Mexico Is Not Colombia : Alternative Historical Analogies for Responding to the Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations, Supporting Case Studies.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Figure and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER ONE: Colombia (1994-2010) -- Conflict and Violence in Colombia -- Explaining the Outbreak of Violence -- The Illicit Economy, Crime, and Violence -- State Failure and Weak Governance -- What Was Done to Improve the Situation? -- How Did It End Up? -- Similarities and Differences Between Colombia and Mexico -- Violence -- Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence" -- Traditional Threat/Insurgency -- Ethnically Motivated Violence -- Lack of Economic Opportunities -- Weapon Availability -- Competition over a Resource -- Ungoverned Spaces -- State/Institutional Weakness -- Patronage/Corruption -- Lessons for Mexico -- CHAPTER TWO: Peru (1980-1992) -- Conflict and Violence in Peru -- Peru's Informal Economy and the Coca Industry -- Sendero Luminoso -- Sendero's Violence -- The State and Peruvian Forces in the 1980s -- The Fujimori Government -- What Was Done to Improve the Situation? -- How Did It End Up? -- Similarities and Differences Between Peru and Mexico -- Violence -- Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence" -- Traditional Threat/Insurgency -- Ethnically Motivated Violence -- Lack of Economic Opportunities -- Weapon Availability -- Competition over a Resource -- Ungoverned Spaces -- State/Institutional Weakness -- Patronage/Corruption -- Lessons for Mexico -- CHAPTER THREE: The Balkans (1991-2010) -- Conflict and Violence in the Balkans -- The Role of the Serb Volunteer Guard ("Arkan's Tigers") -- Explaining the Outbreak of Violence -- Illicit Economy, Crime, and Violence -- Smuggling and Trafficking -- State Failure and Weak Governance -- What Was Done to Improve the Situation? -- How Did It End Up? -- Similarities and Differences Between the Balkans and Mexico -- Violence.

Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence" -- Traditional Threat/Insurgency -- Ethnically Motivated Violence -- Lack of Economic Opportunities -- Weapon Availability -- Competition over a Resource -- Ungoverned Spaces -- State/Institutional Weakness -- Patronage/Corruption -- Lessons for Mexico -- CHAPTER FOUR: West Africa (1990-2010) -- Conflict and Violence in West Africa -- Revolutionary United Front -- West Side Boys -- Explaining the Outbreak of Violence -- Illicit Economy, Crime, and Violence -- Smuggling and Trafficking -- State Failure and Weak Governance -- What Was Done to Improve the Situation? -- How Did It End Up? -- Similarities and Differences Between West Africa and Mexico -- Violence -- Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence" -- Traditional Threat/Insurgency -- Ethnically Motivated Violence -- Lack of Economic Opportunities -- Weapon Availability -- Competition over a Resource -- Ungoverned Spaces -- State/Institutional Weakness -- Patronage/Corruption -- Lessons for Mexico -- CHAPTER FIVE: The Caucasus (1990-2012) -- Conflict and Violence in the Caucasus -- State Breakdown -- Economic Failure -- Replacing the State -- Violence in the Caucasus -- What Was Done to Improve the Situation? -- How Did It End Up? -- Similarities and Differences Between the Caucasus and Mexico -- Violence -- Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence" -- Traditional Threat/Insurgency -- Ethnically Motivated Violence -- Lack of Economic Opportunities -- Weapon Availability -- Competition over a Resource -- Ungoverned Spaces -- State/Institutional Weakness -- Patronage/Corruption -- Lessons for Mexico -- CHAPTER SIX: Somalia (1991-2010) -- Conflict and Violence in Somalia -- The Breakdown of Societal Norms and Unfettered Violence in the Early 1990s -- Explaining the Outbreak of Violence -- Illicit Economy, Crime, and Violence.

State Failure and Weak Governance -- What Was Done to Improve the Situation? -- How Did It End Up? -- Similarities and Differences Between Somalia and Mexico -- Violence -- Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence" -- Traditional Threat/Insurgency -- Ethnically Motivated Violence -- Lack of Economic Opportunities -- Weapon Availability -- Competition over a Resource -- Ungoverned Spaces -- State/Institutional Weakness -- Patronage/Corruption -- Lessons for Mexico -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Angola (1992-2010) -- Conflict and Violence in Angola -- The Cult of Jonas Savimbi -- Explaining the Outbreak of Violence -- Illicit Economy, Crime, and Violence -- State Failure and Weak Governance -- Corruption and Patronage Politics -- What Was Done to Improve the Situation? -- How Did It End Up? -- Similarities and Differences Between Angola and Mexico -- Violence -- Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence" -- Traditional Threat/Insurgency -- Ethnically Motivated Violence -- Lack of Economic Opportunities -- Weapon Availability -- Competition over a Resource -- Ungoverned Spaces -- State/Institutional Weakness -- Patronage/Corruption -- Lessons for Mexico -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Burma (1988-2012) -- Conflict and Violence in Burma -- Funding, the Economy, and the Transformation of the Conflict -- What Was Done to Improve the Situation? -- How Did It End Up? -- Similarities and Differences Between Burma and Mexico -- Violence -- Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence" -- Traditional Threat/Insurgency -- Ethnically Motivated Violence -- Lack of Economic Opportunities -- Weapon Availability -- Competition over a Resource -- Ungoverned Spaces -- State/Institutional Weakness -- Patronage/Corruption -- Lessons for Mexico -- CHAPTER NINE: Tajikistan (1992-2008) -- Conflict and Violence in Tajikistan -- Tajikistan's Pre-Civil War Economy -- The Rise of the Illicit Economy.

A Possible Loss of Control -- What Improvements Were Made? -- How Did It End Up? -- Similarities and Differences Between Tajikistan and Mexico -- Violence -- Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence" -- Traditional Threat/Insurgency -- Ethnically Motivated Violence -- Lack of Economic Opportunities -- Weapon Availability -- Competition over a Resource -- Ungoverned Spaces -- State/Institutional Weakness -- Patronage/Corruption -- Lessons for Mexico -- CHAPTER TEN: Afghanistan (2001-2013) -- Conflict and Violence in Afghanistan -- The Rise of the Illicit Economy -- The Transformation of the Citizen-State Relationship -- What Was Done to Improve the Situation? -- How Did It End Up? -- Similarities and Differences Between Afghanistan and Mexico -- Violence -- Indiscriminate Mayhem or "Anomic Violence" -- Traditional Threat/Insurgency -- Ethnically Motivated Violence -- Lack of Economic Opportunities -- Weapon Availability -- Competition over a Resource -- Ungoverned Spaces -- State/Institutional Weakness -- Patronage/Corruption -- Lessons for Mexico -- References.

Despite the scope of the threat they pose to Mexico's security, violent drug-trafficking organizations are not well understood, and optimal strategies to combat them have not been identified. While there is no perfectly analogous case to Mexico's current security situation, historical case studies may offer lessons for policymakers as they cope with challenges related to violence and corruption in that country.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.