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| Chilean Academy of Political and Social Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Name | Chilean Academy of Political and Social Sciences |
| Native name | Academia Chilena de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales |
| Established | 1947 |
| Headquarters | Santiago, Chile |
| Type | Learned society |
Chilean Academy of Political and Social Sciences is a Santiago-based learned society founded in 1947 that convenes scholars, practitioners, and public figures from across Chile and Latin America. It has engaged with issues that intersect with Chilean history, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Gabriel González Videla, Jorge Alessandri, Salvador Allende, Augusto Pinochet, Patricio Aylwin, Ricardo Lagos, and Michelle Bachelet administrations. The Academy has produced research influencing debates linked to Constitution of Chile (1980), Chilean transition to democracy, Concertación, Nueva Mayoría, Derechos Humanos en Chile, and regional forums such as the Organization of American States and UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Academy was founded in 1947 during the presidential period of Gabriel González Videla amid intellectual currents associated with figures like Jaime Eyzaguirre, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Eduardo Frei Montalva, Jorge Alessandri, and contemporaries from institutions such as Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Concepción, and Universidad Austral de Chile. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s it hosted debates featuring participants connected to Christian Democratic Party (Chile), Radical Party (Chile), Socialist Party of Chile, Communist Party of Chile, and policy initiatives tied to Alliance for Progress and the Chicago Boys network. During the 1970s and 1980s the Academy navigated the political rupture of 1973 Chilean coup d'état and the Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990), later contributing to dialogues relevant to the National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation (Rettig Report), Comisión Nacional sobre Prisión Política y Tortura (Valech Report), and the 1990s post-dictatorship constitutional processes.
The Academy states goals aligned with strengthening public deliberation involving actors such as Senate of Chile, Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Supreme Court of Chile, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chile), Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Chile), and municipal authorities like the Municipality of Santiago. Its objectives include informing policy debates tied to instruments such as the Constitutional Convention (Chile), legislation like the Código Civil de Chile, and international commitments under the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and treaties like the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Academy emphasizes interdisciplinary engagement across scholars from Instituto de Estudios Públicos (Chile), Centro de Estudios Públicos, FLACSO Chile, and think tanks such as Libertad y Desarrollo and Fundación SOL.
The Academy's governance features roles analogous to those in Chilean Chamber of Deputies commissions, with a board and presidium reflecting ties to universities like Universidad Católica del Norte, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Universidad Diego Portales, and entities such as the Consejo de Rectores de las Universidades Chilenas. Committees mirror policy domains addressed by bodies like the Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile, Servicio Electoral de Chile, and Fiscalía Nacional Económica. Administrative offices in Santiago coordinate publications, events, and collaborations with international partners including the Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, and the European University Institute.
Membership has included prominent jurists, politicians, and academics linked to names such as Raúl Silva Henríquez, Emilio Bello Codesido, Orlando Letelier, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Andrés Bello, Héctor Silva],] Manuel Montt, and contemporary scholars associated with María Teresa Ruiz, Hermann Gili, Francisco Huneeus, José Antonio Gómez, Andrés Allamand and public intellectuals affiliated with El Mercurio (Chile), La Tercera, Radio Cooperativa, and Televisión Nacional de Chile. Fellows frequently come from foreign academies like the Real Academia Española, American Academy of Political and Social Science, Academia Mexicana de la Historia, and institutions such as Universidad de Salamanca, Harvard University, University of Oxford, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, University of Buenos Aires, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina.
The Academy produces reports, monographs, and journals engaging subjects addressed by works like The Shock Doctrine, Open Veins of Latin America, The Pinochet File, and studies on instruments including the Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte comparisons and analyses of regional schemes like Mercosur, Pacific Alliance, ALADI, and Andean Community. Its publications have intersected with scholarship from libraries and presses such as Editorial Universitaria (Chile), Dolmen Editorial, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and journals including Revista de Derecho Publico (Chile) and Revista Chilena de Derecho. Research areas cross-reference findings by panels convened under United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and national statistical bodies like Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (Chile).
The Academy organizes symposia, lectures, and roundtables in venues such as Palacio de La Moneda, Museo Histórico Nacional (Chile), Teatro Municipal de Santiago, and university auditoria tied to Casa Central de la Universidad de Chile. It has hosted conferences with participation from delegations of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, European Commission, Inter-American Dialogue, and networks including CONICYT, ANID (Chile), and bilateral programs involving United States Agency for International Development, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo, German Agency for International Cooperation, and Japan International Cooperation Agency.
Scholars and commentators have credited the Academy with shaping debates on commissions and reforms such as the Rettig Report, Valech Report, and constitutional deliberations of the Constitutional Convention (Chile), while critics from media outlets like La Nacion (Chile), The Clinic (Chile), and scholars aligned with Frente Amplio (Chile) and Partido Comunista de Chile have argued about elitism, representativeness, and ideological bias. Debates reference international critiques by organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and assessments in journals like Latin American Research Review and Journal of Democracy.
Category:Learned societies of Chile