Graduation Year
2017
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Latin American Studies
Reader 1
Miguel Tinker Salas
Reader 2
Marina Perez de Mendiola
Reader 3
Nancy Neiman Auerbach
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Abstract
Neoliberal has bee largely responsible for the creation of a narcoestado. As the Mexican state abandon its previous cultural projects such as education, employment, and social services, economic void increased. Narco-traffickers have increasingly filled this vacuum. Arguably, the weaken pillars of Mexican society allowed narco-trafficking to penetrate the areas once fulfilled by the state. It has led to the recruitment of economically dislocated farmers and citizens to turn to narco-trafficking for financial stability. Although, the state and narco-traffickers at times compete with each other to fulfill some of these functions, they also at times co-exist and merge into what has been referred to as narcoestado. This metamorphosis between the state and narco-traffickers has been responsible for the increasing impunity of violence and crime in México. It is also a factor in the continuous disenfranchisement of the rights Mexican citizens. The ubiquitous violence and fear have altered the ways Mexicans negotiate their rights. It has led to many resistance efforts and organizing across the country with the most notable example of autodefesas.
Recommended Citation
Montes, Nereida Guadalupe, "Negotiating Mexican Citizenship: Examining Implications of a Narco-State and Rebellions in Contemporary Mexico" (2017). Scripps Senior Theses. 1006.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1006
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