Power, Protection, and Free Trade
International Sources of U.S. Commercial Strategy, 1887-1939
Published on 14. April 1988
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-8014-2134-1 (ISBN)
Description
Why do nations so frequently abandon unrestricted international commerce in favor of trade protectionism? David A. Lake contends that the dominant explanation, interest group theory, does not adequately explain American trade strategy or address the contradictory elements of cooperation and conflict that shape the international economy. Power, Protection, and Free Trade offers an alternative, systemic approach to trade strategy that builds on the interaction between domestic and international factors. In this innovative book, Lake maintains that both protection and free trade are legitimate and effective instruments of national policy, the considered responses of nations to varying international structures.
Reviews / Votes
Lake has written an excellent book. He is meticulous in showing when and how his predictions are confirmed or disconfirmed by the evidence. His version of structuralism in the trade area is by far the most sophisticated and nuanced we have. By focusing sharply on structure, he alerts us to external constraints and opportunities, and suggests interesting reinterpretations of particular historical events.- Stephan Haggard (American Political Science Review)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ithaca
United States
Target group
College/higher education
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Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
907 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8014-2134-1 (9780801421341)
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Power, Protection, and Free Trade
International Sources of U.S. Commercial Strategy, 1887-1939
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David A. Lake is Jerri-Ann and Gary E. Jacobs Professor of Social Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of The Statebuilder's Dilemma: On the Limits of Foreign Intervention, and Hierarchy in International Relations and the coeditor of Politics in the New Hard Times: The Great Recession in Comparative Perspective and The State and American Foreign Economic Policy, all from Cornell University Press.