Democracy and International Trade : Britain, France, and the United States, 1860-1990 / Daniel Verdier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verdier, Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International trade--History.

Democracy--France.

Democracy--Great Britain.

International economic relations--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.) : 11 line illustrations, 15 tables

Place of Publication:

Princeton (N.J.) : Princeton University Press, op. 1994.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this ambitious exploration of how foreign trade policy is made in democratic regimes, Daniel Verdier shows that special interests, party ideologues, and state officials and diplomats act as agents of the voters. Constructing a general theory in which existing theories (rent-seeking, median voting, state autonomy) function as partial explanations, he shows that trade institutions are not fixed entities but products of political competition.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Preface

Introduction

PART ONE: A POLITICAL THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

One Trade and the Voter: A Survey of the Existing Literature

Two The Electoral Regulation of Access

Three The Trade Policy Process: A Typology

Four Origins of the Trade Policy Process

Five The Making of Trade Policy

PART TWO: THE MAKING OF TRADE POLICY IN BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND THE UNITED STATES, 1860-1990

Six The Case Studies

Seven Descent into Depression, 1860-86

Eight Crisis and Response, 1887-1913

Nine The First World War, 1914-18

Ten Tariff-Making and State-Building, 1919-39

Eleven Creation of the Cold War Trading Regime, 1940-62

Twelve The Rise and Fall of Industrial Policy, 1963-89

Thirteen Conclusion

APPENDIXES

Appendix One Mathematical Appendix to Chapter Two

Appendix Two Tariff Levels

Appendix Three Partisan Bias in Voting on Trade Bills

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691032245

0691032246

9780691228181

0691228183

OCLC:

1250090642