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Murder and Politics in Mexico studies the causes of political killings in Mexico’s liberalization-democratization within the larger context of political repression. Mexico’s democratization process has entailed a little known, but highly significant cost
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Sara Schatz
Murder and Politics in Mexico Political Killings in the Partido de la Revolución Democrática and its Consequences
Sara Schatz Department of International Studies Ohio State University 1885 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH 43210-1222 USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-8067-0 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-8068-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-8068-7 Springer New York Dordrecht London Heidelberg Library of Congress Control Number: 2011920810 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Acknowledgments
Foundations that funded work which informs several of the empirical chapters of this book allowed me to explore this serious and longstanding human rights problem in the context of a developing rule of law. These include the National Science Foundation, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellowship for the Study of Political Violence and the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC San Diego. I would also like to thank the Instituto de Estudios de la Revolución Democrática and the Fundación Ovando y Gil in Mexico for allowing access to their archives. Special thanks go to Joel Solomon at Human Rights Watch. I am also grateful for the support of several scholars including Todd Eisenstadt, Daniel Wilkinson, David López, Guillermo Zepeda-Lecuona, Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach, as well as Byron Schatz for their helpful suggestions and encouragement in completing this project.
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Contents
1 Introduction................................................................................................
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Political Killings as a Specific Form of Political Repression...................... The Political Killing of PRD Members in Mexico......................................
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2 Mexico’s Liberalization–Democratization in Context............................
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The Problem................................................................................................. Overview of the Mexican Political and Legal System................................. Origins..................................................................................................... 1988–2010: A Brief Overview of the Emergence and Electoral Vicissitudes of the PRD.........
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