Mexican Anti-Americanism And Regional Integration in North America

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.