Description: One of the most surprising developments in Mexico's transition to democracy is the outbreak of criminal wars and large-scale criminal violence. Why did Mexican drug cartels go to war as the country transitioned away from one-party rule? And why have criminal wars proliferated as democracy has consolidated and elections have become more competitive subnationally? In Votes, Drugs, and Violence, Guillermo Trejo and Sandra Ley develop a political theory of criminal violence in weak democracies that elucidates how democratic politics and the fragmentation of power fundamentally shape cartels' incentives for war and peace. Drawing on in-depth case studies and statistical analysis spanning more than two decades and multiple levels of government, Trejo and Ley show that electoral competition and partisan conflict were key drivers of the outbreak of Mexico's crime wars, the intensification of violence, and the expansion of war and violence to the spheres of local politics and civil society.
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EAN: 9781108841740
UPC: 9781108841740
ISBN: 9781108841740
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Book Title: Votes, Drugs, and Violence: The Political Logic of
Item Length: 22.9 cm
Number of Pages: 354 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Votes, Drugs, and Violence: the Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2020
Subject: Social Sciences, Sociology, Criminology
Item Height: 160 mm
Item Weight: 7000 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Guillermo Trejo, Sandra Ley
Subject Area: Sexual Abuse, Political Science
Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Item Width: 235 mm
Format: Hardcover
