The challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations [[electronic resource] ] : an assessment of Mexican security based on existing RAND research on urban unrest, insurgency, and defense-sector reform / / Christopher Paul, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Colin P. Clarke |
Autore | Paul Christopher <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Corp., 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (109 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.450972 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SchaeferAgnes Gereben
ClarkeColin P |
Collana | Rand Corporation monograph series The challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations |
Soggetto topico |
Drug traffic - Mexico
Drug traffic - Mexico - Prevention Drug control - Mexico Violence - Mexico Violent crimes - Mexico - Prevention Internal security - Mexico |
ISBN |
1-280-12684-1
9786613530707 0-8330-5830-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One:Introduction; The Evolution of Mexican Drug-Trafficking Organizations; Origins of This Study; Urban Unrest and Instability; Counterinsurgency; Defense-Sector Reform; Labelling the Perpetrators and the Implications Thereof; Organization of This Monograph; Chapter Two:Methods and Approach: Applying Existing RAND Research Tools to Mexico; The Urban Flashpoints Scorecard; The Victory Has a Thousand Fathers Counterinsurgency Scorecard
The Defense Sector Assessment Rating Tool ScorecardThe Delphi Method for Expert Elicitation; Chapter Three:Results from the RAND Mexican Security Delphi Exercise; The RAND Mexican Security Delphi Exercise Process; Delphi-Derived Scores for the Three Scorecards; Delphi Discussion; Chapter Four:Findings from the Urban Flashpoints Scorecard; Mexico's Urban Flashpoints Vulnerability Score; Flashpoint Factors of Concern in Mexico; Flashpoint Factors for Which Concensus Was Lacking and Other Items of Interest from the Delphi Discussion; Chapter Five:Findings from the Counterinsurgency Scorecard Is Mexico Like Historical Insurgencies?Mexico's Counterinsurgency Scorecard Score; Mexico in Comparison with 30 Historical Cases of Insurgency; Counterinsurgency Scorecard Factors for Which Consensus Was Lacking and Other Items of Interest from the Delphi Discussion; Chapter Six:Findings from the Defense Sector Assessment Rating Tool Scorecard; Assessment of Mexico's Counternarcotics Capabilities; Assessment of Mexico's Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency Capabilities; Assessment of Mexico's Border and Maritime Security Capabilities; Overall Findings Chapter Seven:Conclusions and Suggestions for Further ResearchConclusions; For Future Research; Further Comparison; A Closer Examination of Mexico; A Systems Perspective; References |
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The drug war in Mexico : confronting a shared threat / / David A. Shirk |
Autore | Shirk David A. <1971-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Council on Foreign Relations, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 43 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.450972 |
Collana | CSR |
Soggetto topico | Drug traffic - Mexico |
ISBN |
0-87609-458-2
1-283-08487-2 9786613084873 0-87609-443-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788992903321 |
Shirk David A. <1971->
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The drug war in Mexico : confronting a shared threat / / David A. Shirk |
Autore | Shirk David A. <1971-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Council on Foreign Relations, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 43 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.450972 |
Collana | CSR |
Soggetto topico | Drug traffic - Mexico |
ISBN |
0-87609-458-2
1-283-08487-2 9786613084873 0-87609-443-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826429603321 |
Shirk David A. <1971->
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Drug war Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : politics, neoliberalism and violence in the new narcoeconomy / / Peter Watt and Roberto Zepeda |
Autore | Watt Peter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Zed Books, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.450972 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Zepeda MartínezRoberto |
Soggetto topico |
Drug control - Mexico
Drugs - Political aspects - Mexico Drugs - Economic aspects - Mexico |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-84813-889-X
1-280-76919-X 9786613679963 1-84813-888-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462016303321 |
Watt Peter
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Is the Mexican narco-violence an insurgency? / / Michael G. Rogan |
Autore | Rogan Michael G. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified] : , : Pickle Partners Publishing, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (55 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.450972 |
Soggetto topico |
Drug traffic - Mexico
Narco-terrorism - Mexico Insurgency - Mexico |
ISBN | 1-78289-313-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163166503321 |
Rogan Michael G.
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Mexico is not Colombia : alternative historical analogies for responding to the challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations / / Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Chad C. Serena |
Autore | Paul Christopher <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, California : , : RAND, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.450972 |
Soggetto topico |
Drug traffic - Mexico
Violent crimes - Mexico Violence - Mexico Drug control - Mexico Internal security - Mexico Insurgency - Mexico |
ISBN |
0-8330-8441-0
0-8330-8443-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; 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
Government 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 Challenge 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 Recommendations for MexicoReferences |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220118103321 |
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Mexico is not Colombia : alternative historical analogies for responding to the challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations, supporting case studies / / Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Chad C. Serena |
Autore | Paul Christopher <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, California : , : RAND, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (250 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.450972 |
Soggetto topico |
Drug traffic - Mexico
Violent crimes - Mexico Violence - Mexico Drug control - Mexico Internal security - Mexico Insurgency - Mexico |
ISBN |
0-8330-8445-3
0-8330-8447-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; 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
Competition 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 Weapon 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" 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 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? Similarities 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? Similarities and Differences Between the Caucasus and Mexico |
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Narratives of Vulnerability in Mexico's War on Drugs [[electronic resource] /] / by Raúl Diego Rivera Hernández |
Autore | Diego Rivera Hernández Raúl |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 211 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 363.450972 |
Soggetto topico |
Ethnology—Latin America
Latin American literature Emigration and immigration Communication Journalism Latin America—Politics and government Latin American Culture Latin American/Caribbean Literature Migration Media and Communication Latin American Politics |
ISBN | 3-030-51144-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Vulnerabilities and Resistances in Transit: Narratives from Central American Colonial Transmigrants -- 3. “Nos están matando!”: Professional Reflexivity on Violence Against Mexican Journalists in Contemporary Chronicles -- 4. Dissident mourners: victims’ political participation in human rights activism -- 5. Conclusion. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484418703321 |
Diego Rivera Hernández Raúl
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Organized crime, drug trafficking, and violence in Mexico : the transition from Felipe Calderón to Enrique Peña Nieto / / Jonathan D. Rosen and Roberto Zepeda |
Autore | Rosen Jonathan D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 363.450972 |
Collana | Security in the Americas in the twenty-first century |
Soggetto topico |
Drug traffic - Mexico
Drug control - Mexico Organized crime - Mexico Organized crime - Mexico - Prevention Violence - Mexico |
ISBN | 1-4985-3561-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798644903321 |
Rosen Jonathan D.
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Organized crime, drug trafficking, and violence in Mexico : the transition from Felipe Calderón to Enrique Peña Nieto / / Jonathan D. Rosen and Roberto Zepeda |
Autore | Rosen Jonathan D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 363.450972 |
Collana | Security in the Americas in the twenty-first century |
Soggetto topico |
Drug traffic - Mexico
Drug control - Mexico Organized crime - Mexico Organized crime - Mexico - Prevention Violence - Mexico |
ISBN | 1-4985-3561-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815791303321 |
Rosen Jonathan D.
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