Patricio Silva
Professor of Modern Latin American History
- Name
- Prof.dr. P. Silva
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 5496
- p.silva@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3914-260x
Patricio Silva is a professor at the Institute for History.
More information about Patricio Silva
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PhD candidates
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Macarena Alegria Garcia -
José María Castro Ibarra
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Carla Cisternas Guasch -
Felipe Cousiño
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Tomás Díaz
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Joaquin Fernandez Abara
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Nestor Marin Bravo
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Aad van Mastrigt
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Karla Medrano Gonzalez -
Eduardo Menz Queirolo
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Liliana Morawietz Yanez
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Nicole Pereira Ríos
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Nadia Rojas
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Cristian Saavedra Bastía
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Elsa Saez Jara
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Theresa St John
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Juliët Tinebra
Fields of Interest
Contemporary Latin American history, modern Latin American political and economic development, modernization and social change, democratization and technocracy, public policies and citizenship, civil-military relations, and neoliberalism in Latin America.
Curriculum Vitae
Patricio Silva (1957) studied Political Science at the University Amsterdam and received his doctorandus degree (cum laude) in June 1983. In June 1987 he defended his PhD thesis at Leiden University. The study focused on the political and ideological backgrounds of the agrarian policies followed by the Pinochet regime in Chile. In the period 1987-2002 he was Lecturer at the Department of Cultural Anthropology at Leiden University. In the period September 1998-September 1999 he has been Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) at Wassenaar. Since 2002 he is full Professor of Modern Latin American History at the Department of Latin American Studies (LAS), Leiden University.
Current Functions
He is Chairman of the Admission Committee of the Latin American Studies programme.
Interview
Interview at the Diego Portales University, Santiago de Chile.
Interview at the Diego Portales University, Santiago de Chile, part two
Key Publications
P. Silva (2012) ‘Tecnócratas y política en Chile: de los Chicago Boys a los Monjes de Cieplan’ in Tomás Ariztía (ed.), Produciendo lo Social: usos de las ciencias sociales el Chile reciente, pp. 73-100. Santiago: Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales.
P. Silva (2008) In the Name of Reason: Technocrats and Politics in Chile. University Park: Penn State University Press.
P. Silva (2008) ‘Die Technokraten und die Chilenische Politik: Vergangenheit und Gegenwart’ in Dieter Boris, Alke Jenss et al. (eds), Sozialstrukturen in Lateinamerika: Ein Überblick, pp. 73-93. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag.
P. Silva (2004) "The New Political Order in Latin America: Towards Technocratic Democracies?", Latin America Transformed: Globalization and Modernity, Robert Gwynne and Cristóbal Kay (eds), New York, Oxford University Press, pp. 157-170.
(2004) "Doing Politics in a Depoliticised Society: Social Change and Political Deactivation in Chile", Bulletin of Latin American Research 23 (1), 63-78.
(2003) "Democratisation and State-Civil Society Relations in Chile, 1983-2000': From Effervescence to Deactivation", Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 32 (2), 73-96.
(2003) "Between Autonomy and Subordination: Government-Military Relations in Post-Authoritarian Chile", Governing Insecurity: Democratic Control of Military Establishments in Transitional Democracies, Gavin Cawthra and Robin Luckham (eds.), London, Zed Books, 102-122.
(2001) The Soldier and the State in South America: Essays in Civil-Military Relations, (ed.). London and New York, Palgrave Publishers.
Books
P. Silva (and Francisco Rojas) (eds) (2013) Gobernabilidad y convivencia democrática en América Latina. San José, Costa Rica: FLACSO.
P. Silva (2010) En el nombre de la razón: tecnócratas y política en Chile. Santiago: Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales. An updated and extended version of the 2008 book In the Name of Reason.
P. Silva (and Herwig Cleuren) (eds) (2009) Widening Democracy: Citizens and Participatory Schemes in Brazil and Chile. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers.
