Making peace in drug wars : crackdowns and cartels in Latin America / Benjamin Lessing, University of Chicago.
2018
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Title
Making peace in drug wars : crackdowns and cartels in Latin America / Benjamin Lessing, University of Chicago.
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Description
1 online resource (xxi, 326 pages) : PDF file(s).
Series
Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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Introduction
pt. I. A theory of cartel-state conflict. What is cartel-state conflict?
Logics of violence in cartel-state conflict
Modeling violent corruption and lobbying
pt. II. Case studies. Colombia : conditionality to contain a killer
Rio de Janeiro : conditionality, one Favela at a time
Mexico : conditionality abandoned
pt. III. Conditional repression as outcome. The challenge of implementing conditionality
Explaining reform efforts' success : key factors and alternative hypotheses
The challenge of sustaining conditionality
Conclusion.
pt. I. A theory of cartel-state conflict. What is cartel-state conflict?
Logics of violence in cartel-state conflict
Modeling violent corruption and lobbying
pt. II. Case studies. Colombia : conditionality to contain a killer
Rio de Janeiro : conditionality, one Favela at a time
Mexico : conditionality abandoned
pt. III. Conditional repression as outcome. The challenge of implementing conditionality
Explaining reform efforts' success : key factors and alternative hypotheses
The challenge of sustaining conditionality
Conclusion.
Summary
Over the past thirty years, a new form of conflict has ravaged Latin America's largest countries, with well-armed drug cartels fighting not only one another but the state itself. In Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil, leaders cracked down on cartels in hopes of restoring the rule of law and the state's monopoly on force. Instead, cartels fought back - with bullets and bribes - driving spirals of violence and corruption that make mockeries of leaders' state-building aims. Fortunately, some policy reforms quickly curtailed cartel-state conflict, but they proved tragically difficult to sustain. Why do cartels fight states, if not to topple or secede from them? Why do some state crackdowns trigger and exacerbate cartel-state conflict, while others curb it? This study argues that brute-force repression generates incentives for cartels to fight back, while policies that condition repression on cartel violence can effectively deter cartel-state conflict. The politics of drug war, however, make conditional policies all too fragile.
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Print version: Lessing, Benjamin. Making peace in drug wars. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018
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English
ISBN
9781108185837 (ebook)
1108185835
9781107199637 (hardback)
9781316648964 (paperback)
1108185835
9781107199637 (hardback)
9781316648964 (paperback)
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