Using the "narcotrafico" threat to build public administration capacity between the US and Mexico / edited by Donald E. Klingner, Roberto Moreno Espinosa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klingner, Donald E., author, editor.

Moreno Espinosa, Roberto, author, editor.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Public administration and public policy

ASPA series in public administration and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narco-terrorism.

Public institutions.

Politics and government.

Mexico--Politics and government--21st century.

Mexico.

United States--Foreign relations--Mexico.

United States.

International relations.

Mexico--Foreign relations--United States.

Public administration--Mexico.

Public administration.

Public institutions--Mexico.

Drug control--Mexico.

Drug control.

Drug control--United States.

Drug traffic--Mexican-American Border Region.

Drug traffic.

Narco-terrorism--Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 260 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Baco Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The current drug trafficking crisis between the US and Mexico is a "perfect storm" that has caused deaths, disappearances, and widespread fear of violence and insecurity in the border area between these two countries. Current US drug control policies with Mexico are based on a militarized system of border control and characterized by domestic gridlock over drug control and immigration reform. However, because drug trafficking and other underlying issues have both domestic and international consequences, they cannot be resolved unless both countries work together. Using the "Narcotrafico" Threat to Build Public Administration Capacity between the US and Mexico explores how they can do exactly that. Co-edited by two public administration scholars from Mexico and the US and comprising chapters by 18 other experts from Mexico, Canada, and the US, the book demonstrates how the current situation of drug trafficking and violence, on top of the other existing perceptions and conditions, creates a real opportunity for the US to build relationships with its Mexican counterparts at state, local, national, and NGO levels. With chapters written by leading experts working in a broad spectrum of international and domestic US-Mexico policy issues, the book covers immigration, drug flow and conflict, gun-running, money laundering, education and economic and community development in both countries. Only by supporting binational drug policies based on mutual understanding of the border as something that both separates and unites the US and Mexico will it be possible to develop cooperative policies that can lead from militarization to regularization of the US-Mexico border. Twenty years after the signing of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) in 1994, it is time to recognize the link between effective drug control policies and the emergence of North America as a regional economic, social, and political powerhouse capable of successfully competing with the European Union, China, and other emerging regions in our increasingly globalized world. With this in mind, the book offers concrete, long-term solutions for building cooperative and shared public administrative capacity on both sides of the border. Book jacket.

Contents:

The "perfect storm" : drug trafficking in the Mexico-U.S. trans-border region as an unrecognized opportunity to strengthen public adminnistration / Donald E. Klingner

Drug trafficking and public administration : a natural relationship and a global problem / Denis Prou lx

Regional development, education, and trans-border governance : toward the creation of a true economic and social community / Angélica Pérez Orda z

Looks of rear : a reflection of violence and crime in Mexico / José Lu is Cisneros

A high-risk profession : risks and costs for Mexican democracy of journalists in the middle of the war against drug trafficking / José Antonio Rosique Cañas and Glor ia Rosique Cedillo

The military in the homeland : comparing the United States and Mexico / Kurt Johnson and Michael A. Noll

Institutional capacity and national security policy in Mexico : from formalism to realism / Mario A. Rivera and Sofia Alejandra Solis Cobos

Critically low Hispanic college graduation rates and a clear absence of Hispanic high-level administrators in Arizona, California, and Texas / Ramona Ortega-Liston and RaJade M. Berry-James

The frontier of knowledge : between life and death / Adriana Plasencia Diaz

How cartel violence is affecting cross-border collaboration / Espiridion "Al" Borrego

The U.S.-Mexico border in the making of biilateral policy / Oscar Mauricio Covarrubias

Civil service : a critical feature of stability for reducing corruption in a country such as Mexico? / David Arellano Gault and Enrique Cabrero Mendoza

Latin American states and the imperatives of unfinished modernity : state crisis and public security in Mexico / Miguel Moreno Plata

Publicness and governance / Ricardo Uvalle Berrones

Analysis, conclusions, and final considerations / Roberto Moreno Espinosa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781466571105

1466571101

Publisher Number:

99977600373

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.