MEXICO:FACING THE CHALLENGES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND CRIME MEXICO:FACING THE CHALLENGES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND CRIME
William Cartwright
Perhaps more than that of any other country, Mexico's role in the New World Order exemplifies the stark fact that a free market economy may thrive in a political context rife with corruption and systematic human rights violations. In fact, those who believe that neoliberal policies by their very nature engender and promote impunity point to Mexico in evidence, while others insist that the two tendencies are unrelated and can and should be addressed in separate and discrete legal regimes.
This penetrating collection of papers, presents a wealth of detailed information on Mexico's record in recent years in the realms of crime (especially drug trafficking), political corruption, and human rights abuses, and examines the links between these areas and Mexico's well-known economic indicators. The authors, many of whom are Mexican, draw on a wide variety of domestic and international sources, including internal Mexican studies (both governmental and non-governmental), reports and studies from international organizations such as the United Nations and the Organization of American States, and reports from Human Rights Watch/Americas. Mexico: Facing the Challenges of Human Rights and Crime was sponsored by the International Human Rights Law Institute of DePaul University College of Law.
William Cartwright is Deputy Executive Director of the International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University College of Law and Coordinator of the Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan Program for Human Rights in the Americas.
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1999
708 Pages
hardcover
1-57105-134-1
Price: $125.00