Review article

Mexico – A New Narco-Democracy in Latin America?

Lidija Kos-Stanišić ; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

In this paper, the author analyses the democratic transition and the first decade of the Mexican democracy. She points out that the democratic transition took place parallel with a huge expansion of the drug business, which caused the creation of extraconstitutional actors – drug cartels. The situation is particularly pressing in six Mexican federal states where the drug cartels cause deficiencies in the functioning of the majority of partial regimes of constitutional democracy. The conclusion raises fears that the collapse of democracy might extend to other federal states and that Mexico could turn into a narco-democracy in its entire national territory.

Keywords

Mexico; defective democracy; democratic transition; narco-democracy

Hrčak ID:

77761

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/77761

Publication date:

31.1.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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