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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Macarena Alegria Garcia -
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José María Castro Ibarra
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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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Andrés Muñoz Ortiz
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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
- Peña C. & Silva P. (eds) (Eds.) (2024), The Boric Government in Chile: Between Refoundation and Reform. London: Routledge.
- Peña C. & Silva P. (2024), Boric's Government and its Transformative Hallmark. In: Peña C. & Silva P. (eds) (Eds.), The Boric Government in Chile: Between Refoundation and Reform. London: Routledge. 1-8.
- Peña C. & Silva P. (2024), The Challenges of the Boric Government. In: Peña C. & Silva P. (eds) (Eds.), The Boric Government in Chile: Between Refoundation and Reform. London: Routledge. 189-194.
- Silva P. (2024), Boric and the Centre-Left: From Vilification to a Tactical Alliance. In: Peña C. & Silva P. (eds) (Eds.), The Boric Government in Chile: Between Refoundation and Reform. London: Routledge. 59-80.
- Peña C. & Silva P. (2023), El gobierno de Boric y su impronta reformadora. In: Peña C. & Silva P. (Eds.), El Gobierno de Boric: entre Refundación y Reforma. Santiago de Chile: Editorial Catalonia. 9-20.
- Peña C. & Silva P. (2023), Los desafíos del gobierno de Boric. In: Peña C. & Silva P. (Eds.), El Gobierno de Gabriel Boric: entre Refundación y Reforma. Santiago de Chile: Editorial Catalonia. 261-267.
- Silva P. (2023), Boric y la centroizquierda: De la denostación a la alianza táctica. In: Peña C. & Silva P. (Eds.), El Gobierno de Gabriel Boric: Entre Refundación y Reforma. Santiago de Chile: Editorial Catalonia. 85-116.
- Silva P. (2023), The Chilean neoliberal state: origins, evolution, and contestation, 1973-2020. In: Centeno M.A. & Ferraro A.E. (Eds.), State and nation making in Latin America and Spain: the neoliberal state and beyond. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 67-98.
- Silva P. & Peña C. (Eds.) (2023), El gobierno de Gabriel Boric: entre refundación y reforma. Santiago de Chile: Editorial Catalonia.
- Silva P. (2022), The October rebellion: exploring its historical roots. In: Peña C. & Silva P. (Eds.), Social revolt in Chile: triggering factors and possible outcomes. London/New York: Routledge. 28-47.
- Silva P. (2022), Combating corruption in Chile: The Presidential Advisory Commissions on public probity, 1994–2015. In: Pozsgai-Alvarez J. (Ed.), The Politics of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Latin America. London: Routledge. 33-50.
- Peña C & Silva P. (Eds.) (2022), Social revolt in Chile: triggering factors and possible outcomes. London: Routledge.
- Peña C. & Silva P. (2022), The October revolt in Chile: introduction. In: Peña C. & Silva P. (Eds.), Social revolt in Chile: triggering factors and possible outcomes. London/New York: Routledge. 1-7.
- Peña C. & Silva P. (2022), Beyond the revolt: the Chile that is coming. In: Peña C. & Silva P. (Eds.) Social revolt in Chile: triggering factors and possible outcomes. London/New York: Routledge. 103-111.
- Peña C. & Silva P. (Eds.) (2021), La Revuelta de Octubre en Chile: Orígenes y consecuencias. Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE).
- Peña C. & Silva P. (2021), La Revuelta de Octubre en Chile: : Introducción. In: Peña C. & Silva P. (Eds.) La Revuelta de Octubre en Chile: Orígenes y consecuencias. Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE). 9-18.
- Peña C. & Silva P. (2021), Más allá de la Revuelta: El Chile que viene. In: Peña C. & Silva P. (Eds.), La Revuelta de Octubre en Chile: Orígenes y consecuencias. Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE). 155-167.
- Silva P. (2021), La Rebelión de Octubre y sus Raíces Históricas. In: Peña C. & Silva P. (Eds.) La Revuelta de Octubre en Chile: Orígenes y Consecuencias . Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE). 47-73.
- Silva P. (2021), Augusto Pinochet: The emergence of one-man rule in Chile (1973-1990). In: Larres K. (Ed.) Dictators and Autocrats: Securing Power across Global Politics. London: Routledge. 71-90.
- Silva P. (2020), Review of: Robert I. Rotberg ed (2019), Corruption in Latin America: How Politicians and Corporations Steal from Citizens. London: Springer. Latin American Politics and Society 62(2): 158-162.
