George D. E. Philip

George Philip was Emeritus Professor of Comparative and Latin American Politics at the LSE. In a distinguished academic career that spanned over 40 years, he became one of the leading Latin Americanists of his generation. Philip's academic writings addressed key issues of Latin American politics and political economy. He introduced several generations of both undergraduate and postgraduate students to the politics of Latin America. He had the talent to make the complex politics of the region understandable and compelling for an audience that may have no previous knowledge of it.