LEADER 05375nam 2200697 450 001 9910220117803321 005 20230829162049.0 010 $a0-8330-8445-3 010 $a0-8330-8447-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000203616 035 $a(EBL)1746762 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1746762 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00124981 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1746762 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10897646 035 $a(OCoLC)889268392 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000203616 100 $a20140801h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMexico is not Colombia $ealternative historical analogies for responding to the challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations, supporting case studies /$fChristopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Chad C. Serena 210 1$aSanta Monica, California :$cRAND,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (250 pages) 300 $a"Supporting case studies." 311 $a0-8330-8444-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figure and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Colombia (1994-2010); Conflict and Violence in Colombia; Explaining the Outbreak of Violence; The Illicit Economy, Crime, and Violence; State Failure and Weak Governance; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up?; Similarities and Differences Between Colombia and Mexico; Violence; Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence"; Traditional Threat/Insurgency; Ethnically Motivated Violence; Lack of Economic Opportunities; Weapon Availability 327 $aCompetition over a Resource Ungoverned Spaces; State/Institutional Weakness; Patronage/Corruption; Lessons for Mexico; Chapter Two: Peru (1980-1992); Conflict and Violence in Peru; Peru's Informal Economy and the Coca Industry; Sendero Luminoso; Sendero's Violence; The State and Peruvian Forces in the 1980's; The Fujimori Government; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up?; Similarities and Differences Between Peru and Mexico; Violence; Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence"; Traditional Threat/Insurgency; Ethnically Motivated Violence; Lack of Economic Opportunities 327 $aWeapon Availability Competition over a Resource; Ungoverned Spaces; State/Institutional Weakness; Patronage/Corruption; Lessons for Mexico; Chapter Three: The Balkans (1991-2010); Conflict and Violence in the Balkans; The Role of the Serb Volunteer Guard ("Arkan's Tigers"); Explaining the Outbreak of Violence; Illicit Economy, Crime, and Violence; Smuggling and Trafficking; State Failure and Weak Governance; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up?; Similarities and Differences Between the Balkans and Mexico; Violence; Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence" 327 $aTraditional Threat/Insurgency Ethnically Motivated Violence; Lack of Economic Opportunities; Weapon Availability; Competition over a Resource; Ungoverned Spaces; State/Institutional Weakness; Patronage/Corruption; Lessons for Mexico; Chapter Four: West Africa (1990-2010); Conflict and Violence in West Africa; Revolutionary United Front; West Side Boys; Explaining the Outbreak of Violence; Illicit Economy, Crime, and Violence; Smuggling and Trafficking; State Failure and Weak Governance; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up? 327 $aSimilarities and Differences Between West Africa and Mexico Violence; Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence"; Traditional Threat/Insurgency; Ethnically Motivated Violence; Lack of Economic Opportunities; Weapon Availability; Competition over a Resource; Ungoverned Spaces; State/Institutional Weakness; Patronage/Corruption; Lessons for Mexico; Chapter Five: The Caucasus (1990-2012); Conflict and Violence in the Caucasus; State Breakdown; Economic Failure; Replacing the State; Violence in the Caucasus; What Was Done to Improve the Situation?; How Did It End Up? 327 $aSimilarities and Differences Between the Caucasus and Mexico 330 $aDespite the scope of the threat they pose to Mexico's security, violent drug-trafficking organizations are not well understood, and optimal strategies to combat them have not been identified. While there is no perfectly analogous case to Mexico's current security situation, historical case studies may offer lessons for policymakers as they cope with challenges related to violence and corruption in that country. 606 $aDrug traffic$zMexico 606 $aViolent crimes$zMexico 606 $aViolence$zMexico 606 $aDrug control$zMexico 606 $aInternal security$zMexico 606 $aInsurgency$zMexico 615 0$aDrug traffic 615 0$aViolent crimes 615 0$aViolence 615 0$aDrug control 615 0$aInternal security 615 0$aInsurgency 676 $a363.450972 700 $aPaul$b Christopher$f1971-$0904747 702 $aSerena$b Chad C. 702 $aClarke$b Colin P. 712 02$aRand Corporation.$bNational Security Research Division, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220117803321 996 $aMexico is not Colombia$92023221 997 $aUNINA