Drug Trafficking, Criminal Governance, and Authoritarian Values

• In Event: Mobilization, Militarization, and Populism in Latin America

Brief Overview

DTO presence reshapes political attitudes by fostering obedience and authoritarian values. Using cross-national and Peruvian survey data, I show how criminal governance erodes democratic support, strengthening undemocratic alternatives.

Author

• Mariana Victoria Ramirez Bustamante, Charles University in Prague