The challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations : 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-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
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 Scorecard; The 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 consensus 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 Research Conclusions; For Future Research; Further Comparison; A Closer Examination of Mexico; A Systems Perspective; References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219982703321 |
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Los derechos humanos y la violencia : estado, instituciones y sociedad civil / / Karina Ansolabehere, Sandra Serrano y Luis Daniel Vázquez (coordinadores) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bogotá : , : Universidad de los Andes, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xliv, 283 páginas) : ilustraciones |
Disciplina | 323.098 |
Collana | Estudios académicos |
Soggetto topico |
Derechos humanos - América Latina
Derechos humanos - Colombia Derechos humanos - México Violencia - América Latina Violencia - Colombia Violencia - México Violencia política - América Latina Violencia política - Colombia Violencia política - México Human rights - Latin America Human rights - Colombia Human rights - Mexico Violence - Latin America Violence - Colombia Violence - Mexico Political violence - Latin America Political violence - Colombia Political violence - Mexico |
Soggetto genere / forma | Libros electronicos. |
ISBN | 958-774-189-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | spa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910671355303321 |
Bogotá : , : Universidad de los Andes, , 2015 | ||
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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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220117803321 |
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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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Security in Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : implications for U.S. policy options / / Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Benjamin Bahney, K. Jack Riley |
Autore | Schaefer Agnes Gereben |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (107 p.) |
Disciplina |
355.033072
355/.033072 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BahneyBenjamin
RileyKevin Jack <1964-> |
Collana | Rand Corporation monograph series Security in Mexico |
Soggetto topico |
National security - United States
Border security - United States Internal security - Mexico Drug traffic - Mexico Drug control - International cooperation Violence - Mexico |
ISBN |
1-282-28279-4
9786612282799 0-8330-4735-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Need for This Study; Methodology; Organization of This Monograph; CHAPTER TWO: Assessment of the Current Security Situationin Mexico; Mexico's Security Structure; Security in Three U.S. Priority Areas; Increased Domestic Crime; CHAPTER THREE: The Mexican Government's Response; Recent Actions and Federal Responses; Organized Crime; Illegal Migration and Human Trafficking; Terrorism and Rebel Insurgencies; What Mexico Is Doing at the State and Local Levels
CHAPTER FOUR: Impact on the United States and the U.S. Government's ResponseImpact on the United States; Overview of U.S. Aid to Mexico; The Mérida Initiative; Barriers to Monitoring the Effectiveness of Aid; CHAPTER FIVE: Conclusions and Recommendations; Potential Priorities for the New U.S. Administration; U.S. Policy Options for Improving Security in Mexico; Assessment of the Three Policy Options; Mexico's Reaction to the Three Policy Options; The Future of U.S.-Mexico Security Relations; References |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996320216003316 |
Schaefer Agnes Gereben
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Security in Mexico : implications for U.S. policy options / / Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Benjamin Bahney, K. Jack Riley |
Autore | Schaefer Agnes Gereben |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (107 p.) |
Disciplina |
355.033072
355/.033072 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BahneyBenjamin
RileyKevin Jack <1964-> |
Collana | Rand Corporation monograph series Security in Mexico |
Soggetto topico |
National security - United States
Border security - United States Internal security - Mexico Drug traffic - Mexico Drug control - International cooperation Violence - Mexico |
ISBN |
1-282-28279-4
9786612282799 0-8330-4735-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Need for This Study; Methodology; Organization of This Monograph; CHAPTER TWO: Assessment of the Current Security Situationin Mexico; Mexico's Security Structure; Security in Three U.S. Priority Areas; Increased Domestic Crime; CHAPTER THREE: The Mexican Government's Response; Recent Actions and Federal Responses; Organized Crime; Illegal Migration and Human Trafficking; Terrorism and Rebel Insurgencies; What Mexico Is Doing at the State and Local Levels
CHAPTER FOUR: Impact on the United States and the U.S. Government's ResponseImpact on the United States; Overview of U.S. Aid to Mexico; The Mérida Initiative; Barriers to Monitoring the Effectiveness of Aid; CHAPTER FIVE: Conclusions and Recommendations; Potential Priorities for the New U.S. Administration; U.S. Policy Options for Improving Security in Mexico; Assessment of the Three Policy Options; Mexico's Reaction to the Three Policy Options; The Future of U.S.-Mexico Security Relations; References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910143060403321 |
Schaefer Agnes Gereben
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La violencia regional en México / / José Alfredo Zavaleta Betancourt |
Autore | Zavaleta Betancourt José Alfredo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Argentina : , : CLACSO, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 recurso en línea (285 páginas) |
Disciplina | 303.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Violence - Mexico
Violencia - México |
Soggetto genere / forma | Libros electronicos. |
ISBN | 987-722-735-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | spa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910438954903321 |
Zavaleta Betancourt José Alfredo
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The violent crossroads of Central America / / Thomas J. O'Callaghan and Louis Bellandi, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Nova Publishers, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (122 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 363.450972 |
Collana |
Latin American political, economic, and security issues
Global political studies |
Soggetto topico |
Drug control - Central America
Drug traffic - Central America Violence - Central America Drug control - Mexico Drug traffic - Mexico Violence - Mexico |
ISBN | 1-62257-887-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910148706803321 |
New York : , : Nova Publishers, , [2013] | ||
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