@article {Flores-Macías:2018:0010-4159:1,
title = "The Consequences of Militarizing Anti-Drug Efforts for State Capacity in Latin America: Evidence from Mexico",
journal = "Comparative Politics",
parent_itemid = "infobike://cuny/cp",
publishercode ="cuny",
year = "2018",
volume = "51",
number = "1",
publication date ="2018-10-01T00:00:00",
pages = "1-20",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0010-4159",
eissn = "2151-6227",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny/cp/2018/00000051/00000001/art00002",
doi = "doi:10.5129/001041518824414647",
author = "Flores-Mac{\’ı}as, Gustavo",
abstract = "In response to the threat posed by drug-trafficking organizations, developing countries are increasingly relying on the armed forces for their counter-drug strategies. Drawing on the literature on violence and state capacity, this article studies how the militarization of anti-drug
efforts affects state capacity along two dimensions: public safety and fiscal extraction. It advances theoretical expectations for this relationship and evaluates them in the context of Mexico. Based on subnational-level analyses, it shows that the militarization of anti-drug efforts has decreased
the state's capacity to provide public order and extract fiscal resources: homicide and kidnapping rates have increased while tax collection has decreased. Given the wide-ranging consequences of diminished state capacity, the findings have implications not only for Latin America but also across
the developing world.",
}