What are the conditions underlying successful implementation of participatory security mechanisms? Drawing on the case of Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl and from the notion of social embeddedness, we argue that participatory security reforms that aim to include citizens in defining security priorities allow for better adoption of reforms in practice. Local level reforms are not implemented in a social vacuum but rather in pre-existing social networks that are key to their adoption in practice by citizens. However, not all social networks are equal, nor do they operate in the same manner. In ‘Neza’, it is through existing clientelistic networks and socially embedded local brokers that the redes vecinales were implemented and adopted by citizens, leading to varied reform adoption patterns at the very local level.

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当非正式很重要时：墨西哥内扎瓦尔科约特尔的参与式安全改革和社会嵌入机制

成功实施参与式安全机制的条件是什么？借鉴 Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl 的案例并从社会嵌入，我们认为旨在让公民参与确定安全优先事项的参与式安全改革可以在实践中更好地采用改革。地方层面的改革不是在社会真空中实施，而是在预先存在的社会网络中实施，这些社会网络是公民在实践中采用的关键。然而，并非所有社交网络都是平等的，它们的运作方式也不相同。在“Neza”中，正是通过现有的客户网络和融入社会的本地经纪人，红豆被公民实施和采用，从而导致在地方一级的各种改革采用模式。