Beyond the Drug War in Mexico - Human Rights, the Public Sphere and Justice

List of contents

Introduction: Beyond the Drug War: The United States, the Public Sphere and Human Rights
Wil G. Pansters, Benjamin T. Smith and Peter Watt
Part I: Securitization, Militarization and Human Rights
1 US pressure and Mexican anti-drugs efforts from 1940 to 1980: Importing the war on drugs?
Carlos A. Pérez Ricart
2 Mexico: A humanitarian crisis in the making
Mónica Serrano
3 Effects of militarization in the name of counter-narcotics efforts and consequences for human rights in Mexico
Laura Carlsen
Part II: The Public Sphere and the Press under Siege
4 Violence, co-optation and corruption: Risks for the exercise of journalism and freedom of expression in Mexico
Armando Rodríguez Luna
5 State of Denial: Crime Reporting and Political Communication in Sonora
Víctor Hugo Reyna García
6 Social movements in support of the victims: Human rights and digital communications
Rupert Knox
Part III: Justice and Reconciliation from Below
7 Beyond disorder and the constitution: Thinking about the law in regions of violence (the case of Cherán)
Erika Bárcena Arévalo and Orlando Aragón Andrade
8 Combing history against the grain: The search for truth amongst Mexico’s hidden graves
Carolina Robledo Silvestre

Summary

This volume examines the persistent militarization of the drug war and its consequences for human rights and the rule of law, together with the functioning of freedom of expression, and hence democracy, in a climate of violence, and crucially, on how ordinary people engage with the effects of violence and insecurity within their communities.

Product details

• Authors: Wil G. Smith Pansters
• Assisted by: Wil G. Pansters (Editor), Pansters Wil G. (Editor), Benjamin T. Smith (Editor), Peter Watt (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780367374310
• ISBN: 978-0-367-37431-0
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Europa Country Perspectives
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, REFERENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Encyclopaedias and reference works, Encyclopaedias & Reference Works