Beyond the drug war in Mexico : human rights, the public sphere and justice / edited by Wil G. Pansters, Benjamin T. Smith and Peter Watt.

Includes index.

Introduction : beyond the drug war : the United States, the public sphere and human rights / Wil G. Pansters, Benjamin T. Smith and Peter Watt -- Securitization, militarization and human rights -- US pressure and Mexican anti-drugs efforts from 1940 to 1980 : importing the war on drugs? / Carlos A. P�erez Ricart -- Mexico: a humanitarian crisis in the making / M�onica Serrano -- Effects of militarization in the name of counter-narcotics efforts and consequences for human rights in Mexico / Laura Carlsen -- The public sphere and the press under siege -- Violence, co-optation and corruption : risks for the exercise of journalism and freedom of expression in Mexico / Armando Rodr�iguez Luna -- State of denial : crime reporting and political communication in Sonora / V�ictor Hugo Reyna Garc�ia -- Social movements in support of the victims : human rights and digital communications / Rupert Knox -- Justice and reconciliation from below -- Beyond disorder and the constitution : thinking about the law in regions of violence (the case of Cher�an) / Erika B�arcena Ar�evalo and Orlando Arag�on Andrade -- Combing history against the grain : the search for truth amongst Mexico's hidden graves / Carolina Robledo Silvestre.