Pansters, Wil G. and Smith, Benjamin T. (2021) La mafia muere : violence, drug trade and the state in Sinaloa, 1940-1980. European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (112). pp. 91-116. doi:10.32992/erlacs.10867 ISSN 0924-0608.

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Abstract

The article examines the rise in violence in the state of Sinaloa between the 1940s and the 1980s. It analyzes the shifting structure of the drug trade and the changing roles of federal and state authorities, bringing both observations together. By looking at the changing nature of the drug trade and its relationship to state authorities from the 1930s through to the 1970s, the article attempts to understand why Sinaloa experienced such an upsurge in violence during the period, and to engage with three broad conceptual debates: the role of violence and coercion in Mexican state-making, a more particular debate about the (subnational) historiography of the 1960s, and 1970s; and, finally about the relationships between violence and (organized) crime. In doing so, it contributes to a significant paradigm shift from approaches that prioritized non-violent forms of state-making and political mediation, and with a strong focus on national institutions, towards one that systematically examines the role of coercion, violence, repression and criminal networks in the workings of Mexican state power and state-making.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General) H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare J Political Science > JL Political institutions (America except United States)
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Violence -- Mexico -- Sinaloa (State), Drug traffic -- Mexico -- Sinaloa (State), Organized crime -- Mexico -- Sinaloa (State), Sinaloa (Mexico : State) -- Politics and government
Journal or Publication Title:	European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Publisher:	CEDLA
ISSN:	0924-0608
Official Date:	30 December 2021
Dates:	Date Event 30 December 2021 Published
Number:	112
Page Range:	pp. 91-116
DOI:	10.32992/erlacs.10867
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	16 March 2022
Date of first compliant Open Access:	24 March 2022

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