Kalman Silvert: Engaging Latin America, Building Democracy

Kalman Silvert highlights the extraordinary career of an extraordinary man-one of the founding architects of Latin American studies in the United States, a major builder of the inter-American scholarly community, and an influential figure in US-Latin American relations. Thirteen distinguished Latin Americanists discuss Silvert's role as scholar, teacher, mentor, colleague, public intellectual, institution builder, and philanthropist. They also emphasize his contributions at the Ford Foundation, where he served as senior program adviser from 1967 until his death in 1976. Coeditors Abraham Lowenthal and Martin Weinstein frame the retrospective, underlining the integration of Silvert's multiple contributions and the continuing relevance of his legacy.

Kalman Silvert highlights the extraordinary career of an extraordinary man-one of the founding architects of Latin American studies in the United States, a major builder of the inter-American scholarly community, and an influential figure in US-Latin American relations. Thirteen distinguished Latin Americanists discuss Silvert's role as scholar, teacher, mentor, colleague, public intellectual, institution builder, and philanthropist. They also emphasize his contributions at the Ford Foundation, where he served as senior program adviser from 1967 until his death in 1976. Coeditors Abraham Lowenthal and Martin Weinstein frame the retrospective, underlining the integration of Silvert's multiple contributions and the continuing relevance of his legacy

Prologue: Kalman Silvert: an appreciation / Ricardo Lagos -- Silvert's wide-ranging contributions and legacy / Abraham F. Lowenthal and Martin Weinstein -- Silvert's committed scholarship / Christopher Mitchell -- Silvert's approach and methods / Daniel Levine -- Silvert and democratic theory / Joel Jutkowitz -- Mentoring a generation / Martin Weinstein -- Nurturing a transnational scholarly community / Jorge Balán -- Striving to improve US-Latin American relations / Abraham F. Lowenthal -- Bringing vision, mission and values to philanthropy / Peter S. Cleaves and Richard W. Dye -- Combining ideas and action / Julio Cotler -- Silvert and the "American dream" / Louis W. Goodman -- Silvert as a public intellectual / Morris Blachman and Kenneth Sharpe -- Epilogue: Kalman Silvert and Latin American studies today / Gilbert Joseph

Prologue: Kalman Silvert: an appreciation / Ricardo Lagos --. - Silvert's wide-ranging contributions and legacy / Abraham F. Lowenthal and Martin Weinstein --. - Silvert's committed scholarship / Christopher Mitchell --. - Silvert's approach and methods / Daniel Levine --. - Silvert and democratic theory / Joel Jutkowitz --. - Mentoring a generation / Martin Weinstein --. - Nurturing a transnational scholarly community / Jorge Balán --. - Striving to improve US-Latin American relations / Abraham F. Lowenthal --. - Bringing vision, mission and values to philanthropy / Peter S. Cleaves and Richard W. Dye --. - Combining ideas and action / Julio Cotler --. - Silvert and the "American dream" / Louis W. Goodman --. - Silvert as a public intellectual / Morris Blachman and Kenneth Sharpe --. - Epilogue: Kalman Silvert and Latin American studies today / Gilbert Joseph