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Making Peace in Drug Wars - Crackdowns and Cartels in Latin America (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,698
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Making Peace in Drug Wars - Crackdowns and Cartels in Latin America (Hardcover): Benjamin Lessing

Making Peace in Drug Wars - Crackdowns and Cartels in Latin America (Hardcover)

Benjamin Lessing

Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

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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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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Release date: December 2017
Authors: Benjamin Lessing
Dimensions: 235 x 158 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-19963-7
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Drugs trade / drug trafficking
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN: 1-107-19963-8
Barcode: 9781107199637

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