comparative instituting privileging institutions

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International Trade and Political Institutions: Instituting Trade in the Long 19th Century (Elgar Monographs)
Iain McLean, Robert Pahre, ...

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002

This work presents a study of trade politics, including theoretically rigorous historical analysis of international political economy and four important case studies. The book links the fields of economics, political economy and history. Earlier versions of the chapters were presented at a miniconference "Instituting trade: trade policy and 19th century political institutions," at the Center for Political Economy, University of Washington, USA.

Privileging Industry: The Comparative Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy
Fiona McGillivray

Princeton University Press, 2004

Why do some industries win substantial protection from the whims of international trade while others do not? Privileging Industry challenges standard approaches to this question in its examination of when governments use trade and industrial policy for political goals. Fiona McGillivray shows why aiding an industry can be a politically efficient way for a government to redistribute resources from one industrial sector to another. Taking a ...

Punishing the Prince: A Theory of Interstate Relations, Political Institutions, and Leader Change
Fiona McGillivray, Alastair Smith

Princeton University Press, 2008

When the United States invaded Iraq, President Bush made it clear: the U.S. was not fighting the Iraqi people. Rather, all quarrels were solely with Iraq's leadership. This kind of assertion remains frequent in foreign affairs--sanctions or military actions are imposed on a nation not because of its people, but because of its misguided leaders. Although the distinction might seem pedantic since the people suffer regardless, Punishing the Prince ...