Organized crime, drug trafficking, and violence in Mexico : the transition from Felipe Calderón to Enrique Peña Nieto / Jonathan D. Rosen and Roberto Zepeda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosen, Jonathan D., author.

Zepeda Martínez, Roberto, author.

Series:

Security in the Americas in the twenty-first century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug traffic--Mexico.

Drug traffic.

Organized crime.

Mexico.

Drug control--Mexico.

Drug control.

Organized crime--Mexico.

Organized crime--Mexico--Prevention.

Violence--Mexico.

Violence.

Mexico--Politics and government--2000-.

Politics and government.

Organized crime--Prevention.

Physical Description:

vii, 158 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2016]

Summary:

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Rosen, Jonathan D., author. Organized crime, drug trafficking, and violence in Mexico

ISBN:

9781498535601

1498535607

OCLC:

950446886