Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and Violence in Mexico

The Transition from Felipe Calderón to Enrique Peña Nieto

Jonathan D. Rosen, Roberto Zepeda (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

166 Seiten

2016
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-3560-1 (ISBN)

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This book focuses on the major trends in organized crime, drug trafficking, and violence in Mexico. It highlights the transition from the Felipe Calderón administration to the Enrique Peña Nieto government and analyzes continuities and differences in counternarcotics policies.

Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and Violence in Mexico: The Transition from Felipe Calderón to Enrique Peña Nieto examines the major trends in organized crime and drug trafficking in Mexico. The book provides an exhaustive analysis of drug-related violence in the country. This work highlights the transition from the Felipe Calderón administration to the Enrique Peña Nieto government, focusing on differences and continuities in counternarcotics policies as well as other trends such as violence and drug trafficking.

Jonathan D. Rosen is a research scientist at Florida International University’s Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy. Roberto Zepeda is a researcher at the Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte at the Universidad Autónoma de México.

1.Introduction: Historical Context and Influential Factors
2.Felipe Calderón’s War on Drugs: an Examination of the Counternacrotics Strategies
3.The Bloodbath: the Results of the Drug War during the Calderón Administration
4.The Enrique Peña Nieto Government: Drug War Strategies and Their Consequences
5.Failed States within Mexico: Problematic Zones for the Peña Nieto Government
6.Organized Crime and the Prison System: Hell on Earth
7.Reforms, Challenges, and Policy Proposals

Erscheinungsdatum	06.08.2016
Reihe/Serie	Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
Zusatzinfo	14 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 237 mm
Gewicht	422 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4985-3560-7 / 1498535607
ISBN-13	978-1-4985-3560-1 / 9781498535601
Zustand	Neuware