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Book SynopsisInternational trade liberalization historically has taken many organizational forms--unilateral, bilateral, minilateral, and multilateral. Given the proliferation of normative views about which of these should be pursued, economists and political scientists have devoted surprisingly little attention to the reasons for the observed variation in the
Trade Review"[A] thoughtful book... The Yarbroughs are to be commended for directing our attention to this neglected issue in trade theory as well as for their imaginative integration of insights from a variety of professional disciplines... Their argument ... challenges us to think more, and more systematically, about the core issue of governance that makes trade liberalization possible. For that reason alone, the book deserves to reach a wide audience."--Journal of Economic Literature
Table of ContentsAbbreviationsPrefaceCh. 1Introduction3Ch. 2Strategic Organization and International Trade Institutions20Appendix43Ch. 3Hegemony and International Trade: Unilateral or Multilateral Liberalization?49Ch. 4Self-Help and Precommitment: Bilateral Trade Liberalization68Ch. 5Third-Party Governance and Group Membership: Minilateral Trade Liberalization86Appendix107Ch. 6The Strategic Organizational Approach to International Institutions and the New Economics of Organization111Ch. 7The Strategic Organizational Approach: An Assessment134Bibliography149Author Index171Subject Index176