P. Silva (2008) In the Name of Reason: Technocrats and Politics in Chile. University Park: Penn State University Press.
P. Silva (ed.) (2001) The Soldier and the State in South America: Essays in Civil-Military Relations. London and New York: Palgrave Publishers.
P. Silva (2000) State Capacity, Technocratic Insulation, and Government-Business Relations in South Korea and Chile. Santiago: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales.
P. Silva (and Kees Koonings) (eds) (1999) Construcciones étnicas y dinámica sociocultural en América Latina. Quito: Abya-Yala Editores.
P. Silva (and Peter Nas) (eds) (1999) Modernization, Leadership, and Participation. Leiden: Leiden University Press.
P. Silva (and Miguel A. Centeno) (eds) (1998) The Politics of Expertise in Latin America. Basingstoke and New York: Macmillan/ St. Martin’s Press.
P. Silva (and B. Galjart) (eds) (1995) Designers of Development: Intellectuals and Technocrats in the Third World. Leiden: Centre for Non-Western Studies.
P. Silva (with M. Baud, K. Koonings, G. Oostindie and A. Ouweneel) (1996) Etnicidad como estrategia en América Latina y el Caribe. Abya-Yala Editores, Quito, Ecuador.
P. Silva (with M. Baud, K. Koonings, G. Oostindie and A. Ouweneel) (1994) Etniciteit als Strategie in Latijns-Amerika en de Caraïben. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
P. Silva (and C. Kay) (eds) (1992) Development and Social Change in the Chilean Countryside. Amsterdam: CEDLA.
P. Silva (and B. Galjart) (eds) (1989) Democratization and the State in the Southern Cone. Amsterdam: CEDLA.
P. Silva (1987) Estado, neoliberalismo y política agraria en Chile, 1973-1981. Amsterdam: CEDLA.
Professor of Modern Latin American History
- Faculty of Humanities
- Institute for History
- Latijns-Amerika studies
- Silva P. (12 November 2023), Patricio Silva: “Sería un acto de seriedad que el Presidente reconozca que las transformaciones que prometió ya no se van a lograr”. Interviewed by Andrés Gómez Bravo for La Tercera, LT Domingo: 28-30. [interview].
- Silva P. (5 December 2023), Patricio Silva, autor de "El gobierno de Gabriel Boric": "Si quieren lograr algo, van a tener que seguir moderando la agenda". Interviewed by Constanza Santa María & Andrés Vial for Radio program 'mañana será otro día' (Radio Concierto (Santiago, Chile)). [interview].
- Silva P. (8 December 2023), 'Venezuela wil twee derde van Guyana inlijven: 'Kan wereldwijd conflict worden'. Interviewed by Julius Patty for RTL Nieuws. [interview].
- Silva P. (1 July 2020), 'Trumps handelsdeal met Mexico gaat in, Mexicaanse arbeider koestert hoop'. Interviewed by Joost de Vries for De Volkskrant, Nieuws en achtergrond: 1. [interview].
- Silva P. (6 January 2020), De 'Obama van Venezuela' Juan Guaidó is het momentum kwijt. Interviewed by Joost de Vries for De Volkskrant, Nieuws en achtergrond: 1. [interview].
- Silva P. (20 October 2020), Een nieuwe grondwet moet Chili redden. Interviewed by Chris Kijne for Bureau Buitenland (NPO Radio 1). [interview].
- Silva P. (31 January 2020), Parlementaire verkiezingen in Peru. Interviewed by Thomas Loudon for Synaps radio (NPO Radio 1). [interview].
- Silva P. (2 August 2016), Referendum in Venezuela. (BNR Nieuwsradio). [interview].
- Silva P. (24 November 2016), The Impact of Trump’s Victory for Latin America: Apocalypse now? [Leiden University, November 24, 2016]. [lecture].
- Silva P. (29 November 2016), Latin America and the Caribbean at the Faculty of Humanities [Meeting with the Latin American Ambassadors, Leiden University, November 29, 2016]. [lecture].
