The ambivalent relation between state and illegal actors: piracy retail in Mexico

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Autor(a) principal: Aguiar,José Carlos G.
Data de Publicação: 2011
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
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Resumo: In the rise of democratic governments across Latin America, the neoliberal law-and-order perspective has been the most influential model of security in the region. This approach is based on the opposition between state and illegal agents, as if they were two different sets of actors. Influenced by this model, Mexican president Vicente Fox launched an extensive anti-piracy programme to eradicate retail of counterfeit. Based on ethnographic material gathered in the San Juan de Dios market in Guadalajara, I discuss on the exchanges between piracy sellers and police officers. My argument is that law enforcement programmes have not affected the political economy of corruption, they overlook the net of ambiguous loyalties where state and illegal actors are entrenched. The anthropology of the state provides the rationale for a critique on neoliberal security policies.
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title The ambivalent relation between state and illegal actors: piracy retail in Mexico
spellingShingle The ambivalent relation between state and illegal actors: piracy retail in Mexico
Aguiar,José Carlos G.
piracy
illegality
police
Mexico
title_short The ambivalent relation between state and illegal actors: piracy retail in Mexico
title_full The ambivalent relation between state and illegal actors: piracy retail in Mexico
title_fullStr The ambivalent relation between state and illegal actors: piracy retail in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed The ambivalent relation between state and illegal actors: piracy retail in Mexico
title_sort The ambivalent relation between state and illegal actors: piracy retail in Mexico
author Aguiar,José Carlos G.
author_facet Aguiar,José Carlos G.
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Aguiar,José Carlos G.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv piracy
illegality
police
Mexico
topic piracy
illegality
police
Mexico
description In the rise of democratic governments across Latin America, the neoliberal law-and-order perspective has been the most influential model of security in the region. This approach is based on the opposition between state and illegal agents, as if they were two different sets of actors. Influenced by this model, Mexican president Vicente Fox launched an extensive anti-piracy programme to eradicate retail of counterfeit. Based on ethnographic material gathered in the San Juan de Dios market in Guadalajara, I discuss on the exchanges between piracy sellers and police officers. My argument is that law enforcement programmes have not affected the political economy of corruption, they overlook the net of ambiguous loyalties where state and illegal actors are entrenched. The anthropology of the state provides the rationale for a critique on neoliberal security policies.
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