The politics of crime in Mexico
Subtitle: democratic governance in a security trap
By: John Bailey
Publisher: FirstForumPress, a division of Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781935049890
Subjects: Crime; Democracy; Internal security; Political corruption; Organized crime; Drug traffic; Administration of Criminal justice; Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Security traps and Mexico's democracy; title: Foundational crime : tax evasion and informality; title: Common crime and democracy : weakening vs. deepening; title: Organized crime : theory and applications to kidnapping; title: Drug trafficking organizations and democratic governance; title: State responses to organized crime; title: Escape routes : policy adaptation and diffusion.