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Murder and Politics in Mexico (Record no. 15280)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781441980687
978-1-4419-8068-7
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Classification number HV6001-7220.5
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Classification number 364
Edition number 23
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-- Imprint: Springer,
-- 2011.
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Personal name Schatz, Sara.
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Title Murder and Politics in Mexico
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title Political Killings in the Partido de la Revolucion Democratica and its Consequences /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Sara Schatz.
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Extent XV, 243 p. 4 illus.
Other physical details online resource.
440 1# - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE
Title Studies of Organized Crime,
International Standard Serial Number 1571-5493 ;
Volume number/sequential designation 10
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Formatted contents note 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.
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Summary, etc 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 violence. The majority of these crimes remain in a state of impunity: in other words, no person had been charged with the crime and/or no investigation of it had occurred. This has several consequences for Mexican politics: when the level of violence is extreme and when political killings are involved that are systematic and pervasive, this could indicate a real fracture in the democratic system. This book analyzes several dimensions regarding impunity and political crime, more specifically, the political killings of members of the PRD in the post-1988 period in Mexico. The main argument proposed in this book is that impunity for political killings is a structured system requiring one central precondition, namely the failure of the legal system to function as a system of restraint for killings. Dr Schatz’s research finds that political assassinations are indeed rational, targeted actions but they do not occur within an institutional vacuum. They are caused by multiple, interacting factors that involve the political, legal and criminal justice systems. As a form of interpersonal violence, political assassination involves direct or implied authorization from political leaders, the availability of assassins for hire and the willingness of some political leaders to utilize them against political opponents, and violent interactions between political parties combined with judicial system ineffectiveness. A corrupt legal system facilitates the use of political assassinations and explains the persistence of impunity for political murder over time. To reduce political violence in the transition to electoral democracy, specific institutional conditions, namely a structured system of impunity for murder, must be overcome.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social sciences.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Criminology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Sciences.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Political Science, general.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9781441980670
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8068-7
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2014-04-01AUM Main Library2014-04-01 2014-04-01 E-Book   AUM Main Library364