Votes, Drugs, and Violence: The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico (VIRTUAL)

Why did Mexico become so violent as the country transitioned from authoritarian rule to democracy?
¿Por qué México experimentó un estallido de violencia al transitar a la democracia?
Join us for a bilingual book launch of Votes, Drugs, and Violence: The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico (Cambridge University Press, 2020) by Kellogg Faculty Fellow Guillermo Trejo, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director and Principal Investigator at the Notre Dame Violence and Transitional Justice Lab (V-TJLab), and former Kellogg Visiting Fellow Sandra Ley Gutierrez, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas [CIDE] and Coordinator of CIDE’s Research Program on Violence (PEV).
Le invitamos al lanzamiento bilingüe del libro Votes, Drugs, and Violence: The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico (Cambridge University Press, 2020), por Guillermo Trejo, profesor de ciencia política de la Universidad de Notre Dame y Director e Investigador Principal del Laboratorio de Violencia y Justicia Transicional (V-TJLab), y Sandra Ley Gutiérrez, profesora-investigadora de la División de Estudios Políticos, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) y Coordinadora del Programa para el Estudio de la Violencia (PEV).
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This book launch is cosponsored by two institutions that were instrumental in the research and development of the book: the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) as part of their part of the Política y Gobierno Seminar series.
El lanzamiento de este libro es auspiciado por dos instituciones que fueron fundamentales en la investigación y el desarrollo del libro: el Instituto Kellogg de Estudios Internacionales y el Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) como parte de la serie del Seminario Política y Gobierno.
9/15 EVENT VIDEO
Event Podcast
September 15 (English)
12:30pm Eastern
11:30am Central
Discussants:
Ana Arjona, Northwestern University, Former Kellogg Visiting Fellow
Gustavo Flores-Macías, Cornell University
Moderator:
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, University of Notre Dame, Kellogg Faculty Fellow
23 Septiembre (Español)
3:30pm Hora del Este
2:30pm Hora del Centro/CDMX
Comentaristas:
Beatriz Magaloni, Stanford University
Eduardo Guerrero, Lantia Consultores
Moderador:
Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Former Kellogg PhD Fellow

Ana Arjona
Ana Arjona (PhD, Yale University), a spring 2016 Kellogg visiting fellow, is assistant professor of political science at Northwestern University, where she conducts research on political violence and conflict, the foundations of political order, local governance, and the links between crime and politics...
Rodrigo Castro Cornejo
I am a recent Ph.D. graduate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and a prior Garza Ph.D. fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. My area of specialization is comparative political behavior with a special focus in Latin America...
Sandra Ley Gutiérrez
Sandra Ley Gutiérrez is currently an external research affiliate of the Kellogg Institute's Notre Dame Violence and Transitional Justice Lab (V-TJLab). This profile was current as of 2015, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community...
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán is a professor of political science and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame, where he holds a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science and the Keough School of Global Affairs. He is a former Kellogg Institute distinguished research affiliate, visiting fellow, and dissertation year fellow...