Best of 2021: Guillermo Trejo and Sandra Ley on the Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico | Democracy Paradox

We continue our Best of 2021 episodes with an  episode from the Democracy Paradox podcast, hosted by Justin Kempf.

A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com or a brief primer on Mexican politics here.

Guillermo Trejo is an Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame. Sandra Ley is an Assistant Professor at CIDE’s Political Studies Division in Mexico City. They are the authors of Votes, Drugs, and Violence: The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico. 

Key Highlights Include

• A vivid description of the effects of the criminal wars in Mexico
• How autocracy allows for the proliferation of organized crime
• Why Mexico remains an 'illiberal democracy'
• How polarization exacerbated criminal violence in Mexico
• The importance of deeper degrees of democratization

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