Tulane University

Contact Info
gesilva@tulane.edu

G. Eduardo Silva holds the Friezo Family Foundation Chair in Political Science at Tulane University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego and joined Tulane University in 2010. Previously he was Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis where he was department chair (2007-10) and graduate director (2002-2007). His books include Transnational Activism and National Movements in Latin America: Bridging the Divide (2013); Challenging Neoliberalism in Latin America (2009); Organized Business, Economic Change, and Democracy in Latin America (1998), co-edited with Francisco Durand; The State and Capital in Chile: Technocrats, Business Elites, and Market Economics (1996); Elections and Democratization in Latin America, 1980-85 (1986), co-edited with Paul Drake. His articles, among other venues, have appeared in World Politics, Comparative Politics, Development and Change, Global Environmental Politics, Latin American Politics and Society, Latin American Research Review, and Latin American Perspectives. Professor Silva has received grants, among others, from the Social Science Research Council, the North-South Center of the University of Miami, Fulbright-Hays, and the University of Missouri Research Board. His research interests include Latin American political economy, interest groups and politics, social movements, and environmental politics.

Degrees

• B.F.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1977
• M.A., New York University, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 1983
• Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Political Science, 1991

Academic Experience

• Professor, Tulane University, 2010-
• Professor, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 2002-2010
• Associate Professor, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 1997-2002
• Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 1991-1997

Related Experience

• Member, Global Development Network’s “Global Research Capacity Building Program,” 2012-
• Member, Advisory Board, “Environmental Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean: Developing Frameworks for Sustainable and Equitable Natural Resource Use,” Center for Documentation and Research on Latin America at the University of Amsterdam, 2010-
• Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 2007-2010
• Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 2002-2007
• Editorial Board, Center for Research and Documentation on Latin America book series, Brill publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2006-
• Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank, 2011
• Editorial Board, Latin American Politics and Society, University of Miami, 2000-

Distinctions

• Fulbright Senior Specialist Scholar, 2011
• Center for International Studies, UM St. Louis, Research Award, 2007, 2006, 2002, 2001, 2000
• Research Award, University of Missouri-St. Louis, “The Politics of Sustainable Development: Forest Policy in Latin America,” 1996
• Senior Research Associate Fellowship, North-South Center, “Broad-Based Sustainable Development and Forest Policy in Chile,” 1996
• Advanced Research Award, Social Science Research Council, “The Politics of Sustainable Development: Native Forest Policy in Latin America,” 1995

Languages: Spanish; German

Research & Teaching Specializations: Latin American Politics, Comparative Political Economy, Sustainable Development

Selected Publications

• 2013. “Social Movements, Policy, and Conflict in Post-Neoliberal Latin America: Bolivia in the Time of Evo Morales,” Research in Political Sociology 21: 51-76.
• 2013. Transnational Activism and National Movements in Latin America: Bridging the Divide. New York: Routledge.
• 2012. “Exchange Rising? Karl Polanyi and Contentious Politics in Latin America,” Latin American Politics and Society, 54, 3: 1-32.
• 2009. Challenging Neoliberalism in Latin America. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• 2007. “The Import-Substituting ‘Model’: Chile in Comparative Perspective.” Latin American Perspectives. 34.3 (154): 69-92.
• 1998. Organized Business, Economic Change, and Democracy in Latin America. Co-editor with Francisco Durand. Coral Gables: North-South Center Press at the University of Miami.
• 1996. The State and Capital in Chile: Business Elites, Technocrats, and Market Economics. Boulder: Westview Press.
• 1986. Elections and Democratization in Latin America, 1980-85. Co-editor with Paul W. Drake. San Diego: Center for Latin American Studies; Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies; Institute of the Americas.

Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses: People, Power and Politics in Latin America; Governments of Latin America

Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years: 3