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<journal-id>0187-5795</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Argumentos (México, D.F.)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Argumentos (Méx.)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, División de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0187-57952024000100117</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24275/uamxoc-dcsh/argumentos/2024104-05</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Vigilar, castigar, disciplinar. Una etnografía del subsistema de seguridad de las autodefensas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Surveillance, discipline, punishment. An ethnography of the security subsystem of self-defense groups]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Guerra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edgar]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes Departamento de Sociología y Antropología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2024</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2024</year>
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<volume>37</volume>
<numero>104</numero>
<fpage>117</fpage>
<lpage>140</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0187-57952024000100117&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0187-57952024000100117&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0187-57952024000100117&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El objetivo del artículo es describir el modo de operación del subsistema de seguridad de las autodefensas de Tierra Caliente, Michoacán, así como sus funciones de vigilancia, castigo y disciplina. A partir de un estudio de caso, basado en una extensa etnografía y una perspectiva sistémica, se identifican las estructuras comunicativas que permitieron la clausura operativa de tal subsistema. Entre los principales hallazgos muestro cómo, ante la captura de instituciones estatales, un grupo de civiles armados detonaron la reconstitución a nivel comunitario de un orden social que hiciese frente a la criminalidad y de esta forma defender el territorio y la vida. Sin embargo, ese mismo sistema de seguridad se encargaría de la vigilancia, el castigo y el disciplinamiento de los habitantes en su territorio.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The aim of this paper is to describe the operational mode in terms of security, justice and discipline subsystem of self-defense groups in Tierra Caliente, Michoacan. The study is based on a qualitative approach, using ethnographic methodology and a social systems theoretical approach. The social systems perspective allowed to identify the communicative structures of the subsystem within a wider communication network of the armed group. The main finding is that self-defense groups in Tierra Caliente were formed in response to the absence of state institutions to address organized crime. The members of self-defense groups defended the territory and the lives of their communities. However, the same security system that was created to protect the community also took charge of surveillance, punishment, and disciplining of the community members.]]></p></abstract>
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