02669nam 2200637 a 450 991046201630332120200520144314.01-84813-889-X1-280-76919-X97866136799631-84813-888-1(CKB)2670000000210238(EBL)4708697(SSID)ssj0000677317(PQKBManifestationID)12239278(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677317(PQKBWorkID)10693239(PQKB)10479154(MiAaPQ)EBC933048(Au-PeEL)EBL933048(CaPaEBR)ebr10569004(CaONFJC)MIL367996(OCoLC)795120472(EXLCZ)99267000000021023820120621d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDrug war Mexico[electronic resource] politics, neoliberalism and violence in the new narcoeconomy /Peter Watt and Roberto ZepedaLondon ;New York Zed Booksc20121 online resource (203 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84813-886-5 1-84813-887-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIn 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.Drug controlMexicoDrugsPolitical aspectsMexicoDrugsEconomic aspectsMexicoElectronic books.Drug controlDrugsPolitical aspectsDrugsEconomic aspects363.450972Watt Peter895793Zepeda Martínez Roberto895794MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462016303321Drug war Mexico2001167UNINA