Public security in the negotiated state : Policing in Latin America and beyond

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Label

Public security in the negotiated state : Policing in Latin America and beyond

Title remainder

Policing in Latin America and beyond

Statement of responsibility

Markus-Michael Muller

Creator

• Muller, Markus-Michael

Subject

• Mexico City (Mexico) -- Politics and government
• Police -- Mexico | Mexico City

Language

eng

Summary

• Policing and security governance in areas of limited statehood have become central issues in contemporary academic and political debates. This book offers an in-depth study on public security provision, the resulting state-society relations, and policing in Mexico City.
• This is a brilliant study on the complex articulation between the metropolitan police forces and the general public in Mexico City. It is rich in conceptualization, provides overwhelming empirical support and is eloquently written. I have no doubt about the character of this fine publication: It will be a modern classic in the field of public security and urban violence in Latin America. Highly recommended. Dirk Kruijt, Emeritus Professor of Development Studies, Utrecht University

Member of

• Governance and limited statehood
• Online access with purchase: Palgrave Connect

Cataloging source

UK-WkNB

Dewey number

363.2097253

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Summary expansion

This book seeks to overcome the lack of theoretically informed empirical studies on policing and state-society relations in areas of limited statehood. By drawing on in-depth field research in Mexico City, Markus-Michael Muller offers an insightful analysis of the negotiated character of the Mexican state and its impact on policing. Despite the resulting un-public nature of Mexican policing, he demonstrates that Mexico City residents do not abandon the state as a security provider but continue to turn to the state, in a variety of formal and informal ways and even have normative expectations regarding state-centred security provision. By putting these findings in perspective with other related cases in Latin America, Africa and Asia, the author provides a new cutting-edge perspective on the material and symbolic relevance of the state in areas of limited statehood