LEADER 04373nam 2200745 450 001 9910220118103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8330-8441-0 010 $a0-8330-8443-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000121478 035 $a(EBL)1701831 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001294978 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11758529 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001294978 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11336969 035 $a(PQKB)10518856 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16045151 035 $a(PQKB)21944878 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1701831 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1701831 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10878970 035 $a(OCoLC)879119478 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000121478 100 $a20140614h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMexico is not Colombia $ealternative historical analogies for responding to the challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations /$fChristopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Chad C. Serena 210 1$aSanta Monica, California :$cRAND,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (191 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8330-8440-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Approach; Finding the Right Comparisons; Labeling the Perpetrators and the Implications Thereof; Benefits of This Approach; Organization of This Report; CHAPTER TWO: Contemporary Violence and the Broader Context in Mexico; Two Mexicos; Conflict and Violence in Mexico; Explaining the Outbreak of Violence; The Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations; Efforts to Improve the Situation; Key Features of the Mexican Context; Security Forces and Organization 327 $aGovernment and GovernanceCivil Society; Economy; CHAPTER THREE: Finding the Right Comparisons: Case Selection; CHAPTER FOUR: Comparing Mexico with the Challenges Faced and the Outcomes Reached in the Historical Cases; Challenge A: Violence; Challenge B: "Anomic" Violence or Indiscriminate Mayhem/Indiscriminate Violence; Challenge C: Insurgency/Competition for State Control; Challenge D: Ethnically Motivated Violence; Challenge E: Lack of Economic Opportunities; Challenge F: High Level of Weapon Availability; Challenge G: Competition over a Resource; Challenge H: Ungoverned Spaces 327 $aChallenge I: State/Institutional WeaknessChallenge J: Patronage/Corruption; Efforts Correlated with Improvement in the Historical Cases; Chicken or Egg? Correlation and Causation in Meeting Challenges; Confirmation in the Detailed Narratives; CHAPTER FIVE: Conclusions and Recommendations; Mexico Is Not Colombia, Nor Is It Any of These Other Cases; Lessons Highlighted in the Case Narratives; Confirmed Correlations in the Case Studies; Recommendations from the Literature and Historical Case Studies; Ways to Combat the VDTOs; Leverage the Law of Supply and Demand; Other Proposed Solutions 327 $aRecommendations for MexicoReferences 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 from history, Mexico stands to benefit from historical lessons and efforts that were correlated with improvement in countries facing similar challenges related to violence and corruption. 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 $aClarke$b Colin P. 702 $aSerena$b Chad C. 712 02$aRand Corporation. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220118103321 996 $aMexico is not Colombia$92023221 997 $aUNINA