- Silva P. (2020), Chilean Neoliberal State: Origins, Evolution, and Contestation, 1973-2020 . ‘The Neoliberal State in Latin America’. 4-5 September 2020. 4 September 2020 - 5 September 2020.
- Silva P. (2019), Public Probity and Corruption in Chile. London: Routledge.
- Silva P. (2019), The Chilean Developmental State: Political Balance, Economic Accommodation, and Technocratic Insulation, 1924–1973. In: Ferraro A.E. & Centeno M.A. (Eds.), State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain: The Rise and Fall of the Developmental State. New York: Cambridge University Press. 284-314.
- Silva P. (2018), La República Virtuosa: Probidad Pública y Corrupción en Chile. Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales.
- Silva P. (2016), 'A Poor but Honest Country’: Corruption and Probity in Chile, Journal of Developing Societies 32(2): 178-203.
- Silva P. (2015), Review of: Sehnbruch Kirsten & Siavelis Peter M. (2014), Democratic Chile: The Politics and Policies of a Historical Coalition, 1990-2010. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers. Journal of Latin American Studies 47(3): 621-623.
- Silva P. (2014), Nee tegen Pinochet: De film 'No' en de kracht van politieke marketing in Chili. In: Simon Thomas Marc (Ed.), Latijns Amerika in beeld: Visies op een bewogen regio. Amsterdam: Centre for Latin American Studies and Documentation. 24-32.
- Silva P. (2013), Gobernabilidad y representación democrática en el Chile post-Concertacionista. In: Silva P. & Rojas Aravena F. (Eds.), Gobernabilidad y Convivencia Democrática en América Latina: Las dimensiones regionales, nacionales y locales. San José: FLACSO. 177-196.
- Silva P. & Rojas Aravena F. (Eds.) (2013), Gobernabilidad y Convivencia Democrática en América Latina: Las dimensiones regionales, nacionales y locales. San José: FLACSO.
- Silva P. & Rojas Aravena F. (2013), Gobernabilidad y convivencia democrática en América Latina: Las dimensiones macro, meso y micro. In: Silva P. & Rojas Aravena F. (Eds.), Gobernabilidad y Convivencia Democrática en América Latina: Las dimensiones regionales, nacionales y locales. San José: FLACSO. 1-16.
- Silva P. (2012), Tecnócratas y política en Chile: de los Chicago Boys a los Monjes de Cieplan. In: Ariztía T. (Ed.), Produciendo lo Social: usos de las ciencias sociales el Chile reciente. Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales. 73-100.
- Silva P. (2011), Populistische varianten in Latijns-Amerika, Geschiedenis Magazine 46(2): 34-37.
- Silva P. (2011), Tecnocracia y gobernabilidad democrática en América Latina, Working paper. . San José, Costa Rica: FLACSO. 33.
- Silva P. (2011), Review of: Huneeus C. (2007), The Pinochet Regime no. 2. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers. Journal of Cold War Studies 13: 214-216.
- Silva P. (2011), The Chilean right in the Concertación era, 1990-2010. In: Dominguez F., Lievesley G. & Ludlam S. (Eds.), Right-Wing Politics in the New Latin America. London: Zed Books. 210-224.
- Silva P. (2011), La elite tecnocrática en la era de la Concertación. In: Joignant A. & Güell P. (Eds.), Notables, tecnócratas y mandarines. Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales. 241-269.
- Silva P. (2010), En el nombre de la razón: Tecnócratas y política en Chile. Santiago de Chile: Editorial Universidad Diego Portales.
- Silva P. (2009), 经济全球化与智利外交政策中技术专家力量的增强, Jing ji quan qiu hua yu zhi li wai jiao zheng ce zhong ji shu zhuan jia li liang de zeng qiang ('Economic Globalization and the Technocratic Empowerment in Chilean Foreign Policy'). In: He Shunguo (Ed.), 全球化与亚太地方社会 quan qiu hua yu ya tai di fang she hui (Globalization and Asia-Pacific Local Society). Nanchang: 江西人民出版社，2009年。(Jiangxi People's Press).. 277-294.
- Silva P. & Cleuren H.M.R.H. (Eds.) (2009), Widening Democracy: Citizens and Participatory Schemes in Brazil and Chile. Leiden & Boston: Brill Publishers.
- Silva P. & Cleuren H.M.R.H. (2009), Assessing Participatory Democracy in Brazil and Chile: An Introduction. In: Silva P. & Cleuren H.M.R.H. (Eds.), Widening Democracy: Citizens and Participatory Schemes in Brazil and Chile. Leiden & Boston: Brill Publishers. 1-23.
- Silva P. (2009), Chile: Swimming against the tide?. In: Lievesley G. & Ludlam S. (Eds.), Reclaiming Latin America: Experimenrts in Radical Social Democracy. London & New York: Zed Books. 183-198.
- Silva P. (2008), In the Name of Reason: Technocrats and Politics in Chile. Pennsylvania: Penn State University Press.
- Silva P. (2008), Die Technokratie in der chilenischen Politik. In: Boris D., Gerstenlauer T., Jenss A., Schank K. & Schulten J. (Eds.), Sozialstrukturen in Lateinamerika. Wiesbaden: VS Verslag für Sozialwissenschaften. 73-93.
- Silva P. (2007), Prólogo. In: Teijeiro J. (Ed.), La rebelión permanente: Crisis de identidad y persistencia étnico-cultural aymara en Bolivia. La Paz, Bolivia: Plural Editores.
- Silva P. (2007), Estílos políticos y orientación tecnocrática bajos los gobiernos de Lagos y Bachelet en Chile, Revista de Sociología : 79-105.
- Silva P. (2006), Growth with Equity: Assessing Chile's Approach towards Globalization. Sutherland H. (Ed.), Evolutions and Civilizations: Historical Experiences in the Modern Times of the East and the West. . Beijing: Peking University. 448-483.
- Silva P. (2006), The Politics of Neo-liberalism in Latin America: Depoliticization and Technocratic Rule in Chile. In: Robinson R. (Ed.), The Neoliberal Revolution: Forging the Market State. London/New York: Palgrave. 39-57.
- Silva P. (2006), Government-Business Relations and Economic Performance in South Korea and Chile: A Political Perspective. In: Boyd R., Galjart B. & Ngo T.W. (Eds.), Political Conflict and Development in East Asia and Latin America. London/New York: Routledge. 74-117.
- Silva P. (2006), Lastarria, Letelier and 'Scientific Politics' in Chile, Bicentenario: Revista de Historia de Chile y America 5(2): 85-114.
- Silva P. (2006), Los tecnócratas y la política en Chile: Pasado y Presente, Revista de Ciencia Política 26(2): 171-186.
- Silva P. (2005) Boekbespreking. Review of: Collier S. (2003), Chile, The Making of a Republic, 1830-1865: Politics and Ideas no. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Bulletin of Latin American Research 24: 271-273.
- Silva P. (2005), Violence and the Quest for Order in Contemporary Latin America. In: Koonings K. & Kruijt D. (Eds.), Armed Actors: Organised Violence and State Failure in Latin America. London & New York: Zed Books. 186-191.
- Silva P. (2004), The New Democratic Order in Latin America: Towards Technocratic Democracies?. In: , Latin America Transformed: Modernization and Modernity. New York: Oxford University Press. 157-170.
- Silva P. (2004) Het succes van Chili. Review of: Collier , Chile, the Making of a Republic, 1830-1865: Politics and Ideas no. 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Leids Universitair Weekblad Mare 1: 3-3.
- Silva P. (2004), Violence and the Quest for Order in Contemporary America. In: Koonings Kees (Ed.), Armed Actors: Organised Violence and State Failure in Latin America. London & New York: Zed Books. 186-191.
- Silva P. (2004), Doing Politics in a Depoliticised Society: Social and Political Deactivation in Chile, Bulletin of Latin American Research : 63-78.
- Silva P. (2004), The New Democratic Order in Latin America: The Technocratic Democracies?. In: , Latin America Transformed: Modernization and Modernity. New York: Oxford University. 157-170.
- Silva P. (2004) Democratization: Theory and Experience. Review of: Whitehead Laurence, Democratization: Theory and Experience. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Perspectives on Politics 2: 192-193.
- Silva P. (2004) Democratization: Theory and Experience. Review of: Whitehead , Democratization: Theory and Experience no. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Perspectives on Politics 2: 192-193.
- Silva P. (2004) Het succes van Chili. Review of: Collier S. (2003), Chile: The Making of a Republic, 1830-1865: Politics and Ideas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Mare di Libri 1: 3-3.
- Silva P. (2004), Doing Politics in a Depoliticised Society: Social Change and Political Deactivation in Chile, Bulletin of Latin American Research 23(1): 63-78.
