Patricio Navia is a political scientist who teaches and researches at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University. His areas of interest include democracy, inequality and political change in Latin America. He writes a blog in the Chilean newspaper La Tercera, as well as fiction and poetry.
Patricio Navia's books include Las Grandes Alamedas. El Chile Post Pinochet (Santiago: La Tercera-Mondadori, 2004); (with Eduardo Engel) Que gane el más mejor. Mérito y competencia en el Chile de hoy (Santiago: Random House, 2006); El genoma electoral chileno (Santiago: Universidad Diego Portales, 2009); and El Díscolo (Grupo Gestión, 2009)
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Published in: HomeChile, 11 September 1973: death and birth of a nationThe military coup of forty years ago inaugurated a long period of dictatorship and human-rights violation. But its...
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Published in: HomeThe two 9/11s: Chile and the United States
The coup of 1973 and the attacks of 2001 were very different in character. But the contrast in the responses of...
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Published in: HomeChile: protest for the “promised land”
The student movement convulsing Chile is aiming for social inclusion and reform of the model that improved the lives...
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Published in: HomeThe Chilean way: after the spotlight
The rescue of trapped Chilean miners after two months underground inspired both national unity and worldwide...