Narcotraffic and power. A field of dispute over legitimacy Narcotráfico y Poder. Campo de lucha por la legitimidad
When transnational narcotraffic networks get established in a specific territory so that they can exist as an illegal project due to the prohibition context, they have to deploy a series of strategies in order to guarantee complicity, social indifference or intimidation. These strategies allow narco...
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| Language: | Catalan |
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Athenea Digital |
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| Online Access: | http://psicologiasocial.uab.es/athenea/index.php/atheneaDigital/article/view/632 |
| Summary: | When transnational narcotraffic networks get established in a specific territory so that they can exist as an illegal project due to the prohibition context, they have to deploy a series of strategies in order to guarantee complicity, social indifference or intimidation. These strategies allow narcotraffic networks to paralyze any citizen attempt to hindrance their activities. This article addresses the world of narcotraffic as social space of struggle over the legitimate monopoly of an illegal project. In order to do so, strategies and exercise of power of transnational networks located in two Latin-American territories (Baja California, M&eacute;xico and Valle del Cauca, Colombia) are identified and analyzed. <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Cuando las redes del narcotr&aacute;fico transnacional se asientan en un territorio espec&iacute;fico, debido al contexto de prohibici&oacute;n, para&nbsp;persistir en&nbsp;sus actividades&nbsp;deben desplegar una serie de estrategias que les garantice la complicidad, la indiferencia social o la intimidaci&oacute;n que paralice cualquier intento ciudadano por atentar contra sus actividades. En este art&iacute;culo se explora el mundo del narcotr&aacute;fico como un </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">espacio social de lucha por el monopolio leg&iacute;timo de un proyecto ilegal. Para ello, se identifican y analizan las estrategias y el ejercicio del poder de redes transnacionales localizadas en dos territorios de Latinoam&eacute;rica (Baja California, M&eacute;xico y Valle del Cauca, Colombia). </span></span></p> |
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| ISSN: | 1578-8946 1578-8946 |