From Conflict to Coalition - Profit-Sharing Institutions and the Political Economy of Trade

This book explores the role of class conflict in the history of international trade, as well as contemporary globalization.

Sommario

1. Introduction; 2. A theory of profit-sharing institutions; 3. Evidence and research design; 4. The gilded wage; 5. Liberalized by labor; 6. Trade politics in Britain and Argentina; 7. Power over profits; 8. Conclusion.

Info autore

Adam Dean is an Assistant Professor of International Political Economy at George Washington University, Washington DC. He specializes in international relations with a focus on international political economy. His research interests include the political economy of trade, labor politics, and American political development. He earned his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

Riassunto

This book is for scholars of political economy and international trade. It explores the conditions under which workers and their employers join together in support of the same trade policies. It also challenges the conventional wisdom in the field of international political economy concerning economic history and contemporary globalization.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Adam Dean, Adam (Middlebury College Dean, Dean Adam
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781316619735
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61973-5
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions; Political Economy of Instituti; Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Political Economy, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies