But the story does not end here. Campos traces how Mexico’s ideas about the public dangers of mar... more But the story does not end here. Campos traces how Mexico’s ideas about the public dangers of marijuana filtered north into the United States. There they simultaneously encouraged racist allegations against Mexicans as unreliable and violence-prone and served as the foundation for the prohibition of marijuana within the U.S. Thus, in a great historical irony, Mexico’s banning of marijuana provided the legal and ideological origins for today’s intractable “War on Drugs” in which U.S. demand for illicit substances and U.S.-supplied weaponry are proving so costly to so many Mexicans.
The Oxford Handbook of Central American History, 2020
Central America’s transitions to democracy and the end of civil wars in the 1990s brought the pro... more Central America’s transitions to democracy and the end of civil wars in the 1990s brought the promise of peace, yet the region’s new democracies have struggled with epidemic levels of violence since the early 2000s. El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras are among the deadliest countries in the world. Even peaceful Costa Rica was plagued by drug trafficking and organized crime. While the political violence of the 1980s has largely been replaced by criminal violence, political violence remains a problem in some countries. Nicaragua, which escaped the homicide epidemics of its neighbors, experienced a wave of political violence in 2018 and 2019. I explore the causes of violence and insecurity in the region, attempts by regional governments to combat crime, and the impact of crime on citizens’ attitudes toward democracy.
But the story does not end here. Campos traces how Mexico’s ideas about the public dangers of mar... more But the story does not end here. Campos traces how Mexico’s ideas about the public dangers of marijuana filtered north into the United States. There they simultaneously encouraged racist allegations against Mexicans as unreliable and violence-prone and served as the foundation for the prohibition of marijuana within the U.S. Thus, in a great historical irony, Mexico’s banning of marijuana provided the legal and ideological origins for today’s intractable “War on Drugs” in which U.S. demand for illicit substances and U.S.-supplied weaponry are proving so costly to so many Mexicans.
The Oxford Handbook of Central American History, 2020
Central America’s transitions to democracy and the end of civil wars in the 1990s brought the pro... more Central America’s transitions to democracy and the end of civil wars in the 1990s brought the promise of peace, yet the region’s new democracies have struggled with epidemic levels of violence since the early 2000s. El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras are among the deadliest countries in the world. Even peaceful Costa Rica was plagued by drug trafficking and organized crime. While the political violence of the 1980s has largely been replaced by criminal violence, political violence remains a problem in some countries. Nicaragua, which escaped the homicide epidemics of its neighbors, experienced a wave of political violence in 2018 and 2019. I explore the causes of violence and insecurity in the region, attempts by regional governments to combat crime, and the impact of crime on citizens’ attitudes toward democracy.
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