Title: The United States and Mexico: a pluralistic security community?
Abstract:Although Karl W. Deutsch and his colleagues invoked the USA — Mexican relationship in their study of pluralistic security communities, bilateral relations between the United States and its southern ne...Although Karl W. Deutsch and his colleagues invoked the USA — Mexican relationship in their study of pluralistic security communities, bilateral relations between the United States and its southern neighbor have fallen far short of a relationship that rests on trust and common identity. From Mexico's independence through its revolution in the early twentieth century, the USA intervened repeatedly in Mexico. American acquiescence in Lazaro Cardenas′ expropriation of Dutch, British and American oil companies in 1938 was a turning point and crucial test for Franklin D. Roosevelt's noninterventionist Good Neighbor Policy. During World War II, the two countries crossed the threshold of a loosely coupled security community, initiating a fifty-year period during which both sides have enjoyed "dependable expectations of peaceful change." With the end of the war, however, the incentives for close cooperation dissipated and bilateral relations became less institutionalized and more ad hoc.Read More
Publication Year: 1998
Publication Date: 1998-10-28
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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