Alberto Mayol facts for kids
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Alberto Mayol
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November 2017
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Alberto Manfredo Mayol Miranda
8 July 1976 |
| Alma mater | Universidad de Alicante |
| Occupation | Sociologist, political analyst, writer |
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| Awards | Santiago Municipal Literature Award (2013) |
Alberto Manfredo Mayol Miranda was born on July 8, 1976. He is a sociologist, political analyst, and writer from Chile. He is known for his research and books about social sciences, politics, and culture. In 2017, he ran as a candidate in the presidential primary election for a group called the Broad Front.
In 2017, a survey by La Segunda newspaper showed that many people admired Alberto Mayol. He was ranked among the top five most admired public thinkers in Chile.
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Early Life and Education
Alberto Mayol's father, Manfredo Mayol Durán, was a well-known journalist. His mother is Mariana Miranda. Alberto studied sociology at the University of Chile, finishing in 1998.
Higher Education Journey
He continued his studies, earning a master's degree in political science from the same university in 2000. At the same time, he also studied aesthetics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, completing that degree in 2001. Later, in 2005, he earned another master's degree in sociology from the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. He is currently working on his doctorate at the Universidad de Alicante in Spain.
Academic Work
Alberto Mayol became a professor at the University of Chile in 2007. He taught in different departments, including Social Sciences, Law, and Philosophy. He also worked at the Institute of Public Affairs, where he helped lead research on social structures.
Teaching and Research
He was also an advisor for the Observatory of Books and Reading. In this role, he managed research projects that received funding from the National Council of Culture and the Arts. From 2013 to 2023, he was part of the Department of Management and Public Policies at the University of Santiago.
Awards for Writing
In 2013, Alberto Mayol's essay titled El derrumbe del modelo won the Santiago Municipal Literature Award. This award recognized his important work in literature.
Public Life
Alberto Mayol has been active in public life, both in politics and in the media.
Political Involvement
In March 2017, Alberto Mayol announced he would run in the Broad Front's primary election. This election would decide who would represent the Broad Front in the 2017 presidential election in Chile. Several political groups supported his candidacy.
On July 2, 2017, Mayol received 106,265 votes in the primary election. This was about 32% of the votes for the Broad Front. He lost the primary to another candidate, Beatriz Sánchez.
After the primary, Mayol was set to run for a parliamentary seat. However, there was a disagreement involving an audio message he sent to another candidate. His parliamentary candidacy was briefly withdrawn but then confirmed a few days later. In the election, he received 25,299 votes, which was 5.8% of the total. This was not enough for him to be elected to parliament.
Media Appearances
Alberto Mayol has often appeared on radio and television shows as a guest expert. He has been on programs like Patio de Los Naranjos on Mega and Ciudadanos on CNN Chile. He has also been a panelist on radio shows such as El semáforo and La República de las Letras on Radio University of Chile.
He also writes articles for online newspapers and magazines. His columns have appeared in publications like Diario U Chile, El Mostrador, and The Clinic.
Books and Publications
Alberto Mayol's books often explore topics like social movements, politics, culture, and how societies are structured. He also writes about social problems and research methods.
Here are some of his published books:
- 2008: Métodos de investigación social: una aproximación desde las estrategias cuantitativas y cualitativas (Methods of Social Research: An Approach from Quantitative and Qualitative Strategies). He wrote this book with Carlos Calderón Carvajal, Andrés Music Cáceres, and Paulina Salinas Meruane.
- 2012: No al lucro: de la crisis del modelo a la nueva era política (No to Profit: From the Crisis of the Model to the New Political Era). This book looks at the power structures in Chilean society. It also discusses how neoliberalism affected politics and how social movements have brought about changes since 2011.
- 2013: El derrumbe del modelo: la crisis de la economía de mercado en el Chile contemporáneo (The Collapse of the Model: The Crisis of the Market Economy in Contemporary Chile). This book examines Chile's economic, political, and cultural systems. It suggests these systems led to public unhappiness and the social movements that began in 2011.
- 2013: El Chile profundo: modelos culturales de la desigualdad y sus resistencias (Deep Chile: Cultural Models of Inequality and Their Resistances). Written with Carla Azócar Rosenkranz and Carlos Azócar Ortiz, this book describes Chile's cultural patterns. It explores how these patterns relate to the high levels of inequality in the country.
- 2015: Economía política del fracaso: la falsa modernización del modelo neoliberal (Political Economy of Failure: The False Modernization of the Neoliberal Model). In this book, written with political scientist José Ahumada, they question the Chilean economic model. They argue that while many see economic growth as positive, the model has not truly modernized in a way that benefits everyone.
See also
In Spanish: Alberto Mayol para niños
