Penalizing democracy: punitive politics in neoliberal Mexico

During the last two decades Mexico witnessed a hitherto unparalleled increase in its prison population and an outright punitive turn in local politics. In analyzing these developments, the article argues that the latter are inseparable from different securitization processes emerging from the articu...

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Main Author: Müller, Markus-Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2016, Volume: 65, Issue: 3, Pages: 227-249
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Drug Trafficking
Mexico City
Organize Crime
Penal Code
Urban Space