Farm Wars
Published on 10. November 1997
Book
Hardback
XIX, 235 pages
978-0-333-66599-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Farm War of the early 1980s was rooted in the political economy of agriculture, but it was a crisis for the international trading system. The war was evident in disruptions on the farm and in world markets, in conflicts among major governments, and in disagreements in international organizations. Wolfe shows how and why battles over agricultural protectionism were largely resolved through the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations, demonstrating that the global economy is not self-regulating: it needs institutions if it is to be stable.
Reviews / Votes
'Wolfe has combined a detailed examination of international regimes and agricultural trade, an interesting application of the concept of embedded liberalism as developed by Ruggie on the basis of Polanyi, and a thorough analysis of the Uruguay Round negotiations. In doing so, he has made a notable contribution to the IPE literature generally and the work on multilateral negotiations in the context of the GATT/WTO in particular.' - Andrew F. Cooper, University of Waterloo, Canada
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Series
Edition
1998
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
XIX, 235 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
475 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-66599-2 (9780333665992)
DOI
10.1057/9780230390089
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
12/1997
St. Martin's Press
€80.23
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Person
ROBERT WOLFE
Content
List of Figures - List of Charts - List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Glossary - Chronology - Introduction - The GATT is Not a Free Trade Agreement: the Trade Regime and the Double Movement - The Double Movement on the Farm: Structural Change and the International Organization of Agriculture - Governing a Global Trading System: the Uruguay Round as a Single Undertaking - Opening up the Green Box: Agriculture in the Final Act of the Uruguay Round - The Message in the Green Box - Appendix: Text of The Agreement on Agriculture - Notes - Bibliography - Index