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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785898303321

Autore

Santa Cruz Arturo

Titolo

Mexico-United States relations : the semantics of sovereignty / / Arturo Santa-Cruz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-50167-3

1-283-60690-9

9786613919359

1-136-50168-1

0-203-14390-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies in North American Politics

Disciplina

327.72073

327.73072

Soggetti

Mexico - Foreign relations - United States

Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States

Sovereignty

United States - Foreign relations - Mexico

United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

United States - General

Mexico Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1 Sovereignty, Identity, and Revolutionary Nationalism; 2 Sovereignty at Stake; 3 Everyday Economic Relations; 4 Everyday Socio-political Sovereignty; 5 Political Stability, Democracy, Electoral Observation, and Human Rights; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Sovereignty is a key factor to consider when studying the Mexico-United States relationship. During most of the twentieth century, as a



result of the new character of the Mexican post-revolutionary regime, there was a decoupling between the state's maximalist discourse on sovereignty, and its practice. Sovereignty as an undifferentiated whole does not exist; it should instead be disaggregated into the myriad issue areas in which it is constantly negotiated. Focusing on a tripartite classification relating to the construction of Mexico's sovereignty towards its northern neighbo