Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and Violence in Mexico : The Transition from Felipe Calderón to Enrique Peña Nieto (Security in the Americas in the Twenty-first Century)

Rosen, Jonathan D./ Zepeda, Roberto

Lexington Books（2016/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 166 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781498535601
• DDC分類 364.972

Full Description

Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and Violence in Mexico: The Transition from Felipe Calderón to Enrique Peña Nieto examines the major trends in organized crime and drug trafficking in Mexico. The book provides an exhaustive analysis of drug-related violence in the country. This work highlights the transition from the Felipe Calderón administration to the Enrique Peña Nieto government, focusing on differences and continuities in counternarcotics policies as well as other trends such as violence and drug trafficking.

Contents

1.Introduction: Historical Context and Influential Factors
2.Felipe Calderón's War on Drugs: an Examination of the Counternacrotics Strategies
3.The Bloodbath: the Results of the Drug War during the Calderón Administration
4.The Enrique Peña Nieto Government: Drug War Strategies and Their Consequences
5.Failed States within Mexico: Problematic Zones for the Peña Nieto Government
6.Organized Crime and the Prison System: Hell on Earth
7.Reforms, Challenges, and Policy Proposals