Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Preface
Contents
Figures
Tables
Summary
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chapter One: Introduction
Approach
Finding the Right Comparisons.
Labeling the Perpetrators and the Implications Thereof
Benefits of This Approach
Organization of This Report
Two Mexicos
Conflict and Violence in Mexico
Explaining the Outbreak of Violence
The Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations
Efforts to Improve the Situation
Security Forces and Organization
Government and Governance
Civil Society
Economy
Chapter Three: Finding the Right Comparisons: Case Selection
Chapter Four: Comparing Mexico with the Challenges Faced and the Outcomes Reached in the Historical Cases
Challenge A: Violence
Challenge B: “Anomic” Violence or Indiscriminate Mayhem/Indiscriminate Violence
Challenge C: Insurgency/Competition for State Control
Challenge E: Lack of Economic Opportunities
Challenge F: High Level of Weapon Availability
Challenge G: Competition over a Resource
Challenge H: Ungoverned Spaces
Challenge I: State/Institutional Weakness
Challenge J: Patronage/Corruption
Efforts Correlated with Improvement in the Historical Cases
Confirmation in the Detailed Narratives
Mexico Is Not Colombia, Nor Is It Any of These Other Cases
Lessons Highlighted in the Case Narratives
Confirmed Correlations in the Case Studies
Ways to Combat the VDTOs
Leverage the Law of Supply and Demand
Other Proposed Solutions
Recommendations for Mexico
References