Redefining Mexican "Security" : : Society, State, and Region Under NAFTA / / James F. Rochlin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Rochlin, James F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (217 p.)

This pioneering effort to conceptualize unforeseen—and nontraditional—security issues in Mexico confronts what went unaddressed in virtually the entire debate surrounding the NAFTA negotiations: the process of redefining security in Mexico within the context of increased economic integration with the U.S. and Canada. Grappling with the question of what "security" means in the Post-Cold War era, Rochlin discusses the economic dimensions of Mexican security concerns, the role of indigenous peoples, the evolution of democracy, military-civilian relations and human rights, feminist perspectives, environmental issues, and narcotrafficking, all within a historical context. His practical analysis—drawing heavily on a critical theory perspective, but borrowing as well from postmodernism and classical realism—is also an important contribution to the study of conflict resolution.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map of Mexico -- 1 A Conceptual Introduction -- 2 Dimensions of Mexican Economic Security: Neoliberalism, Ecocide, and Migration -- 3 The Indigenous and Mexican Security: Chiapas and Southern Mexico -- 4 The Illicit Economy and Security: The Discourse on Narcotrafficking -- 5 Democracy, Human Rights, and Mexican Security -- 6 The Mexican Armed Forces, the State, and Civil Society -- 7 An Analytical Conclusion -- List of Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book