Description:
Collecting and synthesizing a series of essays on the political economy of trade and development policy, this book explores the following research questions: to what extent is the global trading regime reducing the ability of nation states to pursue policies for financial stability and economic growth; and what political factors explain such changes in policy space over time, across different types of trade treaties and across nations?
Review Quotes:
"[This] book is particularly good at introducing complex events such as the Doha and technical instruments such as bilateral investment treaties [...] it provides a highly readable and straightforward account of these issues, and the use of numerous tables helps to convincingly illustrate the unequal distribution of trade gains and the lack of standardization across multilateral trade regulations." -Courtney Lindsay, "Caribbean Journal of International Relations & Diplomacy"