%0 Journal Article %T Drogas, violencia y militarizaci¨®n en el M¨¦xico rural: El caso de Michoac¨¢n %A Maldonado Aranda %A Salvador %J Revista mexicana de sociolog¨ªa %D 2012 %I Universidad Nacional Aut¨®noma de M¨¦xico (UNAM) %X drugs have attracted a great deal of attention in the international media, as they have done in mexico, since they are associated with violence, corruption and militarization. although this is understandable, due the importance of the drug cartels on the border zones, drug production and trafficking are widespread phenomena in other parts of the country such as guerrero and michoac¨¢n. michoac¨¢n has a long history in this area as well as military campaigns for combating them. this document examines the socio-economic and political transformations in the south of michoac¨¢n and analyzes the emergence of drug trafficking as part of the profound changes in agrarian issues and the neoliberal reforms implemented. %K drug trafficking %K state %K region %K mobility and violence. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0188-25032012000100001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en