Mexico  (tagged articles)

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A State of Illegitimacy: The Dynamics of Criminal and State Legitimacy in Mexico

Benjamin J. Mackey - The following paper seeks to elucidate the complex processes involved in the Mexican State’s loss of authority and the subsequent acquisition of this authority by armed criminal groups operating in that country. In theoretical terms, this authority is termed... Keep Reading »
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A Line in the Sand: Drug Control Along the U.S.-Mexico Border

Benjamin J. Mackey - This paper analyzes the ongoing drug war being waged between Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), their rivals, and the U.S./Mexican governments. This analysis is conducted through the lens of drug control; namely, through an examination of the distinct strategies... Keep Reading »
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Mexican Drug Activity, Economic Development, and Unemployment in a Rational Choice Framework

David J. Masucci - From his inauguration in 2005 to the end of his presidency in 2012, Mexican President Felipe Calderon presided over one of the most violent periods in his country’s history. Making good on one of his election promises, Calderon unleashed the country’s military... Keep Reading »
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The Impact of the Zapatista Movement on Women's Rights in Chiapas, Mexico

Gina Weires - This paper seeks to determine the impact the Zapatista Movement had on women's rights in Chiapas, Mexico. I hypothesized that the movement positively, but indirectly, impacted women's rights in Chiapas by causing increased awareness of the issues in the region and... Keep Reading »

Deconstructing the Camarena Affair and the Militarized United States-Mexico Border

Benjamin Schenk - Recently, the state of the United States-Mexico border has assumed primary importance in American domestic politics. And with that, the border has been conflated with notions of security. This paper will investigate the root causes of the border's securitization by... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Mexico is tagged in the following 10 articles.

Comparative Politics
2018, Vol. 10 No. 10
A State of Illegitimacy: The Dynamics of Criminal and State Legitimacy in Mexico
By Benjamin J. Mackey
The following paper seeks to elucidate the complex processes involved in the Mexican State’s loss of authority and the subsequent acquisition of this authority by armed criminal groups operating in that country. In theoretical terms, this... Read Article »
Mexico Failed States Transnational Criminal Organizations State Authority Legitimacy Power Sovereignty
Drug Trafficking
2018, Vol. 10 No. 01
A Line in the Sand: Drug Control Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
By Benjamin J. Mackey
This paper analyzes the ongoing drug war being waged between Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), their rivals, and the U.S./Mexican governments. This analysis is conducted through the lens of drug control; namely, through an examination... Read Article »
Drug Trafficking Border Security U.S.-Mexico Border War on Drugs Organized Crime Cartels
Drug Trafficking
2013, Vol. 5 No. 09
Mexican Drug Activity, Economic Development, and Unemployment in a Rational Choice Framework
By David J. Masucci
From his inauguration in 2005 to the end of his presidency in 2012, Mexican President Felipe Calderon presided over one of the most violent periods in his country’s history. Making good on one of his election promises, Calderon unleashed the... Read Article »
Latin America Mexico Drug Trafficking Rational Choice Gang Violence Unemployment Economic Development
Social Movements
2012, Vol. 1 No. 1
The Impact of the Zapatista Movement on Women's Rights in Chiapas, Mexico
By Gina Weires
Published by Clocks and Clouds
This paper seeks to determine the impact the Zapatista Movement had on women's rights in Chiapas, Mexico. I hypothesized that the movement positively, but indirectly, impacted women's rights in Chiapas by causing increased awareness of the issues... Read Article »
Zapatistas Mexico Women's Rights Latin America Social Movements
2012, Vol. 5 No. 2
Deconstructing the Camarena Affair and the Militarized United States-Mexico Border
By Benjamin Schenk
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
Recently, the state of the United States-Mexico border has assumed primary importance in American domestic politics. And with that, the border has been conflated with notions of security. This paper will investigate the root causes of the border... Read Article »
U.S.-Mexico Border Drugs Drug Trafficking Mexico Migration Camarena Cartels War on Drugs
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
Grassroots in San Cristobal de las Casas: Sna Jtz'Ibajom and Zapatistas
By Ruth E. Dominguez
The performativity of ritual, theatre, and spectacle give credence to all three being viewed as a type of social action. Not only do these representations involve enactments, as such, they also involve social interaction among participants. There... Read Article »
Zapatistas Sna Jtz'Ibajom Mexico San Cristobal De Las Casas Grassroots
Machismo
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
Yo soy yo y mi circunstancia: The Socioeconomic Origins of Machismo and the Macho
By Scott Berghegger
The simultaneous allure and repulsion of Mexican machismo belies its ambiguous nature as an identifying characteristic of the nation itself and as a phenomenon that some claim is unique to Mexico and others say is endemic throughout patriarchal... Read Article »
Culture Machismo Macho Socioeconomic Mexican Mexico Nationalism Identity Yo Soy Yo Yi Mi Circunstancia Socioeconomic Origins
Machismo
2009, Vol. 1 No. 10
Machismo and the Reaction Formation of the Mexican Man
By Scott Berghegger
Américo Paredes, in his 1971 article “The United States, Mexico, and Machismo” (Marcy Steen, trans.), defines the macho as “the superman of the multitude,” a “national type” by which Mexico, as a nation... Read Article »
Culture Machismo Macho Mexico Mexican United States Reaction Formation
Nafta
2009, Vol. 1 No. 10
Invasion of the Invaded: NAFTA and the Rise of Illegal Immigration
By Joshua R. Keefe
On January 1, 1994, the day the North American Free Trade Agreement, the great neoliberal experiment that tested the economic waters of the post-cold war world went into effect, the southern Mexican state of Chiapas was under siege. They came from... Read Article »
Mexico Immigration NAFTA Illegal Immigration Invasion Of the Invaded North American Free Trade Agreement
Mexico
2007, Vol. 1 No. 1
Country of Contradictions: Mexico's Transition to Modernity
By Lauren Herget
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
A country’s transition from Cold War-era third-world dependence into competitive, global autonomy is often a difficult and complicated process. Like many other developing nations today, Mexico is meeting its fair share of stumbling blocks... Read Article »
Mexico Modernization Democratization Mexican Politics Natural Resources

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