Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and Violence in Mexico - The Transition From Felipe Calderon to Enrique Pena Nieto

Organized 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.

List of contents

1.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

About the author

By Jonathan D. Rosen and Roberto Zepeda

Summary

This book focuses on the major trends in organized crime, drug trafficking, and violence in Mexico. It highlights the transition from the Felipe Calderón administration to the Enrique Peña Nieto government and analyzes continuities and differences in counternarcotics policies.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Rosen, Jonathan D. Rosen, Jonathan D. Zepeda Rosen, Roberto Zepeda
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781498535625
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3562-5
• No. of pages: 166
• Series: Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century; Security in the Americas in th; Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century; Security in the Americas in th
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education