Organized Crime, Fear and Peacebuilding in Mexico

ISBN-13: 9783319949284 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 153 str.

Mauricio Meschoulam

Opis

The book focuses on the psychosocial effects that organized crime related violence has produced in Mexico. It connects one of the major worries of our times - terrorism - with the conditions of peacelessness that prevail in Mexico. Specifically, the project explores the role played by fear as a peace disruptor, as well as one of the most important obstacles to social and democratic development, and inclusiveness. The volume contributes to the debate on whether the escalation of violence in Mexico since 2006 has produced circumstances similar to those countries that suffer terrorism, and to what degree that discussion can help in the construction of a more democratic and inclusive society.

Spis treści

1. Chapter 1: Introduction

2. Chapter 2: Terrorism and Fear: Their Impact on Social and Democratic Development

2.1 Terrorism: Violence as a Vehicle for Communication

2.2 The Drivers of Terrorism

2.3 The Impact of Fear on Democratic Development, Human Rights and Inclusion

2.4 Multidirectional Effects

2.5 The Role of the Media

2.6 Conflict, Victimization and Democratic Processes

3. Chapter 3: Terror and Fear: The Mexican Case

3.1 The Evolution of Organized Crime and Violence in Mexico Since 2006

3.2 Terrorism, Quasi-Terrorism or Terrorist Tactics?

4. Chapter 4: Violence and Its Psychosocial Effects in Mexico

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Background

4.3 The Nature of Our Research

4.4 Results

4.5 Trauma Caused by Learning about an Incident: The First Signs of the Role of the Media

4.6 Other Results and Symptoms

4.7 Comparing Our Research and Other Studies and Discussions

4.8 Conclusions and Initial Recommendations

5. Chapter 5: Social Construction of Fear: The Role of Experience, Observation and Conversation

5.1 Qualitative Methodology

5.2 The Conceptual Framework

5.3 Phase 1: A Mexico City Neighborhood

5.4 Phase 2: Expanding the Study

5.5 Phases 1 and 2 Findings: Own Experience, Oral Conversation and Experiences of People Close to Participants

5.6 The Fear Factor

5.7 Phase 3: Company X, A Business Run Differently

5.8 The Study at Company X

5.9 Results of the Company X Employee Study (Phase 3)

5.10 Low Variations between the Company X Employee Study (Phase 3) and the Other Studies (Phases 1 and 2)

5.11 Contrasting the Three Phases of our Qualitative Investigation

5.12 What Can Be Gleaned from the Accumulation of Results

6. Chapter 6: Social Construction of Fear: The Role of the Media

6.1 Conceptual Framework: The Mass Media and Peacebuilding

6.2 Phase 4: Methodology and Sampling

6.3 Results

6.4 What distanced participants from the media?

6.5 What attracted participants to certain mass media?

6.6 Social Media

6.7 Connecting the Four Phases of the Qualitative Investigation and the PTSD Study

6.8 Fear, Peacebuilding and Democratic Development: What the Findings Say?

7. Chapter 7: Public Policy Proposals and General Recommendations

7.1 Delving Further into the Research

7.2 General Recommendations: Valuing the Importance of Local Measures

7.3 Recommendations Related to Mass Media

8. Chapter 8: Summary and Conclusions.

O autorze

Mauricio Meschoulam is Professor at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico.

Blurb

The book focuses on the psychosocial effects that organized crime related violence has produced in Mexico. It connects one of the major worries of our times – terrorism – with the conditions of peacelessness that prevail in Mexico. Specifically, the project explores the role played by fear as a peace disruptor, as well as one of the most important obstacles to social and democratic development, and inclusiveness. The volume contributes to the debate on whether the escalation of violence in Mexico since 2006 has produced circumstances similar to those countries that suffer terrorism, and to what degree that discussion can help in the construction of a more democratic and inclusive society.

Mauricio Meschoulam is Professor at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico.