Citizens Against Crime and Violence : Societal Responses in Mexico / Trevor Stack, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stack, Trevor, 1970- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo.

Violence.

Minorities--Crimes against--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Mexico has become notorious for crime-related violence, and the efforts of governments and national and international NGOs to counter this violence have proven largely futile. Citizens against Crime and Violence studies societal responses to crime and violence within one of Mexico’s most affected regions, the state of Michoacán. Based on comparative ethnography conducted over twelve months by a team of anthropologists and sociologists across six localities of Michoacán, ranging from the most rural to the most urban, the contributors consider five varieties of societal responses: local citizen security councils that define security and attempt to influence its policing, including by self-defense groups; cultural activists looking to create safe 'cultural' fields from which to transform their social environment; organizations in the state capital that combine legal and political strategies against less visible violence (forced disappearance, gender violence, anti-LGBT); church-linked initiatives bringing to bear the church’s institutionality, including to denounce 'state capture'; and women’s organizations creating 'safe' networks allowing to influence violence prevention.

Contents:

8. Society to the Rescue? Rethinking Responses to Crime and Violence / Trevor Stack

Acknowledgments

Notes on Contributors

Index

4. Sociolegal Activism in Contexts of Criminal and Institutional Violence: Challenging Forced Disappearances, Gender Violence, and Assaults on LGBTI+ People and Sex Workers / Salvador Maldonado and Iran Guerrero

5. Churches as Institutions in Regions of Violent Organized Crime / Trevor Stack

6. A Room of Their Own: Barriers to Women's Activism against the Continuum of Violence in Michoacán, Mexico / Catherine Whittaker

7. Key Objectives, Strategic Choices, and the Impact of Societal Responses to Violence: Lessons for Policy and Practice / Pilar Domingo and Sasha Jesperson

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

1. The Comparative Ethnography of Societal Responses to Crime and Violence in Mexico / Trevor Stack

2. Local Citizen Security Councils: Sustainable Responses to a Crisis of Trust in State Security Provision / Irene Álvarez, Denisse Román, and Trevor Stack

3. Cultural Activism: Mobilizing Art and Culture to Build Transformative Sociopolitical Fields / Edgar Guerra and Ariadna Sánchez

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-9788-2765-2

1-9788-2767-9

OCLC:

1309020183