- Silva P. (2003), Revista de Ciencia Politica. Santiago de Chile: Universidad Catolica de Chile. [other].
- Silva P. (2003), Thela Latin American series. Rozenberg Publishers. [other].
- Silva P. (2003), CNWS/LDS Publications. [other].
- Silva P. (2003), Eenheid en verdeeldheid in Chili: Consensus als overlevingsstrategie. [other].
- Silva P. (2003), Review of: Barros R. (2002), Constitutionalism anddDictatorship: Pinochet, the Junta, and the 1980 constitution no. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Political Studies 1: 272-273.
- Silva P. (2003), Review of: Arceneaux C.L. (2001), Bounded missions: Military regimes and democratization in the southern cone and Brazil. University Park, PA, USA: The Pennsylvania State University Press. Journal of Latin American Studies 35: 402-403.
- Silva P. (2003), The vulnerability of democracy in Latin America: Good governance in internationl cooperation. [other].
- Dunkerley J. & Silva P. (2003), Mid-Term review research programme cultural anthropology, Utrecht University. Utrecht: The Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University.
- Silva P. (2003), Faundez and the New Chilean Middle Class. [other].
- Silva P. & Hojman D. (2003), How 'new' are the 'New Chileans'?: Modernity, consumerism, and cultural change in contemporary Chile. [other].
- Silva P. (2003), Bulletin of Latin American Research. [other].
- Silva P. (2003), Violence and the quest for order in contemporary Latin America. Utrecht: Universiteit Utrecht. [other].
- Silva P. (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.
- Silva P. (2003), Human Security in an Age of Insecurity. In: Rojas F. & Goucha M. (Eds.), Human Security, Conflict Prevention and Peace in Latin America and the Caribbean. Parijs: Unesco. 61-70.
- Silva P. (2003), De betrekkingen tussen de staat en de civiele maatschappij in hedendaags Latijns-Amerika. Den Haag: Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken. [other].
- Silva P. (2003), Between autonomy and subordination: Government-military relations in post-authoritarian Chile. In: Cawthra G. & Luckham R. (Eds.), Governing Security: Democratic Control of Military and Security Establishments in Transitional Democracies. London and New York: Zed Books. 102-123.
- Silva P. (2003), En busqueda de la supremacia civil: los gobiernos de la Concertacion y los militares en Chile, Bicentenario: Revista de Historia de Chile y America 2(2): 227-257.
- Silva P. (2003), Democratisation and state-civil society relations in Chile, 1983-2000: From effervescency to de-activation, Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 32(2): 73-96.
- Silva P. (2003), Human Security in an Age of Uncertainty: Reflections from Europe. In: Moufida G. & Rojas F. (Eds.), Human Security: Conflict Prevention and Peace in Latin America and the Caribbean. Santiago/: FLACSO-UNESCO. 61-70.
- Silva P. (Ed.) (2002), . CNWS/LDS Publications.
- Silva P. (2002), How to Do Politics a Depoliticed Society? Social Change and Political Deactivation in Chile. [other].
- Silva P. (2002), The Chilean Democratic Transition. Leiden: Politicologie, Universiteit Leiden. [other].
- Silva P. (2002), Searching for Civilian Supremacy: The Concertación Governments and the Military in Chile, Bulletin of Latin American Research 21(3): 396-412.
- Silva P. (2002), Seguridad humana en un época de incertidumbre: reflexiones desde Europa. Rojas F. & Goucha M. (Eds.), Seguridad Humana: Prevención de conflictos y paz en América Latina y el Caribe. . Santiago de Chile/Parijs: UNESCO-FLACSO. 63-74.
- Silva P. (2002) Descentralizing Development. Review of: Angell A. (2002), Descentralizing Development: The Political Economy of Institutional Change in Colombia and Chile. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press. Bulletin of Latin American Research 21: 154-156.
- Silva P. (2002), Guest scholar, Institute for Latin American Studies. Cambridge University. [other].
- Silva P. (2002), Landhervorming in Chili: boeren, grootgrondbezitters en de staat. Leiden: Universiteit Leiden. [other].
- Silva P. (2002), The Model under Stress: Neoliberalism and Anti-neoliberalism within Chilean Concertación Governments. [other].
- Silva P. (Ed.) (2002), . Bulletin of Latin American Research.
