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Mexico´s Illicit Drug Networks and the State Reaction
Nathan P. Jones
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Description for Mexico´s Illicit Drug Networks and the State Reaction
Paperback. Timely and authoritative, Mexico's Illicit Drug Networks and the State Reaction provides crucial insight into why Mexico targets some drug networks over others, reassesses the impact of the war on drugs, and proposes new solutions for weak states in their battles with drug networks. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 figures, 1 tables, 7 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JKVG; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Mexican drug networks are large and violent, engaging in activities like the trafficking of narcotics, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, and mass murder. Despite the impact of these activities in Mexico and abroad, these illicit networks are remarkably resilient to state intervention. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and interviews with US and Mexican law enforcement, government officials, organized crime victims, and criminals, Nathan P. Jones examines the comparative resilience of two basic types of drug networks -- territorial and transactional -- that are differentiated by their business strategies and provoke wildly different responses from the state. Transactional ... Read more
Mexican drug networks are large and violent, engaging in activities like the trafficking of narcotics, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, and mass murder. Despite the impact of these activities in Mexico and abroad, these illicit networks are remarkably resilient to state intervention. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and interviews with US and Mexican law enforcement, government officials, organized crime victims, and criminals, Nathan P. Jones examines the comparative resilience of two basic types of drug networks -- territorial and transactional -- that are differentiated by their business strategies and provoke wildly different responses from the state. Transactional ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781626162952
SKU
V9781626162952
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99-25
About Nathan P. Jones
Nathan P. Jones is a nonresident scholar in drug policy and Mexico studies at the Baker Institute and an assistant professor in the Department of Security Studies at Sam Houston State University.
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