Internationalisation as a Democratic Tool: Revisiting M exico's Double Transition

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.