The rise of various forms of authoritarianism in the region and around the world challenges civil society to defend a democracy that has not only failed to fulfill its promise of development and well-being for the people but, in many cases, has been co-opted by networks of corruption.

Oxfam proposes a series of studies for collective analysis and reflection that reveals the causes and characteristics of young people’s ambivalence toward democracy and the way in which anti-democratic networks have embedded themselves within the state and colonized public debate.

The conversation will move from diagnosis to action, putting forward key strategies and tactics to address this ambivalence among citizens and to reconfigure the region’s anti-democratic networks through other forms of advocacy and coordination. These proposals are grounded in solid evidence and the perspectives of a diverse panel comprising academics and international development practitioners.