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Internationalisation as a Democratic Tool: Revisiting M exico's Double Transition
Author(s) -
CALDERON MARTINEZ PABLO
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.12121
Subject(s) - democratization , internationalization , democracy , political science , transition (genetics) , mechanism (biology) , economic system , economics , international trade , biology , law , genetics , epistemology , philosophy , politics , gene
Mexico's double transition—democratisation and internationalisation—offers a good case study to analyse the interaction between internationalisation processes and domestic developments during transitions to democracy. This article explains how the specific way in which M exico linked with N orth A merica worked as a causal mechanism during the country's democratisation. In the end, an inadequate project of internationalisation—spearheaded by the N orth A merican F ree T rade A greement ( NAFTA )—failed to fulfil its democratising potential.