Paramilitaries, crime, and thousands of disappeared in official
numbers - the so-called 'war on drugs' has perpetuated violence in
parts of Latin America, at times precisely in regions of economic
growth. Legal and illegal economy are difficult to distinguish. A
failure of state institutions to provide security for its citizens
does not sufficiently explain this. This book offers a detailed
analysis of the role of the state in violence: To what extent and
for whom do states produce order and disorder, by devising security
policies within the 'fight against drugs'? Which social forces
support and drive such policies? This first comparative study of
Colombian and Mexican security policies employs state theory and
critical political economy to understand recent dynamics of
violence in both contexts. It highlights how the 'war on drugs' has
exacerbated contradictions driven by a particular economic model,
and simultaneously resorts to discourses which criminalize
precisely those that this model has radically disadvantaged.
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