Articles by William Andrés Mesa Cárdenas

April 15, 2024

Oligarchic defects of democracy in Colombia

William Andrés Mesa Cárdenas

Colombians are growing increasingly frustrated at their government's failure to produce progressive advances. This failure signals a peculiar democratic deficit: oligarchic modes of rule. Jan Boesten, Lerber Dimas, Daniel Llanos Ramírez and William Mesa argue that oligarchy offers new insights into Latin America's democratic delinquents

William Andrés Mesa Cárdenas

PhD Candidate, Rule of Law and Global Governance, University of Salamanca / Researcher, Gruppe für Interdiziplinäre Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Freie Universität Berlin

William holds a Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Social Research and Degree in Social Sciences.

He completed research stays at the Law School of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and at the Free University of Berlin in Germany.

His research has focused on the fields of Transitional Justice, armed conflict, and criminal policy.

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