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Yazarlar: Alan Salvador Hernández Morales

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DOI:10.46652/rgn.v6i27.745

Anahtar Kelimeler:Lynching; Self,Efense; legitimacy; Community defense; State legitimacy

Özet: As the 21st century begins in Mexico, the emergence of diverse citizen organizations that fight common and organized crime has become more frequent, in the regions of the country where people’s living conditions and social cohesion have deteriorated. The objective of this research is to analyze people’s perception of expressions of community defense such as lynching and self-defense groups to understand how the legitimacy of the Mexican state is related to the legitimacy of civil organizations that fight crime. It is proposed as a hypothesis that, to the extent that the legitimacy of the norms, principles, institutions, and authorities of the political regime decreases, it will be more likely that people will approve of the different expressions of community defense, configuring themselves as legitimate organizations for the citizens. Through a quantitative methodology of a transversal nature, it is concluded that in Mexico there is a process of reconfiguration of legitimacy, which is to say, not only is there a weakness in the legitimacy of the state but, to the extent that it decreases, the legitimacy of some non-state organizations emerges and is strengthened. This situation has manifested in the sphere of public security, that is, in the actions undertaken by different political and social actors in search of the protection of people and the restoration of public order.

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