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Book SynopsisOrganized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and Violence in Mexico: The Transition from Felipe Calderón to Enrique Peña Nieto examines the major trends in organized crime and drug trafficking in Mexico. The book provides an exhaustive analysis of drug-related violence in the country. This work highlights the transition from the Felipe Calderón administration to the Enrique Peña Nieto government, focusing on differences and continuities in counternarcotics policies as well as other trends such as violence and drug trafficking.
Trade ReviewThe most comprehensive book on Mexico’s contemporary security challenges and possible policy available. A wealth of information simplified into a brilliantly written work of scholarship. A must read. -- Hanna S. Kassab, Northern Michigan University
Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and Violence is an excellent synthesis of the evaluation of organized crime related to drug trafficking and the war that President Calderón declared in 2006. The result was a significant increase in violence. Six years after the change in government Enrique Peña Nieto came to power and decided to try to change the strategy without success. The authors argue that within Mexico there are some states, in fact, that are failed states because the government’s efforts to dismantle the drug cartels were not successful. The book is an excellent analysis for better understanding 10 years in which Mexico has applied the strategy of the war on drugs. -- Raúl Benitez-Manaut, Center for Research on North America (UNAM)
Table of Contents1.Introduction: Historical Context and Influential Factors 2.Felipe Calderón’s War on Drugs: an Examination of the Counternacrotics Strategies 3.The Bloodbath: the Results of the Drug War during the Calderón Administration 4.The Enrique Peña Nieto Government: Drug War Strategies and Their Consequences 5.Failed States within Mexico: Problematic Zones for the Peña Nieto Government 6.Organized Crime and the Prison System: Hell on Earth 7.Reforms, Challenges, and Policy Proposals
