Table of Contents
Introduction: Beyond the Drug War: The United States, the Public Sphere and Human Rights
Wil G. Pansters, Benjamin T. Smith and Peter Watt
Part I: Securitization, Militarization and Human Rights
1 US pressure and Mexican anti-drugs efforts from 1940 to 1980: Importing the war on drugs?
Carlos A. Pérez Ricart
2 Mexico: A humanitarian crisis in the making
Mónica Serrano
3 Effects of militarization in the name of counter-narcotics efforts and consequences for human rights in Mexico
Laura Carlsen
Part II: The Public Sphere and the Press under Siege
4 Violence, co-optation and corruption: Risks for the exercise of journalism and freedom of expression in Mexico
Armando Rodríguez Luna
5 State of Denial: Crime Reporting and Political Communication in Sonora
Víctor Hugo Reyna García
6 Social movements in support of the victims: Human rights and digital communications
Rupert Knox
Part III: Justice and Reconciliation from Below
7 Beyond disorder and the constitution: Thinking about the law in regions of violence (the case of Cherán)
Erika Bárcena Arévalo and Orlando Aragón Andrade
8 Combing history against the grain: The search for truth amongst Mexico’s hidden graves
Carolina Robledo Silvestre