Regional configurations of violence in Mexico: Accumulation, control and representation
How can we account for levels of violence, numbers of internally displaced people and territorial fragmentation in Mexico that are higher than most civil wars? In contrast with the literature, which isolates violence and crime from other social processes, we build on a comparison with civil wars to...
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| description | How can we account for levels of violence, numbers of internally displaced people and territorial fragmentation in Mexico that are higher than most civil wars? In contrast with the literature, which isolates violence and crime from other social processes, we build on a comparison with civil wars to account for the specificities of the regional configurations of violence in Mexico. We argue that armed actors, far from contesting the existing political institutions and system, conform to the social order to whose reproduction they thus contribute. In this introductory article of the ERLACS special collection Violent configurations of power in Mexico we look into the modes of accumulation, social-control mechanisms, and forms of representation to consider together lawful and unlawful activities, private and public actors, and legal and violent instruments. Thus, we build on the contributions of this special issue to analyze how the violent actors fit into regional political configurations. Resumen: Configuraciones regionales de violencia en México: Acumulación, control y representación ¿Cómo podemos dar cuenta de los niveles de violencia, el número de desplazados internos y la fragmentación territorial en México que son más altos que la mayoría de las guerras civiles? En contraste con la literatura, que aísla la violencia y el crimen de otros procesos sociales, construimos una comparación con las guerras civiles para dar cuenta de las especificidades de las configuraciones regionales de violencia en México. Sostenemos que los actores armados, lejos de oponerse al sistema y las instituciones políticas existentes, se ajustan al orden social a cuya reproducción contribuyen. En este artículo introductorio del número especial de ERLACS Configuraciones violentas de poder en México analizamos los modos de acumulación, los mecanismos de control social y las formas de representación para considerar en conjunto actividades lícitas e ilícitas, actores públicos y privados e instrumentos legales y violentos. Así, nos basamos en los aportes de este número especial para analizar cómo los actores violentos encajan en las configuraciones políticas regionales. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0cd4be74af924246b09d9b7c4a540cbe2022-12-22T04:12:17ZengCEDLAEuropean Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies1879-47502021-12-01112516910.32992/erlacs.1087110010Regional configurations of violence in Mexico: Accumulation, control and representationAdéle Blazquez0Romain Le Cour Grandmaison1École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHSS)University of Sorbonne Paris-1How can we account for levels of violence, numbers of internally displaced people and territorial fragmentation in Mexico that are higher than most civil wars? In contrast with the literature, which isolates violence and crime from other social processes, we build on a comparison with civil wars to account for the specificities of the regional configurations of violence in Mexico. We argue that armed actors, far from contesting the existing political institutions and system, conform to the social order to whose reproduction they thus contribute. In this introductory article of the ERLACS special collection Violent configurations of power in Mexico we look into the modes of accumulation, social-control mechanisms, and forms of representation to consider together lawful and unlawful activities, private and public actors, and legal and violent instruments. Thus, we build on the contributions of this special issue to analyze how the violent actors fit into regional political configurations. Resumen: Configuraciones regionales de violencia en México: Acumulación, control y representación ¿Cómo podemos dar cuenta de los niveles de violencia, el número de desplazados internos y la fragmentación territorial en México que son más altos que la mayoría de las guerras civiles? En contraste con la literatura, que aísla la violencia y el crimen de otros procesos sociales, construimos una comparación con las guerras civiles para dar cuenta de las especificidades de las configuraciones regionales de violencia en México. Sostenemos que los actores armados, lejos de oponerse al sistema y las instituciones políticas existentes, se ajustan al orden social a cuya reproducción contribuyen. En este artículo introductorio del número especial de ERLACS Configuraciones violentas de poder en México analizamos los modos de acumulación, los mecanismos de control social y las formas de representación para considerar en conjunto actividades lícitas e ilícitas, actores públicos y privados e instrumentos legales y violentos. Así, nos basamos en los aportes de este número especial para analizar cómo los actores violentos encajan en las configuraciones políticas regionales.https://www.erlacs.org/articles/10871violence, mexico, drug trafficking, state formation, accumulation, representation, violencia, tráfico de drogas, formación de estado, acumulación, representación |
| spellingShingle | Adéle Blazquez Romain Le Cour Grandmaison Regional configurations of violence in Mexico: Accumulation, control and representation European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies violence, mexico, drug trafficking, state formation, accumulation, representation, violencia, tráfico de drogas, formación de estado, acumulación, representación |
| title | Regional configurations of violence in Mexico: Accumulation, control and representation |
| title_full | Regional configurations of violence in Mexico: Accumulation, control and representation |
| title_fullStr | Regional configurations of violence in Mexico: Accumulation, control and representation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regional configurations of violence in Mexico: Accumulation, control and representation |
| title_short | Regional configurations of violence in Mexico: Accumulation, control and representation |
| title_sort | regional configurations of violence in mexico accumulation control and representation |
| topic | violence, mexico, drug trafficking, state formation, accumulation, representation, violencia, tráfico de drogas, formación de estado, acumulación, representación |
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