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Citizens against Crime and Violence

Societal Responses in Mexico

Trevor Stack Trevor Stack Irene Álvarez Denisse Román

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English
Rutgers University Press
17 June 2022
Mexico has become notorious for crime-related violence, and the efforts of governments and national and international NGOs to counter this violence have proven largely futile. Citizens against Crime and Violence studies societal responses to crime and violence within one of Mexico's most affected regions, the state of Michoacan. Based on comparative ethnography conducted over twelve months by a team of anthropologists and sociologists across six localities of Michoacan, ranging from the most rural to the most urban, the contributors consider five varieties of societal responses: local citizen security councils that define security and attempt to influence its policing, including by self-defense groups; cultural activists looking to create safe 'cultural' fields from which to transform their social environment; organizations in the state capital that combine legal and political strategies against less visible violence (forced disappearance, gender violence, anti-LGBT); church-linked initiatives bringing to bear the church's institutionality, including to denounce 'state capture'; and women's organizations creating 'safe' networks allowing to influence violence prevention.

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Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   3g
ISBN:   9781978827639
ISBN 10:   1978827636
Pages:   202
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Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

TREVOR STACK is a professor at the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom, where he serves as the director of the interdisciplinary Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and Rule of Law. He is the author of Knowing History in Mexico: An Ethnography of Citizenship, the co-editor of Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty, and co-editor of Breaching the Civil Order: Radicalism and the Civil Sphere.

Reviews for Citizens against Crime and Violence: Societal Responses in Mexico

"""In the face of government failure to provide justice and security, how have Mexican citizens – cultural and political activists, women’s collectives, church groups – responded to violence and crime that upend their daily lives? This unique comparative ethnography by a multidisciplinary team of scholars foregrounds the creative, courageous, and arduous work through which people are stitching the torn social fabric of their communities. Empirically and conceptually rich, it is an essential, timely read."" -- Ieva Jusionyte * author of Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border * ""This book takes an original lens to the crisis of violence, crime and insecurity in Mexico. Through an ethnographic approach, it critically and insightfully accompanies the efforts of social and civic actors in varied locations of Michoacán, from urban to more rural, to find a space to act creatively in and on the many violences they have to live with."" -- Jenny Pearce * author of Politics without Violence? Towards a Post-Weberian Enlightenment * ""In the face of government failure to provide justice and security, how have Mexican citizens – cultural and political activists, women’s collectives, church groups – responded to violence and crime that upend their daily lives? This unique comparative ethnography by a multidisciplinary team of scholars foregrounds the creative, courageous, and arduous work through which people are stitching the torn social fabric of their communities. Empirically and conceptually rich, it is an essential, timely read."" -- Ieva Jusionyte * author of Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border * ""This book takes an original lens to the crisis of violence, crime and insecurity in Mexico. Through an ethnographic approach, it critically and insightfully accompanies the efforts of social and civic actors in varied locations of Michoacán, from urban to more rural, to find a space to act creatively in and on the many violences they have to live with."" -- Jenny Pearce * author of Politics without Violence? Towards a Post-Weberian Enlightenment *"


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