Title NAFTA and democracy in Mexico : a successful failure? / Pablo Calderón Martínez

Edition 1st Published London : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) Series Routledge studies in North American politics Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Framing the Debate -- 3. NAFTA, Modernisation and Democracy in Mexico -- 4. Top-down Democracy: NAFTA, Elites (Conditionality) and Institutional Change -- 5. Democratisation from Below: Civil Society and NAFTAs Democratic Legitimacy Problem -- 6. Conclusions and Epilogue: Recommendations for A Democratic NAFTA Summary After describing NAFTA as 'the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere', Donald Trump's election seemed to represent the final nail in the coffin for North American economic integration. Following a decade of stagnation, however, Trump's victory presents a timely opportunity to reconsider North American integration and evaluate NAFTA's democratic track record in Mexico. In this book, Pablo Calderón Martínez presents a detailed analysis of NAFTA's influence as a political tool for democracy in Mexico. Extending beyond a mere economic or social exploration of the consequences of NAFTA, Calderón Martínez uses a three-tiered analysis based on causality mechanisms to explain how the interactions between internationalisation and democratisation unfolded in Mexico. Calderón Martínez's analysis demonstrates that Mexico's internationalisation project under the framework of NAFTA gave shape to, if not made, Mexico's democratisation process. An original and timely resource for scholars and students interested in understanding how - in cases like Mexico where transitions to democracy are characterised by a finely poised balance of power - small influences from abroad can make significant long-lasting differences domestically Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes 1. Introduction 2. Framing the Debate 3. NAFTA, Modernisation and Democracy in Mexico 4. 'Top-down' Democracy: NAFTA, Elites (Conditionality) and Institutional Change 5. Democratisation from Below: Civil Society and NAFTA's 'Democratic Legitimacy' Problem 6. Conclusions and Epilogue: Recommendations for A Democratic NAFTA SUBJECT North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92099941 North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17) fast Subject Democracy -- Economic aspects -- Mexico POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- Caribbean & Latin American. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs. Democratization. Latin American Political Economy. Mark Aspinwall. Mexican Political Economy. Mexican Politics. North America. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) North American Integration. North American Politics. North American Studies. Regionalism. Regional Politics. Side Effects: Mexico's Governance under NAFTA's Labor and Environmental Agreements. US-Mexico Relations. Democracy -- Economic aspects International economic relations Politics and government SUBJECT Mexico -- Foreign economic relations -- North America North America -- Foreign economic relations -- Mexico Mexico -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084603 Subject Mexico North America Form Electronic book ISBN 9781351110334 1351110330 9781351110341 1351110349 9781351110327 1351110322 9781351110358 1351110357

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