Mexican Drug Cartels: Origins, Expansion, and Impact on the American Continent
| Thesis title in Czech: | Mexican Drug Cartels:Origins, Expansion, and Impact on the American Continent |
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| Thesis title in English: | Mexican Drug Cartels: Origins, Expansion, and Impact on the American Continent |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2021/2022 |
| Thesis type: | diploma thesis |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Department of Political Science (23-KP) |
| Supervisor: | PhDr. Malvína Krausz Hladká, Ph.D. |
| Author: | hidden - assigned by the advisor |
| Date of registration: | 21.07.2022 |
| Date of assignment: | 21.07.2022 |
| References |
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• JiHyong Kim, Jacob. Mexican Drug Cartel Influence in Government, Society, and Culture. Los Angeles, California: University of California, 2014. • “Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.” United Nations : Office on Drugs and Crime. United Nations : Office on Drugs and Crime. Accessed May 6, 2022. https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/drug-trafficking/mexico-central-america-and-the-caribbean.html. • Gutiérrez-Romero, Roxana & Oviedo, Monica. (2014). The good, the bad and the ugly: The socio-economic impact of drug cartels and their violence in Mexico. Working Paper UAB Department of Applied Economics. • Dean, William, and Laura Derouin. “THE WAR ON MEXICAN CARTELS OPTIONS FOR U.S. AND MEXICAN POLICY-MAKERS.” Harvard University Institute of Politics, September 2012. https://iop.harvard.edu/sites/default/files_new/research-policy-papers/TheWarOnMexicanCartels_0.pdf. • Beittel, June S. “Mexico: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking Organizations.” Congressional Research Service. Congressional Research Service, July 28, 2020. https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/R41576.pdf. |
| Preliminary scope of work |
| • Mexican drug cartels are one of the most influential and powerful criminal organizations in the world with ties to local and international governments around the world, but specially in the American continent with their presence being the strongest in Mexico and the United States.
• The American continent is the “Home Turf” for the Mexican drug cartels, with direct impact to other countries south of the Mexican border. • With to the Geographical scope being Mexico, the United States, Central and South America. • Time frame: 1980 (founding of the Cartel de Guadalajara) – present day Working hypotheses and Research Questions: 1. What is the relationship between Mexican drug cartels and the Mexican government and how it has developed throughout the years? a. Including relationship between the cartels and other countries in the American continent. 2. How did the Mexican drug cartels start? a. And the effect it had on the continent. 3. What is the current reach (expansion) of Mexican drug cartels? 4. What is the impact of Mexican drug cartels in the American continent? a. Economically, socially, and economically. Aim: Evaluating the impact and reach of Mexican drug cartels in the American continent. |
| Preliminary scope of work in English |
| • Mexican drug cartels are one of the most influential and powerful criminal organizations in the world with ties to local and international governments around the world, but specially in the American continent with their presence being the strongest in Mexico and the United States.
• The American continent is the “Home Turf” for the Mexican drug cartels, with direct impact to other countries south of the Mexican border. • With to the Geographical scope being Mexico, the United States, Central and South America. • Time frame: 1980 (founding of the Cartel de Guadalajara) – present day Working hypotheses and Research Questions: 1. What is the relationship between Mexican drug cartels and the Mexican government and how it has developed throughout the years? a. Including relationship between the cartels and other countries in the American continent. 2. How did the Mexican drug cartels start? a. And the effect it had on the continent. 3. What is the current reach (expansion) of Mexican drug cartels? 4. What is the impact of Mexican drug cartels in the American continent? a. Economically, socially, and economically. Aim: Evaluating the impact and reach of Mexican drug cartels in the American continent. |