Democracia Delegativa en el siglo XXI: Una aproximación a las presidencias de Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002-2010)

Abstract

In the present work I investigate about the conception and exercise of power by Alvaro Uribe Velez as president of Colombia (2002-2010). For this I use the concept coined by political scientist Guillermo O'Donnell, delegative democracy. Under the peculiar typification that this type of democracy offers, I trace the emergence of Uribe as president of Colombia and the type of leadership exercised his term. In addition, I analyze the link of the leader with the horizontal institutions of control and accountability. The objective of the article is to warn the presence or absence of certain dimensions raised in the O'Donneleano theoretical body during the presidencies of Alvaro Uribe.