Fighting crime and maintaining order: shared worldviews of civilian and military elites in Brazil and Mexico

Anaís M. Passos

Third World Quarterly, 2018, vol. 39, issue 2, 314-330

Abstract: Domestic internal security missions have become a centrepiece of Brazil and Mexico’s counter-narcotic efforts. Relying on a set of interviews, this article addresses narratives of elites engaged in the decision-making process and implementation of military operations to counter drug trafficking crimes in Rio de Janeiro and Tijuana. In spite of different levels of drug trafficking organisation and international ramification, this article points out the existence of shared narratives of growing insecurity and criminal strength in Brazil and Mexico, justifying state military reaction against a perceived national security threat. The article thus suggests the relevance of civil–military elites’ perception in defining public policies’ instruments and, ultimately, in upholding the militarisation of security in democratic regimes.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1374836

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