Public security in the negotiated state

Description:

This book seeks to overcome the lack of theoretically informed empirical studies on policing and state-society relations in areas of limited statehood. By drawing on in-depth field research in Mexico City, Markus-Michael Muller offers an insightful analysis of the negotiated character of the Mexican state and its impact on policing. Despite the resulting un-public nature of Mexican policing, he demonstrates that Mexico City residents do not abandon the state as a security provider but continue to turn to the state, in a variety of formal and informal ways and even have normative expectations regarding state-centred security provision. By putting these findings in perspective with other related cases in Latin America, Africa and Asia, the author provides a new cutting-edge perspective on the material and symbolic relevance of the state in areas of limited statehood.

subjects: Politics and government,  Police,  Politicians, mexico,  Mexico city (mexico), politics and government,  Crime,  Police & security services,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Political Freedom & Security,  Law Enforcement

Places: Mexico City,  Mexico City (Mexico),  Mexico