Private Security and the State in Latin America
The Case of Mexico City
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6235519 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Markus M Müller (0000-0002-8811-0225, Leipzig University, corresponding author), Markus-Michael Müller |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 131-154 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Brazilian Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1981-3821 • E-ISSN: 1981-3821 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1981-3869201000010005 |
| OpenAlex | W1558576241 |
| SCIELO_PID | S1981-38212010000100131 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article addresses the relationship between the privatization of security and the State in contemporary Mexico City. By presenting an analysis of the development of the local private security market, its regulatory framework and the problems stemming from inefficient enforcement of legal standards, it demonstrates that private security in Mexico City is not beyond the State. Rather, through formal and informal practices, the local state and its public security agencies play a central role within the recent transformations of local security provision
Business · Enforcement · Latin Americans · Law enforcement · Mexican State · Political science · Politics · Private security · Public security · State (computer science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Public Administration
City, Nation, Network
Le marché et le gouvernement de la sécurité
The role of defensive firearm use in the governance of security in Latin America
Constraints on the growth of private policing
Cultural and symbolic capital in the market for security
De-monopolizing the Bureaucratic Field
Security’ and private governance in São Paulo’s corporate centrality frontier
Support for Private Security in Latin America
The business of protection
Cycloactivism in Mexico City
Uneasy Partners Against Crime
A failure to impose control
Drugs, Violence, and the State
Edge of the knife
Citizens of Fear
Plural Policing
Crafting Transnational Policing
Democracy, Society and the Governance of Security
Law Enforcement in Mexico City
Conceptualizing Security Governance
The Transformation of Policing? Understanding Current Trends in Policing Systems
Democracy, Society and the Governance of Security
The Future of Policing
Transnational Crime and Public Security
Undermining the Rule of Law
Private Security
Blood and Debt
Security Beyond the State
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |