efoxman42 (talk) 00:55, 11 September 2015 (UTC)