Introduction

Drug Trafficking and the State

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4742579
AutoresChristian Geffray (autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen53
Número169
Páginas421-426
Fecha de publicación2001-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Social Science Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-8701 • E-ISSN: 1468-2451
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2451.00330
PMID19189500
OpenAlexW2090623254
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3

In this article we seek to highlight two generic patterns of state delinquency connected to drug trafficking: on the one hand, corruption through the neutralisation of the state's power, when the initiative is in the hands of drug traffickers, and, on the other, corruption through abuse of power when the initiative lies with civil servants. The studies presented in this chapter suggest, indeed, that the predominance of one or the other form of corruption is greatly dependent upon the history of the state and the balance of power between public institutions and drug trafficking networks. For example, the case of Mexico, where the various administrations remained for a long time under the de facto tutelage of a single party, may bear a greater similarity in this respect to the case of China than to that of Brazil, India, or Colombia. Beyond the differences, and regardless of the extent to which traffickers are independent of the power of the state, we raise the political question of clientelism

Abuse of power · China · Clientelism · Criminology · De facto · Democracy · Drug trafficking · Language change · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · State (computer science) · Corruption and Economic Development · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses