Description
Book SynopsisThe current drug trafficking crisis between the US and Mexico is a perfect storm that has caused deaths, disappearances, and widespread fear of violence and insecurity in the border area between these two countries. Current US drug control policies with Mexico are based on a militarized system of border control and characterized by domestic gridlock over drug control and immigration reform. However, because drug trafficking and other underlying issues have both domestic and international consequences, they cannot be resolved unless both countries work together. Using the Narcotrafico Threat to Build Public Administration Capacity between the US and Mexico explores how they can do exactly that.
Co-edited by two public administration scholars from Mexico and the US and comprising chapters by 18 other experts from Mexico, Canada, and the US, the book demonstrates how the current situation of drug trafficking and violence, on top of the other existing perceptions and
Table of Contents
The ‘Perfect Storm:’ Drug Trafficking in the Mexico-U.S. Trans-Border Region as an Unrecognized Opportunity to Strengthen Public Administration. Drug Trafficking and Public Administration: A Natural Relationship and a Global Problem. Regional Development, Education and Trans-border Governance: Towards the Creation of a True Economic and Social Community. Looks of Fear: A Reflection of the Fear and Violence in Mexico. A High Risk Profession: Risks and Costs for Mexican Democracy of Journalists in the Middle of the War against Drug Trafficking. The Military in the Homeland: Comparing the US and Mexico. Institutional Capacity and National Security Policy in Mexico: From Formalism to Realism. Critically Low Hispanic College Graduation Rates and Under-Representation in Public Administration. The Frontier of Knowledge: Between Life and Death. How Cartel Violence is Affecting Cross-Border Collaboration. The US – Mexico Border in the Making of Bilateral Policy. Civil Service: A Critical Feature for Reducing Corruption in a Country such as Mexico? Latin American States and the Onslaught of Unfinished Modernity: State Crisis and Public Security in Mexico. The Public Sphere and Governance. Analysis, Conclusions and Final Considerations.
