Criminal Clientelism: How the Provision of Goods Shape Attitudes Toward Criminal Organizations and State Legitimacy

• In Event: Criminal Violence, Governance, and Social Order in Latin America

Brief Overview

Using a nationwide survey experiment in Mexico, we assess how cartel-provided goods shape tolerance, reliance, and perceived efficacy of criminal groups, their effects on state legitimacy, and whether violent cues moderate the relationships.

Authors

• Pablo Scuticchio, Cornell University

• M. Camila Angulo Amaya, Indiana University, Northwest