Douglas Friedman
Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program
International Studies Program

Dr. Douglas Friedman is Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and the International studies Program.  He received his B.A. from Richmond College, City University of New York and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. from the City University of New York Graduate School and has been a facutly member at the College of Charleston since 1983.		 doug at OAS

Latin American & Caribbean Databases I 		Dr. Friedman's main teaching and research interests include Comparative Politics - Latin America, Economic and Political Development, Revolution; and Political Theory - Ancient, Medieval and Modern.  Dr. Friedman has directed the Summer and Semester in Cuba Programs since 2000.  He supervises students participating in Model Orgainzation of American States (OAS) delegations and is co-Coordinator of  the Washington D.C. Model OAS.

Dr. Friedman has traveled  extensively in Latin America and is the author of The State and Underdevelopment  in Spanish America: The Political Roots of Dependency in Peru and Argentina, published by Westview Press, and more recently, "La sociedad civil en la Cuba contemporánea: la política estadounidense y la realidad cubana." Temas (Havana), Número 46 abril-junio 2006.

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You can reach me by e-mail at: friedmand@cofc.edu