Collusion and Cynicism at the Urban Margins

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This article examines the connections between participants in the illicit drug trade and members of state security forces to understand how they impact everyday understandings of the law. The authors used ethnographic fieldwork in a poor, high-crime district in Argentina and information gathered for a court case involving a drug trafficking group active in the same area as the basis for their research.

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Sobering, Katherine & Auyero, Javier April 10, 2019.

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This article examines the connections between participants in the illicit drug trade and members of state security forces to understand how they impact everyday understandings of the law. The authors used ethnographic fieldwork in a poor, high-crime district in Argentina and information gathered for a court case involving a drug trafficking group active in the same area as the basis for their research.

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Abstract: This article examines the clandestine connections between participants in the illicit drug trade and members of state security forces to understand how they impact everyday understandings of the law. Drawing on a unique combination of long-term ethnographic fieldwork in a poor, high-crime district in Argentina and wiretapped conversations drawn from a court case involving a drug trafficking group active in the same area, we find that traffickers use illicit relationships to maintain economic control of the territory, and that collusion fosters widespread cynicism about law enforcement among residents. This article expands the literature on the covert relationships between drug trade participants and agents of the state by detailing the inner workings of collusion. Furthermore, it analyzes residents’ perceptions of police complicity as an underexplored source of legal cynicism. Finally, it offers a methodological blueprint of how to access and analyze data that capture state actions usually hidden from public view.

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  • Latin American Research Review, 54(1), Latin American Studies Association, April 10, 2019, pp. 1-15

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  • Publication Title: Latin American Research Review
  • Volume: 54
  • Issue: 1
  • Page Start: 222
  • Page End: 236
  • Peer Reviewed: Yes

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Sobering, Katherine & Auyero, Javier. Collusion and Cynicism at the Urban Margins, article, April 10, 2019; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1616541/: accessed June 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.

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