Foreign Policy Decision Making

Martha Cottam is assistant professor of American foreign policy at the University of Denver's Graduate School of International Studies.

• Technical Note -- Introduction: The Bayano Hydroelectric Complex -- Economic Development Processes in Panama: The Historical Context -- Settlement Patterns in the Bayano Before the Dam -- Electrification in Panama and the Construction of the Bayano Hydroelectric Complex -- Resettlement and Adjustment Problems -- Changes in Economic Patterns After the Dam -- Social and Political Consequences: The Kuna -- Social and Political Consequences: The Emberá and Colonists -- Regional Patterns of Stratification -- Conclusion -- Methodology