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OverviewMexico has become notorious for crime-related violence, and the efforts of governments and national and international NGOs to counter this violence have proven largely futile. Citizens against Crime and Violence studies societal responses to crime and violence within one of Mexico's most affected regions, the state of Michoacan. Based on comparative ethnography conducted over twelve months by a team of anthropologists and sociologists across six localities of Michoacan, ranging from the most rural to the most urban, the contributors consider five varieties of societal responses: local citizen security councils that define security and attempt to influence its policing, including by self-defense groups; cultural activists looking to create safe 'cultural' fields from which to transform their social environment; organizations in the state capital that combine legal and political strategies against less visible violence (forced disappearance, gender violence, anti-LGBT); church-linked initiatives bringing to bear the church's institutionality, including to denounce 'state capture'; and women's organizations creating 'safe' networks allowing to influence violence prevention. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Trevor Stack , Trevor Stack , Irene Álvarez , Denisse RománPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.003kg ISBN: 9781978827639ISBN 10: 1978827636 Pages: 202 Publication Date: 17 June 2022 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: The Comparative Ethnography of Societal Responses to Crime and Violence in Mexico Chapter 2: Local Citizen Security Councils: Sustainable Responses to a Crisis of Trust in State Security Provision Chapter 3: Cultural Activism: Mobilizing Art and Culture to Build Transformative Socio-Political Fields Chapter 4: Socio-legal Activism in Contexts of Criminal and Institutional Violence: Challenging Forced Disappearances, Gender Violence, and Assaults on LGBT and Sex Workers Chapter 5: Churches as Institutions in Regions of Violent Organized Crime Chapter 6: A Room of Their Own: Barriers to Women’s Activism Against the Continuum of Violence in Michoacán, Mexico Chapter 7: Key Objectives, Strategic Choices and Impact of Societal Responses to Violence: Lessons for Policy and Practice Chapter 8: Society to the Rescue? Rethinking Responses to Crime-Related Violence and Corruption Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors IndexReviewsThis book takes an original lens to the crisis of violence, crime and insecurity in Mexico. Through an ethnographic approach, it critically and insightfully accompanies the efforts of social and civic actors in varied locations of Michoacan, from urban to more rural, to find a space to act creatively in and on the many violences they have to live with. --Jenny Pearce author of Politics without Violence? Towards a Post-Weberian Enlightenment In the face of government failure to provide justice and security, how have Mexican citizens - cultural and political activists, women's collectives, church groups - responded to violence and crime that upend their daily lives? This unique comparative ethnography by a multidisciplinary team of scholars foregrounds the creative, courageous, and arduous work through which people are stitching the torn social fabric of their communities. Empirically and conceptually rich, it is an essential, timely read. --Ieva Jusionyte author of Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border """In the face of government failure to provide justice and security, how have Mexican citizens – cultural and political activists, women’s collectives, church groups – responded to violence and crime that upend their daily lives? This unique comparative ethnography by a multidisciplinary team of scholars foregrounds the creative, courageous, and arduous work through which people are stitching the torn social fabric of their communities. Empirically and conceptually rich, it is an essential, timely read."" -- Ieva Jusionyte * author of Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border * ""This book takes an original lens to the crisis of violence, crime and insecurity in Mexico. Through an ethnographic approach, it critically and insightfully accompanies the efforts of social and civic actors in varied locations of Michoacán, from urban to more rural, to find a space to act creatively in and on the many violences they have to live with."" -- Jenny Pearce * author of Politics without Violence? Towards a Post-Weberian Enlightenment * ""In the face of government failure to provide justice and security, how have Mexican citizens – cultural and political activists, women’s collectives, church groups – responded to violence and crime that upend their daily lives? This unique comparative ethnography by a multidisciplinary team of scholars foregrounds the creative, courageous, and arduous work through which people are stitching the torn social fabric of their communities. Empirically and conceptually rich, it is an essential, timely read."" -- Ieva Jusionyte * author of Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border * ""This book takes an original lens to the crisis of violence, crime and insecurity in Mexico. Through an ethnographic approach, it critically and insightfully accompanies the efforts of social and civic actors in varied locations of Michoacán, from urban to more rural, to find a space to act creatively in and on the many violences they have to live with."" -- Jenny Pearce * author of Politics without Violence? Towards a Post-Weberian Enlightenment *" Author InformationTREVOR STACK is a professor at the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom, where he serves as the director of the interdisciplinary Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and Rule of Law. He is the author of Knowing History in Mexico: An Ethnography of Citizenship, the co-editor of Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty, and co-editor of Breaching the Civil Order: Radicalism and the Civil Sphere. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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