Chair, Romance Languages and Literatures
garethw@umich.eduOffice Information:
phone: 734.647.2337
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; LACS Faculty; Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia; WCEE Faculty
Education/Degree:
Ph.D., University of California-Davis, 1992
Highlighted Work and Publications
The Mexican Exception: Sovereignty, Police, and Democracy
Gareth Williams
The war on drugs has opened up a discussion on whether Mexico is living a state of exception or even becoming a failed state. This book argues that sovereign exceptionality has always been central to Mexican modernity. In this book Williams maps out political and cultural counter-genealogies in order to shed light on the workings of the constitutive couple of democracy (equality and freedom) in modern and contemporary Mexico.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year of Publication: 2011
Location: New York, NY
