00000cmm a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217611037509 Buklod 20230504003249.0 m go j cr cn |||aaaaa 110228s2011 xxu u | eng d 9781441980687 (eBook) 1441980687 (eBook) (iLib)UPD-00209103619 LC DML eng DMLUC HV 6535 M4 S33 2011eb Schatz, Sara 1963- Murder and politics in Mexico political killings in the Partido de la Revolucion Democratica and its consequences [electronic resource] Sara Schatz. New York Springer 2011. 1 online resource (xv, 243 p.) ill. Studies of organized crime 10. Introduction to Mexican politics--Theoretical dimensions of a structured system of impunity for political killings--Authorizing political killings in Mexico: The importance of a destructive Social Milieu--Disarming the Legal System: Impunity for the Political Murder of dissidents in Mexico--Impunity & electoral challenges from below :the killing fields of Guerrero--Impunity for Political Killings in A Comparative Perspective--Conclusion: the Future Appendix: A History of violence :case Studies of PRD Members Killed, 1994-2005. IP-based subscription, access limited to within on-campus computer network.ScAccess via Electronic Resources of the UPD University Library Website. Murder and politics in Mexico studies the causes of political killings in Mexico's liberalization-democratization within the larger context of political repression. Mexico?s democratization process has entailed a little known, but highly significant cost of human lives in pre- and post-election violence. The majority of these crimes remain in a state of impunity: in other words, no person had been charged with the crime and/or no investigation of it had occurred. This has several consequences for Mexican politics: when the level of violence is extreme and when political killings are involved that are systematic and pervasive, this could indicate a real fracture in the democratic system. This book analyzes several dimensions regarding impunity and political crime, more specifically, the political killings of members of the PRD in the post-1988 period in Mexico. The main argument proposed in this book is that impunity for political killings is a structured system requiring one central precondition, namely the failure of the legal system to function as a system of restraint for killings. Dr Schatz?s research finds that political assassinations are indeed rational, targeted actions but they do not occur within an institutional vacuum. They are caused by multiple, interacting factors that involve the political, legal and criminal justice systems. As a form of interpersonal violence, political assassination involves direct or implied authorization from political leaders, the availability of assassins for hire and the willingness of some political leaders to utilize them against political opponents, and violent interactions between political parties combined with judicial system ineffectiveness. A corrupt legal system facilitates the use of political assassinations and explains the persistence of impunity for political murder over time. To reduce political violence in the transition to electoral democracy, specific institutional conditions, namely a structured system of impunity for murder, must be overcome. Electronic reproduction. New York SpringerLink 2011. Available via World Wide Web through SpringerLink. Assassination Mexico. Mexico politics and government 20th century. Mexico Politics and government 2000- Electronic books. SpringerLink (Online Service). Electronic Resource Available for the University of the Philippines Diliman via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4419-8068-7 FO Monograph UPD DMLR Electronic Resource