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Anuario Latinoamericano v ol. 4/2017 v América Latina: anuario ol. 4/2017 violencia en México y Centroamérica DOSSIER a nuario latinoamericano Presentación CIENCIAS POLÍTICAS Y RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES Marcos Pablo Moloeznik, Paweł Trefler Violencia en Centroamérica: reflexiones sobre causas y consecuencias Pedro Trujillo Álvarez l atinoamericano El campo de los estudios de la violencia en México José Alfredo Zavaleta Betancourt El impacto diferenciado de la inseguridad pública como otra expresión de la inequidad socio-económica: una exploración inicial al caso mexicano América Latina: Luz Paula Parra Rosales violencia en México y Centroamérica Desafíos y dilemas en la política de seguridad pública en la América Central del siglo XXI Michał Stelmach “Proyecto Liberación”: un estudio de caso sobre la relevancia de las fuerzas de tarea contra las organizaciones criminales transnacionales en las relaciones México-Estados Unidos Agustin Maciel Padílla Seguridad y vigilancia de la Ciudad de México: un complicado trayecto Nelson Arteaga Botello ARTÍCULOS Y ENSAYOS Del panamericanismo al ALCA: la difícil senda de las propuestas de una comunidad de intereses en el continente americano (II) José Briceño Ruiz Evaluando el papel de Brasil en el nuevo orden mundial: un estudio geopolítico del meridionalismo y neo-eurasianismo Nuno Morgado La evolución de las relaciones UE-México: ¿tiempo para una auténtica alianza? Anita Oberda Monkiewicz Sistemas electorales y sistemas de partidos en el México contemporáneo (1917-2017) Victor Reynoso Mecanismos de la democracia en México: la iniciativa ciudadana y popular en la legislación Rosa Ynés Alacio García La impunidad y la justicia transicional en Guatemala: hacia un Estado democrático de derecho María Patricia González Chávez anuario latinoamericano CIENCIAS POLÍTICAS Y RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES latin american yearbook POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ANUARIO LATINOAMERICANO – Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales es una revista arbitrada, publicada por la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas de la Universidad Maria Curie- -Skłodowska en Lublin, Polonia. La revista aparece en la versión impresa y en línea. Las contribu- ciones recibidas son sometidas a la evaluación de expertos según el sistema de doble anonimato (double-blind peer review). Los artículos publicados son de exclusiva responsabilidad de los autores y no representan necesariamente la opinión de la revista. DIRECTORA Katarzyna Krzywicka CONSEJO DE REDACCIÓN Paweł Trefler – Secretario de Redacción Piotr Łaciński, Karol Derwich, Grzegorz Gil – Editores Asociados CONSEJO CIENTÍFICO Manuel Alcántara Sáez, Universidad de Salamanca, España Víctor Alarcón Olguín, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México Martha Ardila, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Colombia Raúl Benítez Manaut, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México Peter Birle, Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Berlín, Alemania Adrian Bonilla, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales – FLACSO, Ecuador José Briceño Ruiz, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela Daniel Buquet Corleto, Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Uruguay Heriberto Cairo Carou, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España Wiesław Dobrzycki, Universidad de Varsovia, Polonia Evan Ellis, The U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, EE.UU. Marcin Florian Gawrycki, Universidad de Varsovia, Polonia Renée Fregosi, Université de Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Francia Katarzyna Krzywicka, Universidad Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Polonia Jennifer L. McCoy, Georgia State University, EE.UU. Shiguenoli Miyamoto, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brasil Maria de Monserrat Llairó, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Leonardo Morlino, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Italia Simón Pachano, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales – FLACSO, Ecuador Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, University of Pittsburgh, EE.UU. Marek Pietraś, Universidad Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Polonia Alberto Rocha Valencia, Universidad de Guadalajara, México Héctor Luis Saint-Pierre, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brasil Andrés Serbin, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela Wojciech Sokół, Universidad Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Polonia Magdalena Śniadecka-Kotarska, Universidad de Łódź, Polonia Jesús Tovar Mendoza, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, México DIRECCIÓN Plac Litewski 3, oficina núm. 119, 20-080 Lublin, Polonia tel. (48-81) 537 60 29, tel./fax (48-81) 537 60 20 e-mail: [email protected] www.anuario-latinoamericano.umcs.pl ANUARIO LATINOAMERICANO – Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales es una revista arbitrada, publicada por la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas de la Universidad Maria Curie- anuario -Skłodowska en