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 (born 8 July 1976) is a Chilean sociologist, political analyst, and writer. A sociologist studies how people live together in groups and societies. A political analyst studies and explains politics and government. Alberto Mayol has written many books about social sciences, politics, and culture. In 2017, he was a candidate in the Broad Front primary election for president.
In 2017, a survey by La Segunda newspaper said that Alberto Mayol was one of the 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 Mayol studied sociology at the University of Chile. He finished his first degree in 1998.
He then earned a master's degree in political science from the same university in 2000. He also studied aesthetics at the Catholic University, finishing in 2001. In 2005, he got 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.
Teaching and Research
Alberto Mayol became a professor at the University of Chile in 2007. He taught in different departments, including social sciences and law. He also worked at the Institute of Public Affairs. There, he helped lead research about social structures.
From 2013 to 2023, he was part of the Department of Management and Public Policies. This was at the Faculty of Administration and Economics of the University of Santiago.
In 2013, his book El derrumbe del modelo won the Santiago Municipal Literature Award. This award is given for important literary works.
Public Life
Political Involvement
In March 2017, Alberto Mayol announced he would run for president. He wanted to be the candidate for the Broad Front political group. This group was choosing its representative for the 2017 presidential election in Chile.
Many smaller political groups supported Mayol. In the election on 2 July 2017, Mayol received 106,265 votes. This was about 32% of the votes for the Broad Front. However, he lost to another candidate named Beatriz Sánchez.
Later in 2017, Mayol ran for a position in the Chilean parliament. He got 25,299 votes, which was 5.8% of the total. This was not enough for him to be elected.
Media Appearances
Alberto Mayol has often appeared on radio and television shows. He has been a guest on programs like Patio de Los Naranjos on Mega. He also appeared on El semáforo and La República de las Letras on Radio University of Chile.
You might have also seen him on Ciudadanos on CNN Chile. He was also on Palabras sacan Palabras on Radio Futuro and Vía Pública on 24 Horas.
His articles have been published in online newspapers and magazines. These include Diario U Chile, El Mostrador, The Clinic, El Dínamo, and El Periodista.
Books Written
Alberto Mayol's books often talk about social movements, politics, and culture. He also writes about how society is structured and how to do research. Here are some of his books:
- 2008: Métodos de investigación social: una aproximación desde las estrategias cuantitativas y cualitativas. This book is about different ways to do social research. He wrote it 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. This book looks at the power structure in Chilean society. It also talks about how social movements have changed politics since 2011.
- 2013: El derrumbe del modelo: la crisis de la economía de mercado en el Chile contemporáneo. This book explores the problems with Chile's economic model. It explains how these problems led to social movements and a crisis in 2011.
- 2013: El Chile profundo: modelos culturales de la desigualdad y sus resistencias. Written with Carla Azócar Rosenkranz and Carlos Azócar Ortiz. This book describes Chilean culture. It also looks at how culture is connected to the high levels of inequality in the country.
- 2015: Economía política del fracaso: la falsa modernización del modelo neoliberal. He wrote this book with political scientist José Ahumada. It questions the idea that Chile's economic model has brought true modernization.
See also
In Spanish: Alberto Mayol para niños
