Mexico : narco-violence and a failed state? /

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Author / Creator:Grayson, George W., 1938-
Imprint:New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, c2010.
Description:xiv, 339 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7917633
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ISBN:9781412811514
1412811511
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Map of Mexico
  • Map of Michoacán
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Revolutionary Church
  • 2. Wars, Prohibition, and the Antecedents of Narco Churches
  • 3. Two Narco Churches Emerge
  • 4. The Weakening of the Revolutionary Church
  • 5. Diaspora of the Narco Churches
  • 6. Calderón's Anti-Drug Strategy
  • 7. Crusade against Evil Antagonists
  • 8. Emerging and New Narco Sects-Los Zetas and La Familia
  • 9. U.S.-Mexican Narcotics Policy: The Mérida Initiative and Beyond
  • 10. Prospect for Mexico's Becoming a Failed State
  • Conclusion: A Failed State?
  • Appendix 1. Selected Figures in Narco-Trafficking
  • Appendix 2. Ex-GAFES Involved in Drug Trafficking
  • Appendix 3. Women and Narco-Trafficking
  • Appendix 4. Mexican Police, Anti-Drug, and Intelligence Services
  • Appendix 5. Annual Causes of Death in the United States
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index