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The Ambiguity of American Power: Drugs, Crime, and Violence in Latin America

Author(s) -

Thomas C. Bruneau

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

latin american research review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.489

H-Index - 48

eISSN - 1542-4278

pISSN - 0023-8791

DOI - 10.25222/larr.245

Subject(s) - latin americans , ambiguity , criminology , power (physics) , political science , drug trafficking , sociology , humanities , law , art , philosophy , physics , linguistics , quantum mechanics

This essay reviews the following works: Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, and Violence in the Americas Today. Edited by Bruce M. Bagley and Jonathan D. Rosen. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2015. Pp. ix + 431. $84.95 cloth. ISBN: 9780813060682. The Politics of Crime in Mexico: Democratic Governance in a Security Trap. By John Bailey. Boulder, CO: Lynn Rienner Publishers, 2014. Pp. ix + 225. $65.00 cloth. ISBN: 9781935049890. Women Drug Traffickers: Mules, Bosses, and Organized Crime. By Elaine Carey. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2014. Pp. vii + 281. $29.95 paper. ISBN: 9780826351982. Linking Political Violence and Crime in Latin America: Myths, Realities, and Complexities. Edited by Kirsten Howarth and Jenny H. Peterson. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016. Pp. vii + 143. $80.00 cloth. ISBN: 9781498507196. Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats: U.S. Policymaking in Colombia. By Winifred Tate. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2015. Pp. xi + 275. $29.95 paper. ISBN: 9780804795661.

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