Full Description
Breaking the Cycle of Structural Violence in Northern Mexico: Toward Integral Peace explores how large-scale economic interests and local power dynamics all play a role in creating a climate of violence against women, migrants, and other stigmatized groups in Northern Mexico. By using case studies and interviews, Juan Jaime Loera Gonzalez and Horacio Almanza Alcalde analyze the asbestos industry's role in causing cancer, structural gender violence, the high levels of risk faced by migrants, and how the government fails to address malnutrition among indigenous people. This book investigates conditions and the manifestations of structural violence and illuminates how these issues interconnect and perpetuate systemic injustices. This volume also offers a comprehensive framework for action by proposing strategies to dismantle oppressive structures and foster genuine peace.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Structural Violence and the Role of the State: A Historical Perspective
Chapter 2: Conditions Conducive to Structural Violence
Chapter 3: Gender-based and Feminicidal Violence in northern Mexico
Chapter 4: Structural Violence Towards Migrants at the Northern Border
Chapter 5: Structural Violence, Health, and Environment
Chapter 6: Our Proposal: Towards Integral Peace
Bibliography
About the Authors