Lublin, Polonia. La revista aparece en la versión impresa y en línea. Las contribu- ciones recibidas son sometidas a la evaluación de expertos según el sistema de doble anonimato (double-blind peer review). Los artículos publicados son de exclusiva responsabilidad de los autores y no representan necesariamente la opinión de la revista. latinoamericano CIENCIAS POLÍTICAS Y RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES DIRECTORA Katarzyna Krzywicka CONSEJO DE REDACCIÓN vol. 4/2017 Paweł Trefler – Secretario de Redacción Piotr Łaciński, Karol Derwich, Grzegorz Gil – Editores Asociados ISSN 2392-0343 e-ISSN 2449-8483 CONSEJO CIENTÍFICO Manuel Alcántara Sáez, Universidad de Salamanca, España Víctor Alarcón Olguín, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México Martha Ardila, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Colombia Raúl Benítez Manaut, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México Peter Birle, Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Berlín, Alemania Adrian Bonilla, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales – FLACSO, Ecuador José Briceño Ruiz, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela Daniel Buquet Corleto, Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Uruguay Heriberto Cairo Carou, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España Wiesław Dobrzycki, Universidad de Varsovia, Polonia Evan Ellis, The U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, EE.UU. Marcin Florian Gawrycki, Universidad de Varsovia, Polonia Renée Fregosi, Université de Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Francia Katarzyna Krzywicka, Universidad Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Polonia Jennifer L. McCoy, Georgia State University, EE.UU. Shiguenoli Miyamoto, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brasil Maria de Monserrat Llairó, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Leonardo Morlino, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Italia Simón Pachano, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales – FLACSO, Ecuador Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, University of Pittsburgh, EE.UU. Marek Pietraś, Universidad Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Polonia Alberto Rocha Valencia, Universidad de Guadalajara, México Héctor Luis Saint-Pierre, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brasil Andrés Serbin, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela Wojciech Sokół, Universidad Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Polonia Magdalena Śniadecka-Kotarska, Universidad de Łódź, Polonia Jesús Tovar Mendoza, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, México DIRECCIÓN Plac Litewski 3, oficina núm. 119, 20-080 Lublin, Polonia tel. (48-81) 537 60 29, tel./fax (48-81) 537 60 20 e-mail: [email protected] www.anuario-latinoamericano.umcs.pl W Y D A W N I C T W O U N I W E R S Y T E T U M A R I I C U R I E - S K Ł O D O W S K I E J L U B L I N 2 0 1 7 REDACCIÓN LINGÜÍSTICA Maria Ochab – Coordinadora Helena Beatriz Xavier Lourenςo DISEÑO DE PORTADA Krzysztof Rumowski DIAGRAMACIÓN Agnieszka Muchowska IMPRENTA „Elpil”, ul. Artyleryjska 11, 08-110 Siedlce © Wydawnictwo UMCS, Lublin 2017 Tiraje 150 ejemplares EDITORIAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD MARIA CURIE-SKŁODOWSKA 20-031 Lublin, ul. Idziego Radziszewskiego 11 tel. + 48 81 537 53 04 www.wydawnictwo.umcs.lublin.pl e-mail: [email protected] Distribución: tel./faks +48 81 537 53 02 Librería virtual: www.wydawnictwo.umcs.edu.eu e-mail: [email protected] Índice Editorial . 9 Katarzyna Krzywicka Dossier América Latina: violencia en México y Centroamérica Presentación . 13 Marcos Pablo Moloeznik, Paweł Trefler Violencia en Centroamérica: reflexiones sobre causas y consecuencias . 21 Pedro Trujillo Álvarez El campo de los estudios de la violencia en México . 41 José Alfredo Zavaleta Betancourt REDACCIÓN LINGÜÍSTICA El impacto diferenciado de la inseguridad pública como otra Maria Ochab – Coordinadora expresión de la inequidad socio-económica: una exploración inicial Helena Beatriz Xavier Lourenςo al caso mexicano . 61 Luz Paula Parra Rosales DISEÑO DE PORTADA Krzysztof Rumowski Desafíos y dilemas en la política de seguridad pública en la América Central del siglo XXI . 83 DIAGRAMACIÓN Michał Stelmach Agnieszka Muchowska “Proyecto Liberación”: un estudio de caso sobre la relevancia IMPRENTA de las fuerzas de tarea contra las organizaciones criminales „Elpil”, ul. Artyleryjska 11, 08-110 Siedlce transnacionales en las relaciones México-Estados Unidos . 105 Agustín Maciel Padilla © Wydawnictwo UMCS, Lublin 2017 Seguridad y vigilancia de la Ciudad de México: un complicado trayecto . 119 Tiraje 150 ejemplares Nelson Arteaga Botello Artículos y ensayos Del panamericanismo al ALCA: la difícil senda de las propuestas EDITORIAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD MARIA CURIE-SKŁODOWSKA de una comunidad de intereses en el continente americano (II) . 139 20-031 Lublin, ul. Idziego Radziszewskiego 11 José Briceño Ruiz tel. + 48 81 537 53 04 www.wydawnictwo.umcs.lublin.pl Evaluando el papel de Brasil en el nuevo orden mundial: un estudio e-mail: [email protected]
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