Description
Open-Economy Politics offers a brilliant, subtle, nuanced examination that will stimulate discussion and set an agenda for further research in comparative politics, international relations, and the growing interface between the two. Robert Bates addresses--with more empirical detail than anyone I know--how domestic institutions and alignments matter, what sustains or undermines international regimes, and when and how hegemons affect both. -- Ronald Rogowski, University of California, Los Angeles A marvelous story told in depth, woven with a dazzling array of data. Robert Bates sets out to span the international/domestic analytic divide in political science in a 'search for a framework for research into the politics of open economies.' He explores a wide variety of theoretical approaches to international political economy and advances, compellingly, his preferred approach: neo-institutionism. This book will be widely read. -- D. Michael Shafer, Rutgers University
About the Author
Robert H. Bates is Eaton Professor of the Science of Government in the Department of Government and a Faculty Fellow in the Institute of International Development at Harvard University. His recent books include Beyond the Miracle of the Market and a volume he coauthored with Avner Greif, Margaret Levi, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, and Barry Weingast entitled Analytic Narratives (Princeton).
Reviews
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1997 "[The] analysis is from the perspective of new institutional economics, as the book straddles the fault lines between, on the one hand, political developments in Brazil, Colombia, and the United States and, on the other, interest groups in those countries... Bates's approach is therefore innovative... The book is beautifully produced, full of useful data... It will provoke lively debate."--Robert G. Greenhill, Economic History Review "A no-nonsense academic study of the politics of coffee."--Charles Corn, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Awards
Runner-up for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1997.
Book Information
ISBN 9780691005195
Author Robert H. Bates
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 340g