David Mena is chair of the Department of International Studies at the Universidad
Iberoamericana, Mexico City, and Co-Editor in Chief of the international peer-reviewed
journal Politics & Policy. He obtained his BA in social sciences (1989) from the
Department of Social Sciences at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and
his doctorate in government (2001) from the Department of Government at the University of
Essex, UK.
Dr. Mena’s book Concepción colectivista de la democracia [Collectivist Approach of
Democracy] was published by Ediciones Coyoacán (México) in 2005. He is also the author of
several peer reviewed articles, chapters, and international conference papers on
comparative politics, political theory, theories of democracy and international
relations.
