Recovering Impunity: A Tale of Two Disasters and Governance in Northwest Mexico
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Arthur D. Murphy, Professor and Department Head (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: In the state of Sonora, the 2009 Hermosillo ABC Day Care Center fire and the 2014 Cananea copper mine spill highlighted how deregulation and divestiture of state services by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the National Action Party (PAN) served the interests of a few elites, who maintained rule through mechanisms of impunity: in other words, through actions undertaken without concern about the law or repercussions. Although impunity produces a seemingly incoherent set of policy and politics, results from dozens of semi-structured interviews by our team also suggest that exercising power through impunity is part of the culture of governance in Mexico, relying on global ties, but not necessarily requiring any specific individual or party leadership.
Recovering Impunity: A Tale of Two Disasters and Governance in Northwest Mexico
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, 34(2), 218-249.
- Language: English
- Date: 2018
- Keywords
- corruption, disaster recovery, political economy, social justice, victim compensation