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Bootstrap justice : the search for Mexico's disappeared / Janice K. Gallagher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gallagher, Janice (Janice K.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disappeared persons--Mexico.
- Disappeared persons.
- Political persecution--Mexico.
- Political persecution.
- State-sponsored terrorism--Mexico.
- State-sponsored terrorism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Since 2006, more than 85,000 people have disappeared in Mexico. Disappeared people are rarely found, and the Mexican state almost never investigates or prosecutes those responsible. Despite this, people not only continue to report disappearances, but many devote their lives to answering the question, 'where are they?' Given the risks and institutional barriers, why and how do people mobilize for justice in Mexico? In 'Bootstrap Justice', Janice Gallagher leverages over a decade of ethnographic research to explain what enables the sustained mobilization of family members of the disappeared and analyze how configurations of political power between state and criminal actors shape what is possible for them to achieve.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Bootstrap Justice
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Map
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction: Sustained Mobilization and the Fight Against Impunity
- 2. The Beginnings: The Formation and Disruption of Legal Consciousness
- 3. State and Civil Society Responses to Disappearances in Mexico
- 4. The Evolution of Legal Consciousness: Gaining Voice and Grappling with the Law
- 5. Legal and Political Opportunities of the Uneven State
- 6. To What Effect? How Sustained Mobilization Erodes Impunity
- 7. Conclusion
- Afterword
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Gallagher, Janice K. Bootstrap Justice
- ISBN:
- 0-19-765001-5
- 0-19-764999-8
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