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Taylor & Francis Using the Narcotrafico Threat to Build Public Administration Capacity between the US and Mexico 2014 Edition by Donald E. Klingner, Roberto Moreno Espinosa
The current drug trafficking crisis between the US and Mexico is a "perfect storm" that has caused deaths, disappearances, and widespread fear of violence and insecurity in the border area between these two countries. Current US drug control policies with Mexico are based on a militarized system of border control and characterized by domestic gridlock over drug control and immigration reform. However, because drug trafficking and other underlying issues have both domestic and international consequences, they cannot be resolved unless both countries work together. Using the "Narcotrafico" Threat to Build Public Administration Capacity between the US and Mexico explores how they can do exactly that.Co-edited by two public administration scholars from Mexico and the US and comprising chapters by 18 other experts from Mexico, Canada, and the US, the book demonstrates how the current situation of drug trafficking and violence, on top of the other existing perceptions and conditions, creates a real opportunity for the US to build relationships with its Mexican counterparts at state, local, national, and NGO levels. With chapters written by leading experts working in a broad spectrum of international and domestic US-Mexico policy issues, the book covers immigration, drug flow and conflict, gun-running, money laundering, education and economic and community development in both countries.. Only by supporting bi-national drug policies based on mutual understanding of the border as something that both separates and unites the US and Mexico will it be possible to develop cooperative policies that can lead from militarization to regularization of the US-Mexico border. Twenty years after the signing of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) in 1994, it is time to recognize the link between effective drug control policies and the emergence of North America as a regional economic, social, and political powerhouse capable of successfully competing with the European Union, China, and other emerging regions in our increasingly globalized world, this book offers concrete, long-term solutions for building cooperative and shared public administrative capacity on both sides of the border. Table of contents :- The 'Perfect Storm:' Drug Trafficking in the Mexico-U.S. Trans-Border Region as an Unrecognized Opportunity to Strengthen Public Administration, Donald E. KlingnerDrug Trafficking and Public Administration: A Natural Relationship and a Global Problem, Denis ProulxRegional Development, Education and Trans-border Governance: Towards the Creation of a True Economic and Social Community, Angelica Perez OrdazLooks of Fear: A Reflection of the Fear and Violence in Mexico, Jose Luis CisnerosA High Risk Profession: Risks and Costs for Mexican Democracy of Journalists in the Middle of the War against Drug Trafficking, Jose Antonio Rosique Canas and Gloria Rosique CedilloThe Military in the Homeland: Comparing the US and Mexico, Kurt Johnson and Michael A. NollInstitutional Capacity and National Security Policy in Mexico: From Formalism to Realism, Mario A. Rivera and Sofia Alejandra Solis CobosCritically Low Hispanic College Graduation Rates and Under-Representation in Public Administration, Ramona Ortega-Liston and RaJade M. Berry-JamesThe Frontier of Knowledge: Between Life and Death, Adriana Plasencia DiazHow Cartel Violence is Affecting Cross-Border Collaboration, Espiridion ("Al") BorregoThe US - Mexico Border in the Making of Bilateral Policy, Oscar Mauricio CovarrubiasCivil Service: A Critical Feature for Reducing Corruption in a Country such as Mexico? David Arellano Gault and Enrique Cabrero MendozaLatin American States and the Onslaught of Unfinished Modernity: State Crisis and Public Security in Mexico, Miguel Moreno PlataThe Public Sphere and Governance, Ricardo Uvalle BerronesAnalysis, Conclusions and Final Considerations, Roberto Moreno Espinosa