Addressing an Ambivalent Relationship
Policing and the Urban Poor in Mexico City
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3573281 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Markus M Müller (0000-0002-8811-0225, corresponding author), Markus-Michael Müller |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 319-345 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022216x12000041 |
| OpenAlex | W1974019914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 15 |
This article analyses citizen-police relations in the marginalised Mexico City borough of Iztapalapa. It demonstrates that despite predominantly negative perceptions about and experiences with the police, local residents do not abandon state institutions as security providers. The article claims that as formal and informal access to the legal and coercive powers of the police provides an important resource for local residents needing to resolve individual or collective security problems and conflicts in their favour, local police forces continue to be addressed and imagined by residents as relevant security actors
Ambivalence · Borough · Criminology · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Psychology
Penal state power in Latin America
Understanding contradictory styles of policing
Police, non-state actors, and political legitimacy in Central America
Penal Statecraft in the Latin American City
The Ambivalent State
Police Legitimacy and Hybrid Security Orders in Central America
Public’ Security and Patron–Client Exchanges in Latin America
Importing the 'West German model
When Informality Matters
Uses and Forms of Violence among the Urban Poor
The Clandestine Hands of the State
From 'making toast' to 'splitting apples
Citizens of Fear
City of Walls
Fractured cities
Situational Analysis
Public Security in the Negotiated State
The State on the Streets
Community Policing in Latin America
The Difficult Transition from Clientelism to Citizenship
Who is Using Whom?' Clientelism from the Client's Perspective
Democratic Legitimacy and Public Insecurity
Causes and Consequences of Political Clientelism
Faith in Our Neighbors
Blood and Debt
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,92 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |