Selective security in the war on drugs : the coloniality of state power in Colombia and Mexico / Alke Jenss.

"The book offers a comparative analysis of security policies within the scope of the "war on drugs" in Colombia and Mexico and the authoritarian state transformation this entailed"--

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Transforming capitalism (Rowman & Littlefield International)
Main Author: Jenss, Alke, 1981- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2023]
Series:Transforming capitalism (Rowman & Littlefield International)
Subjects:
Drug control > Colombia.
Drug control > Mexico.
Drug traffic > Colombia.
Drug traffic > Mexico.
Drug control.
Drug traffic.
Colombia.
Mexico.
Physical Description:xvii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Selective Security, the Coloniality of State Power, and Dispersed Coercion
  • ch. 2 Wielding Power: Class, Race, and Politics
  • ch. 3 Supporting Repression: The Coloniality of Dispersed Coercion
  • ch. 4 Blurred Boundaries: A Continuum of Legal-Illegal Practices
  • ch. 5 Security Narratives: Generals, Patrones, and Criminals
  • ch. 6 Selective Security: Unstable Alliances, (Il)Legal Lawmaking, and the Silencing of Dissent
  • ch. 7 The Law, the Land, and the Gun: The Coloniality of State Power in Making Private Property
  • ch. 8 Enduring Violence.