Norbert Lechner

Norbert Lechner (Karlsruhe, Germany, 1993-Santiago de Chile, 2004) was a German researcher and political scientist who became a Chilean national. He received his PhD in political science from the University of Freiburg and went on to become one of the most outstanding theorists of his generation. He lived and worked in Chile starting in 1971, where he presented his ideas as a professor and researcher both at universities and international organizations such as UNESCO and UNDP.Lechner was...See more

Norbert Lechner (Karlsruhe, Germany, 1993-Santiago de Chile, 2004) was a German researcher and political scientist who became a Chilean national. He received his PhD in political science from the University of Freiburg and went on to become one of the most outstanding theorists of his generation. He lived and worked in Chile starting in 1971, where he presented his ideas as a professor and researcher both at universities and international organizations such as UNESCO and UNDP.Lechner was director of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (1988-94) and author of numerous articles and books that have left a deep mark on the social sciences of Latin America, including La crisis del Estado en América Latina (1977), La conflictiva y nunca acabadaconstrucción del orden deseado (1984), Los patios interiores de la democracia (1990), and Las sombras del mañana. La dimensión subjetiva de la política (2002), for which he won the Santiago Municipal Prize in the essay category in 2003. See less