Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaInstitutional Weakness and Anti-Crime Experience in Mexico
This paper discusses the relation between the political situation in Mexico and the evolution of organized crime through an analysis of the case of the state of Michoacan. It proposes that the failure of the policies implemented to combat crime in the country can largely be explained by the adoption...
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2021
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| author | Aguirre-Ochoa, Jerjes Gómez, Mario |
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| description | This paper discusses the relation between the political situation in Mexico and the evolution of organized crime through an analysis of the case of the state of Michoacan. It proposes that the failure of the policies implemented to combat crime in the country can largely be explained by the adoption of a police-military strategy that does not address the structural causes of violence. In terms of methodology, research was conducted from an ethnographic perspective based on a detailed examination of the anti-crime policies of recent Mexican presidential administrations and their impact on Michoacán; an analysis framed in the perspective of historical institutionalism. The study concludes that by taking advantage of the weakness of the state and broad gaps in its authority, power groups such as organized crime have successfully embedded themselves in the wider society and the specific, concrete dynamics of the Mexican political system, especially at the level of local governments, making the problem of criminality a political matter, not one that concerns only the police or the military. |
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| spelling | urvio-article-44072021-07-13T03:38:26Z Institutional Weakness and Anti-Crime Experience in Mexico Debilidad institucional y experiencia anticrimen en México Aguirre-Ochoa, Jerjes Gómez, Mario Crime; Corrupção; Drogas; México; Michoacán Crimen; Corrupción; Drogas; México; Michoacán Crime; Corruption; Drugs; Mexico; Michoacan This paper discusses the relation between the political situation in Mexico and the evolution of organized crime through an analysis of the case of the state of Michoacan. It proposes that the failure of the policies implemented to combat crime in the country can largely be explained by the adoption of a police-military strategy that does not address the structural causes of violence. In terms of methodology, research was conducted from an ethnographic perspective based on a detailed examination of the anti-crime policies of recent Mexican presidential administrations and their impact on Michoacán; an analysis framed in the perspective of historical institutionalism. The study concludes that by taking advantage of the weakness of the state and broad gaps in its authority, power groups such as organized crime have successfully embedded themselves in the wider society and the specific, concrete dynamics of the Mexican political system, especially at the level of local governments, making the problem of criminality a political matter, not one that concerns only the police or the military. El presente artículo analiza la relación entre corrupción política y narcotráfico en México, a partir del caso del estado de Michoacán. Se observa que, pese a la continuidad de la violencia, el Estado mexicano ha hecho poco por atender sistemáticamente sus causas estructurales. No se ha mejorado el estado de derecho, ni se han fortalecido las instituciones autónomas del Estado. Los poderes legislativos, en sus niveles locales y federales, continúan experimentando problemas de legitimidad y trasparencia en sus acciones. Asimismo, se han visto pocos avances democráticos en los gobiernos locales. Este artículo plantea la necesidad de mejorar la calidad democrática y la trasparencia de los gobiernos estatales de México y, especialmente, a escala municipal, como condiciones indispensables dentro de una estrategia estructural en contra del crimen organizado en el país. FLACSO - Sede Ecuador 2021-01-09 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4407 10.17141/urvio.29.2021.4407 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; No. 29 (2021): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (enero-abril); 45-57 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; Núm. 29 (2021): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (enero-abril); 45-57 1390-4299 1390-3691 10.17141/urvio.29.2021 spa https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4407/3591 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4407/3592 Derechos de autor 2021 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad |
| spellingShingle | Aguirre-Ochoa, Jerjes Gómez, Mario Institutional Weakness and Anti-Crime Experience in Mexico |
| title | Institutional Weakness and Anti-Crime Experience in Mexico |
| title_full | Institutional Weakness and Anti-Crime Experience in Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Institutional Weakness and Anti-Crime Experience in Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Institutional Weakness and Anti-Crime Experience in Mexico |
| title_short | Institutional Weakness and Anti-Crime Experience in Mexico |
| title_sort | institutional weakness and anti-crime experience in mexico |
| url | https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4407 |