Abstract

BOW, Brian  and  SANTA-CRUZ, Arturo. Mexican Anti-Americanism And Regional Integration in North America. Norteamérica [online]. 2011, vol.6, n.2, pp.35-66. ISSN 2448-7228.

Regionalization is a fact in North America, but regionalism has barely gotten off the ground. Several factors have been proposed to explain the underdevelopment of regional institutions in North America: divergent interests and priorities, concerns about sovereignty, nationalism, and, particularly since 9/11, the United States' preoccupation with policing its borders. One other important element has been largely left unexplored in government and academic studies: anti-Americanism. In considering the prospects for deeper North American integration, the persistence and effects of anti-Americanism in Mexico is definitively a factor. It is complex and subtle, with numerous currents spouting from a single wellspring: the U.S. refusal to recognize Mexico as an equal partner. This article takes a historical and contextual approach to tracking its evolution.

Keywords : anti-Americanism; regional integration; U.S.-Mexico relations; North American identity.

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