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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462016303321

Autore

Watt Peter

Titolo

Drug war Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : politics, neoliberalism and violence in the new narcoeconomy / / Peter Watt and Roberto Zepeda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Zed Books, c2012

ISBN

1-84813-889-X

1-280-76919-X

9786613679963

1-84813-888-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Zepeda MartínezRoberto

Disciplina

363.450972

Soggetti

Drug control - Mexico

Drugs - Political aspects - Mexico

Drugs - Economic aspects - Mexico

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; About the Authors; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures and Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Map; Introduction; 1 Drug Trafficking in Mexico - History and Background; 2 Cold War Expansion of the Trade and the Repression of Dissent; 3 The Political Economy of the 'War on Drugs'; 4 Getting Rich Quick - and Those Who Didn't; 5 El Cambio (The Change); 6 War is Peace; 7 Another Century of Drug War?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this controversial book, Watt and Zepeda contend that the failing 'war on drugs' in Mexico, launched by president Felipe Calerón and funded by US military aid, is in fact a pretext for a US-backed strategy to bolster unpopular neoliberal policies, a weak yet authoritarian government, and a radically unfair status quo.