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Informationen zum Autor Dr. Guisinger is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Temple University. Her research broadly concerns how political and economic actors communicate on issues of international political economy and international security. Klappentext Americans have contradictory beliefs about how international trade affects the country as whole and specific communities. Yet notwithstanding the heat of political rhetoric, these beliefs are rarely mobilized into political action.Alexandra Guisinger examines this apparent disconnect by examining the bases of Americans' trade preferences in today's post-industrial economy and why do so few politicians attempt to take advantage of these preferences. The changing American economy has made the direct effects of trade less obvious, making the benefits and costs more difficult to determine. In addition, information sources, including the media, have changed in content and influence over time, their influence varies across different groups of individuals, and partly as a result individuals hold countervailing beliefs about the effect of trade on their own and others' economic outcomes.American Opinion on Trade provides a multi-method examination of the sources of attitudes, drawing on survey data and experimental surveys; it also traces how trade issues become intertwined with attitudes toward redistribution as well as gender and race. Zusammenfassung American Opinion on Trade provides a multi-method examination of the sources of attitudes, drawing on survey data and experimental surveys; it also traces how trade issues become intertwined with attitudes toward redistribution as well as gender and race. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures List of Tables Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Changing Landscape of Trade and Trade Knowledge Chapter 3: Trade Preferences and Politics Chapter 4: Economic Vulnerability, Self-interest, and Individual Trade Preferences Chapter 5: Community and Trade Preferences Chapter 6: Racial Diversity and White Americans' Support for Trade Protection Chapter 7: The Negative Perceptions of Trade's National Effect Chapter 8: Could Positive Information Shift National Level Beliefs? Chapter 9: Conclusions References ...
