| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 349 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in comparative politics |
|
Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
|
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
|
Available to OhioLINK libraries |
| Summary |
"In the most widely-accepted minimalist definition, democracy is conceived as a governance system in which citizens select their representatives through competitive elections and resolve their differences without bloodshed. While in recent decades scholars have shown that countries transitioning from authoritarian rule to democracy tend to experience major outbreaks of political violence, and that peace prevails only after democratic rules and practices have been fully engrained in society, the association of democratic mechanisms with different forms of violence continues to be mind-boggling. It continues to be analytically surprising and morally disheartening when newly established democratic mechanisms like voting and competitive elections become catalysts of collective violence. It is even more disconcerting when democratic mechanisms become triggers of violent conflict among "non-political" actors like organized criminal groups and drug cartels, which have long been considered quintessential examples of private illicit actors with no interest or meaningful connection with electoral politics. This book is the result of a long intellectual shared journey aimed at making sense of an uncommonly intense wave of large-scale criminal violence in Mexico that began six years after the end of one-party rule, when President Felipe Calderón (2006-2012) declared war on the country's drug cartels, triggering multiple state-cartel and inter-cartel violent conflicts across Mexican territory"-- Provided by publisher |
| Subjects |
Democracy -- Mexico -- 21st century.
|
|
Democratization -- Mexico -- 21st century.
|
|
Drug control -- Mexico -- History -- 21st century.
|
|
Mexico -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
|
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books |
|
History. fast |
| Alt Name |
Ley, Sandra (Writer on politics), author
|
|
Ohio Library and Information Network. |
| Link |
Print version: Trejo, Guillermo, (Writer on politics). Votes, drugs, and violence First edition. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020. 9781108841740 (DLC) 2020018253 |
| Dewey No |
364.40972 23 |
| LC NO |
JL1281 .T695 2020 |
| OCLC # |
1152356008 |
| ISBN |
9781108894807 electronic book |
|
1108894801 electronic book |
|
9781108841740 hardcover |
| Isn/Std # |
(OCoLC)1152356008 |
|