Murder and Politics in Mexico Political Killings in the Partido de la Revolucion Democratica and its Consequences /

• Main Author: Schatz, Sara (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Studies of Organized Crime, 10
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Political science.; Criminology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Political Science.

Murder and Politics in Mexico studies the causes of political killings in Mexico’s liberalization-democratization within the larger context of political repression. Mexico’s democratization process has entailed a little known, but highly significant cost of human lives in pre- and post-election viol...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Mexican Politics
•  Theoretical Dimensions of a Structured System of Impunity for Political Killings
• Authorizing Political Killings in Mexico: The Importance of a Destructive Social Milieu
• Disarming the Legal System: Impunity for the Political Murder of Dissidents in Mexico
• Impunity & Electoral Challenges from Below: The Killing Fields of Guerrero
• Impunity for Political Killings in A Comparative Perspective
• Conclusion: the Future Appendix: A History of Violence: Case Studies of PRD Members Killed, 1994-2005.