Philip Oxhorn (born January 5, 1958) is a professor in international development and societal issues and a university executive.
He is the founding director of the Institute for the Study of International Development at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec,[1] where he teaches political science and edits the Latin American Research Review.
Oxhorn received his Bachelor's in Political Science from the University of Redlands in his home state of California before continuing to the University of Canterbury for his Master's work, for which he was awarded first-class honors.
In the 1980s, he wrote his dissertation on the Chilean civilian uprisings against dictator Augusto Pinochet.
[3] He has published over 75 articles, chapter selections, and books,[4] including What Kind of Democracy?