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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798644903321

Autore

Rosen Jonathan D.

Titolo

Organized crime, drug trafficking, and violence in Mexico : the transition from Felipe Calderón to Enrique Peña Nieto / / Jonathan D. Rosen and Roberto Zepeda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-3561-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Security in the Americas in the twenty-first century

Disciplina

363.450972

Soggetti

Drug traffic - Mexico

Drug control - Mexico

Organized crime - Mexico

Organized crime - Mexico - Prevention

Violence - Mexico

Mexico Politics and government 2000-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: historical context and influential factors -- Felipe Calderón's war on drugs: an examination of the counternacrotics strategies -- The bloodbath: the results of the drug war during the Calderón administration -- The Enrique Peña Nieto government: drug war strategies and their consequences -- Failed states within Mexico: problematic zones for the Peña Nieto government -- Organized crime and the prison system: hell on earth -- Reforms, challenges, and policy proposals.