- Silva P. (2002) Military Regimes and Democratization. Review of: Arceneaux C.L. (2002), Bounded missions: Military Regimes and Democratization in the Southern Cone and Brazil no. 4. University Park, PA, USA: Pennsylvania State University Press. Journal of Latin American Studies 34.
- Silva P. (2002), Memoria colectiva, miedo y consenso: psicología política de la transición democrática en Chile. Koonings K. & Kruijt D. (Eds.), Las sociedades del miedo: El legado de la guerra civil, la violencia y el terror en América Latina. . Salamanca, Spanje: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. 185-209.
- Silva P. (Ed.) (2002), . Thela Latin American Series.
- Silva P. (2002), 3e European Congress of Latin Americanists. [other].
- Silva P. (2002), Dictatuur en Democratie in Latijns-Amerika. Leiden: Universiteit Leiden. [other].
- Silva P. (2001), The soldier and the state in South America: Introduction. In: Silva P. (Ed.), The soldier and the state in South America: Essays in civil-military relations. Londen en New York: Palgrave. 1-12.
- Silva P. (2001), Between autonomy and subordination: Government-military relations in Chile, 1990-2001. [other].
- Silva P. (2001), Review of: Londregan J.B. (2001), Legislative institutions and ideology in Chile no. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Political Studies 49: 601-602.
- Silva P. (Ed.) (2001), The soldier and the state in South America: Essays in civil-military relations. Londen en New York: Palgrave.
- Silva P. (2001), Review of: Siavelis P.M. (2001), The president and congress in Postauthoritarian Chile: Institutional constraints to democratic consolidation no. 2. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. Political Studies 49: 386-387.
- Silva P. (2001), Transición democrática e inserción internacional: La experiencia de Chile. [other].
- Silva P. (2001), Review of: Adler Lomnitz L. (2001), Chile's political culture and parties: An anthropological explanation no. 3. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press. Political Studies 49: 601-602.
- Silva P. (2001), Towards technocratic mass politics in Chile? The 1999-2000 elections and the "Lavín Phenomenon", European Journal of Latin American and Carribean Studies 70: 25-39.
- Silva P. (11 August 2001), Niemand bereidt Cuba voor een zachte landing. Leidsch Dagblad: 3-3.
- Silva P. (2001), Forging military-technocratic alliances: The Ibáñez and Pinochet regimes in Chile. In: Silva P. (Ed.), The soldier and the state in South America: Essays in civil-military relations. Londen en New York: Palgrave. 87-107.
- Silva P. (2001), Chilean culture. In: Ember M. & Ember C.R. (Eds.), Countries and their cultures. New York: Macmillan. 452-465.
- Silva P. (2001), Democratisation and state-civil society relations in Chile, 1983-2000: From effervescency to deactivation. [other].
- Silva P. (2001), La problemática de la etnicidad en América Latina. [other].
- Silva P. (2001), Seguridad humana en una época de incertidumbre: Reflexiones desde Europa. [other].
- Silva P. (2001), Review of: Ensalaco M. (2001), Chile under Pinochet: Recovering the truth no. 2. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Political Studies 49: 386-387.
- Silva P. (2000), Armed actors and the state in Guatemala, Colombia and Peru. [other].
- Silva P. (2000), Interview Radio Nederland (Ebglish division). [other].
- Silva P. (2000), Growth, employment and equity: The impact of the economic reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean. Den Haag: ISS. [other].
- Silva P. (2000), Growth, employment and equity: the impact of the Economic Reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean: Findings of a CEPAL study. Amsterdam: CEDLA. [other].
- Silva P. (2000), Democratic control of the military in the new Latin American democracies. [other].
- Silva P. (2000), The 1999-2000 presidential elections and the 'fenómeno Lavín': Towards a new right in Chile?. [other].
- Silva P. (2000), Chilean landowners: 'retrogados' or Schumpeterian entrepreneurs?. [other].
- Silva P. (2000), Radio Business Nieuws. [other].
- Silva P. (2000), Interview TV programma. [other].
- Silva P. (2000), Chileense visies op de Pinochet affaire. Amsterdam: CEDLA. [other].
- Silva P. (2000), Redesigning government-military relations in post-authoritarian Chile. [other].
- Silva P. (2000), Technifying the social agenda: Technocratic ascendancy and social policy in Latin America. [other].
- Silva P. (2000), Democratic Restoration in Chile. [other].
- Silva P. (2000), Politics Across Frontiers: Pinochet's arrest in London and the Chilean democratic process. Amsterdam: Cedla. [other].
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