Autorentext

John Bailey is a professor of government and director of the Mexico Project at Georgetown University. He has written widely on Mexican politics and poli cymaking and coedited of a volume on U.S.-Mexican security issues in the post-Cold War era (Strategy and Security in U.S.-Mexican Relations: Beyond the Cold War). From 1980-1991 he directed the Mexico Seminar at the U.S. State Department's Foreign Service Institute. Roy Godson is a professor of government at Georgetown University and directs the National Strategy Information Center in Washington, D.C. He has published and consulted extensively on issues of trans-state relations, security studies, and transnational organized crime.

Klappentext
The US-Mexico border zone is now one of the most dangerous in the world. The range of criminal activity at the border now extends beyond drugs to include the smuggling of arms, people, vehicles, and environmentally-dangerous substances. This title defines the reality of the situation.

Zusammenfassung
Organized Crime and Democratic Governability brings together scholars and specialists, including current and former government officials, from both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border to trace the history and define the reality of this situation.