Community, Authorities, and Support for Vigilantism: Experimental Evidence

Zizumbo-Colunga, Daniel

doi:10.1007/s11109-017-9388-6

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“…Most explanations about this phenomenon inevitably touch upon state capacity issues amid rising crime, arguing that vigilantism is a result of social injustice (Allen 1997) and a decrease of public confidence in the police (Abrahams 1987); a consequence of diminishing perceptions of state effectiveness (Rosenbaum and Sederberg 1974), as well as of state weakness or lawlessness (Ungar 2007;Asfura-Heim and Espach 2013;Sánchez-Talanquer 2016). Research at the micro-level confirms that citizens are more likely to express support for vigilantism when they perceive law enforcement authorities as untrustworthy (Zizumbo 2017).…”

Section: Vigilantism: Definitions Explanations and Self-defense Organisations In Mexicomentioning

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Family remittances and vigilantism in Mexico

Ley

Ibarra-Olivo

Meseguer

2019

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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We explore the role of workers' remittances in supporting vigilante organisations that emerged in reaction to rising criminal violence in Mexico. Research on remittances posits both a positive and a negative effect on collective action from the reception of remittances. On one hand, remittances sent by relatives abroad provide extra resources for political action at home. On the other hand, the reception of remittances makes recipients less prone to protesting, through a reduction in grievances. As a result, remittances can be associated with both an increase and a decrease of collective political activity. In this paper, we claim that both effects can co-exist and that the predominance of one mechanism or the other depends on the degree of penetration of remittances at the municipal level. Using data on the existence of vigilante organisations, we find that in most remittance-receiving municipalities, through a resource effect, remittance inflows increase the probability of observing self-defense organisations, but this probability declines at high rates of remittance penetration at the local level. Nonetheless, we observe an activation effect in a majority of remittance receiving municipalities. The paper contributes both to our understanding of international social networks as determinants of civilian action and to the research agenda on how workers' remittances shape political behaviour in home countries.

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Section: Vigilantism: Definitions Explanations and Self-defense Organisations In Mexicomentioning

confidence: 87%

Family remittances and vigilantism in Mexico

Ley

Ibarra-Olivo

Meseguer

2019

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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“…106–107). To be sure, some political scientists have written more substantively about vigilantism, notably Rosenbaum and Sederberg (1974, 1976) and more recently Roessler (2005); Kirkpatrick (2008); Stan (2011); Reno (2011); LeBas (2013); Schuberth (2013); Phillips (2017); Moncada (2017); Obert and Mattiacci (2018); Smith (2015, 2019); Zizumbo-Colunga (2017, 2019); Osorio et al (2019); and Jung and Cohen (2020). But as Moncada (2017) observes, their work has not coalesced into a coherent research agenda because political scientists lack a common vocabulary to understand, measure, and study vigilantism.…”

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The Politics of Vigilantism

Bateson

2020

Comparative Political Studies

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Vigilantism is theoretically and empirically important for political science, because it is closely related to core concepts like power, order, state-building, and collective action. Yet although political scientists are increasingly interested in vigilantism, our discipline has never developed a sustained, cumulative research agenda on vigilantism. I argue this is largely because existing definitions of vigilantism are contradictory, tautological, and not easily operationalized. This article cuts through the conceptual muddle, equipping and motivating political scientists to study vigilantism. First, I define vigilantism as the extralegal prevention, investigation, or punishment of offenses. Next, I provide a crisp conceptualization of vigilantism, and I situate vigilantism in relation to other concepts in political science. I conclude by addressing methodological and ethical issues in the study of vigilantism.

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“…Yet, the lack of trust in law enforcement could lead people to take the law into their own hands. More research is needed on the relationship between organized crime, violence, and the support for vigilante groups versus law enforcement (Krause, 2014; Nivette, 2016; Zizumbo‐Colunga, 2017).…”

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Understanding support for tough‐on‐crime policies in Latin America: The cases of Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras

Rosen

2021

Latin American Policy

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This article examines tough‐on‐crime strategies in El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico. These three countries have been plagued by gangs and organized crime‐related violence. Scholars have written about the consequences of iron fist strategies, which have resulted in increasing levels of violence. This article seeks to fill a gap in the scholarly literature by examining what factors influence perceptions about tough‐on‐crime strategies, using survey data in the cases of Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras. The article finds that fear is a key factor that influences support for mano dura policies.

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Community, Authorities, and Support for Vigilantism: Experimental Evidence

Cited by 31 publications

References 38 publications

Family remittances and vigilantism in Mexico

Family remittances and vigilantism in Mexico

The Politics of Vigilantism

Understanding support for tough‐on‐crime policies in Latin America: The cases of Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras

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