Using the "narcotrafico" threat to build public administration capacity between the US and Mexico / edited by Donald E. Klingner, Roberto Moreno Espinosa.

• 1. The "perfect storm" : drug trafficking in the Mexico-U.S. trans-border region as an unrecognized opportunity to strengthen public adminnistration / Donald E. Klingner -- 2. Drug trafficking and public administration : a natural relationship and a global problem / Denis Proulx -- 3. Regional development, education, and trans-border governance : toward the creation of a true economic and social community / Ang♭?lica P♭?rez Ordaz -- 4. Looks of fear : a reflection of violence and crime in Mexico / Jos♭? Luis Cisneros -- 5. A high-risk profession : risks and costs for Mexican democracy of journalists in the middle of the war against drug trafficking / Jos♭? Antonio Rosique Ca♭?as and Gloria Rosique Cedillo -- 6. The military in the homeland : comparing the United States and Mexico / Kurt A. Johnson and Michael A. Noll -- 7. Institutional capacity and national security policy in Mexico : from formalism to realism / Mario A. Rivera and Sofia Alejandra Solis Cobos -- 8. Critically low Hispanic college graduation rates and a clear absence of Hispanic high-level administrators in Arizona, California, and Texas / Ramona Ortega-Liston and Rajade M. Berry-James -- 9. The frontier of knowledge : between life and death / Adriana Plasencia Diaz -- 10. How cartel violence is affecting cross-border collaboration / Espiridion "Al" Borrego -- 11. The U.S.-Mexico border in the making of bilateral policy / Oscar Mauricio Covarrubias -- 12. Civil service : a critical feature of stability for reducing corruption in a country such as Mexico? / David Arellano Gault and Enrique Cabrero Mendoza -- 13. Latin American states and the imperatives of unfinished modernity : state crisis and public security in Mexico / Miguel Moreno Plata -- 14. Publicness and governance / Ricardo Uvalle Berrones -- 15. Analysis, conclusions, and final considerations / Roberto Moreno Espinosa.

• "This book collects chapters written by leading experts working in the trenches of U.S.-Mexico policy issues. Topics covered include immigration, drug flow and conflict, gun-running, money-laundering, and the economic and cultural impacts on both sides. The book shows how the current situation of drug trafficking and violence, on top of the other existing perceptions and conditions, create a real opportunity for the U.S. to build relationships with its Mexican counterparts at state, local, national, and NGO levels. The book offers concrete, long-term solutions for cooperation and shared public administrative capacity on both sides of the border. "-- 

Ämnesord

Public administration  -- Mexico. (LCSH)

Public institutions  -- Mexico. (LCSH)

Drug traffic  -- Government policy -- Mexico. (LCSH)

Drug traffic  -- Government policy -- United States. (LCSH)

Drug traffic  -- Mexican-American Border Region. (LCSH)

Narco-terrorism  -- Mexico. (LCSH)

Mexico  -- Politics and government -- 21st century. (LCSH)

United States  -- Foreign relations -- Mexico. (LCSH)

Mexico  -- Foreign relations -- United States. (LCSH)

Genre

Electronic books.  (LCSH)