{"product_id":"police-reform-in-mexico-9780804778657","title":"Police Reform in Mexico","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Sabet explores how incentives in Mexican politics, organized crime, and a distrustful relationship between police and citizens have combined to prevent meaningful police reform in Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mexico's war on drugs has brought intense international attention to that country, and \u003ci\u003ePolice Reform in Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e directs that attention toward a realistic assessment of the reforms, laws, and mechanisms used to fight it . . . Although Mexico is mired in one of Latin America's biggest battles against crime, this book shows what a critical case it is for comparative analysis . . . The book's detailed description of Mexico's steady progress, even in the midst of a war that has killed tens of thousands of people, shows that even the strongest of barriers does not consign reform to failure.\" -- Mark Ungar * \u003ci\u003eThe Review of Politics\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is one of the best books on Mexico written in English in recent years. It provides substantial new research and analysis on one of the most important and least examined challenges in Mexico today: police reform and public security. It is meticulously researched, theoretically nuanced, and well written.\" -- Andrew Selee, Director, Mexico Institute * Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars *\u003cbr\u003e\"A thoughtful, careful, and analytically rigorous account of the vexing problem of police reform in Mexico. The book's wider discussion of the ways that Mexican political institutions both enable and limit successful police reform makes it a timely and provocative must-read for all who care about Mexico and its future.\" -- Diane E. Davis * Massachusetts Institute of Technology *\u003cbr\u003e\"Overall, Sabet's book offers an in-depth, textured account of the challenges facing police reform in Mexico, and is a must-read for anyone concerned with improving public safety and security. The book should be appealing to a wide range of audiences interested in contemporary Mexico, the politics of public safety, and the difference between changing formal, de jure rules or institutions (reform in theory) and changing informal, de facto institutions (reform in practice). Sabet's analysis resonates well beyond Mexico and policing, complementing broader conversations on state-building and the construction of stronger democratic institutions.\" -- Matthew C. Ingram * \u003ci\u003eJournal of Latin American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Sabet's work is well-written and well-documented and contains fresh proposals that may be useful in coming to grips with these long-standing barriers to the development of a strong civil society in Mexico. The last chapter includes several specific proposals that, if implemented, might lead the way to a brighter day for the US's neighbor across the river. The volume has a very useful list of Mexican acronyms, an index, and enlightening charts and graphs. It should find a wide audience . . . Recommended.\" -- J.S. Robey * \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e *","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405602038103,"sku":"9780804778657","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804778657.jpg?v=1730492964","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/police-reform-in-mexico-9780804778657","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}