| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 43 pages). |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Council special report ; no. 60
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CSR (New York, N.Y.) ; no. 60.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Understanding Mexico's security crisis -- Current counter-drug efforts in Mexico -- The U.S. role -- Recommendations for U.S. policy -- About the author -- Endnotes. |
| Summary |
The drug war in Mexico has caused some U.S. analysts to view Mexico as a failed or failing state. While these fears are exaggerated, the problems of widespread crime and violence, government corruption, and inadequate access to justice pose grave challenges for the Mexican state. The Obama administration has therefore affirmed its commitment to assist Mexico through continued bilateral collaboration, funding for judicial and security sector reform, and building "resilient communities." The author analyzes the drug war in Mexico, explores Mexico's capacities and limitations, examines the factors that have undermined effective state performance, assesses the prospects for U.S. support to strengthen critical state institutions, and offers recommendations for reducing the potential of state failure. He argues that the United States should help Mexico address its pressing crime and corruption problems by going beyond traditional programs to strengthen the country's judicial and security sector capacity and help it build stronger political institutions, a more robust economy, and a thriving civil society. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Drug traffic -- Mexico.
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Drug traffic. |
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Mexico. |
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Drug control -- Mexico.
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Drug control. |
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Drug control -- International cooperation.
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Drug control -- International cooperation. |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico.
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United States. |
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International relations. |
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Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Center for Preventive Action.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shirk, David A., 1971- Drug war in Mexico. New York, NY : Council on Foreign Relations, Center for Preventive Action, ©2011 9780876094938 (OCoLC)696099382 |
| ISBN |
9780876094426 (electronic book) |
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0876094426 (electronic book) |
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1283084872 |
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9781283084871 |
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9780876094938 |
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0876094930 |
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