- Silva P. (6 December 2005). Los tecnócratas y la política en Chile: pasado y presente. Tarapacá. [inaugural address].
- Silva P. (1 October 2002). The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Staat, civiele maatschappij en de markt in Latijns-Amerika. Leiden. [inaugural address].
- Silva P. (12 November 2002), Encuentro de sociologia. Keynota Speaker viering 25 jaar Sociologie. Chili, Iquique, Universidad Arturo Prats. [lecture].
- Silva P. (23 May 2000), Democratic restoration in Chile. Gastcollege. [lecture].
- Silva P. (11 February 2000), De Pinochet affaire en de Chileense democratie. Gastcollege. TCLA te Leiden. [lecture].
- Silva P. (19 February 1999), De arrestatie van Pinochet en de Chileense democratie. TCLA. Leiden. [lecture].
- Silva P. (9 April 1999), Technocracy and democracy in Latin America. SLAS Congress. Cambridge. [lecture].
- Silva P. (7 May 1999), De Latijns-Amerikaanse elites en hun zoektocht naar progreso. Gast-college Special Course, `Latijns-Amerikaanse Culturele Identiteit en Westerse periodisering'. Onderzoekschool Literatuurwetenschap. [lecture].
- Silva P. (3 June 1999), Tussen populisme en neoliberalisme: Obstakels voor een Poldermodel in Latijns Amerika', voordracht gehouden bij de Expertmeeting 'Samenwerking met Latijns Amerika, voor een stabiele en sociale ontwikkeling'. Studio Pulchri, Den Haag, georganiseerd door het Bureau Beleidsvorming Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (BBO). Den Haag. [lecture].
- Silva P. (10 June 1999), The Process of Democratization in Chile', bij Oda van Cranenburgh. Gastcollege bij Politieke Wetenschappen. Leiden. [lecture].
- Silva P. (25 March 1999), Chile¿s approach towards MERCOSUR. Conference `Mercosur: Facing a New Millenium'. Clingendael, Den Haag. [lecture].
- Silva P. (19 September 1999), The English patient: Pinochet's arrest and the Chilean political process. Program on Latin American Studies, Princeton University. Princeton. [lecture].
- Silva P. (28 October 1998), Live-interview: inzake arrestatie Pinochet. televisieprogramma NOVA. Hilversum. [lecture].
- Silva P. (5 December 1998), Live-interview: inzake arrestatie Pinochet. Televisieprogramma NOVA. Hilversum. [lecture].
- Silva P. (18 December 1998), Live-interview: inzake arrestatie Pinochet. Radioprogramma voor Radio 1. Hilversum. [lecture].
- Silva P. (12 March 1998), The process of democratic transition in Chile. UL Politicologie. Leiden. [lecture].
- Silva P. (15 September 1998), Technocratisation of policy-making in Chile'. The Latin American Centre, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford. Oxford. [lecture].
- Silva P. (30 November 1998), Autoritarismo y democracia en America Latina. 5 lezingen voor Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO). Santiago, Chile. [lecture].
- Silva P. (2 November 1998), Rural Development and Modernisation in Chile. Institute of Social Studies (ISS). Den Haag. [lecture].
- Silva P. (12 April 1998), Neoliberalismo, estructuralismo y sincretismo ideológico en Chile. CIESA. Caracas, Venezuela. [lecture].
- Silva P. (5 November 1998), De Cubaanse impasse: politieke crisis en toekomstscenarios. Talen en Culturen van Latijns Amerika (UL). Leiden. [lecture].
- Silva P. (7 July 1997), Migración y etnicidad en América Latina: Estrategias étnicas en la Diáspora. The 49 International Congress of Americanists (ICA). Quito, Ecuador. [lecture].
- Silva P. (17 April 1997), Going Asia: Economic Internationalization and Technocratic Empowerment in Chilean Foreign Policy. The XX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA).. Guadalajara, Mexico. [lecture].