illicit economies, the militarized repression of the illicit drug trade remains a central hemispheric security and cooperation … drug endures. Together, the contributors challenge explanations focused on state absence, weakening of the state, and … existing and interconnected debates: First: the role of drug economies and illicitness on state formation, social inequalities …

Drawing on a discursive analysis of the life stories of thirty-three men who worked in drug trade organisations in … Mexico, this article examines how masculinities are constructed in their narratives, and how these constructions mirror …

, cultural, and social drivers informing the design and implementation of Mexico’s ‘war on drugs’ - a set of state policies … centered on punitive and militarized responses towards the drug problem - during the first and second halves of the twentieth …-century. Second, to analyze how the longer history of Mexico’s war on drugs can help us better understand this country’s enduring …