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Book SynopsisCoffee is traded in one of the few international markets ever subject to effective political regulation. This work explores the origins, the operations, and the collapse of the International Coffee Organization, an international "government of coffee" that was formed in the 1960s. It is aimed at those interested in "the new institutionalism".
Trade ReviewOne 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
Table of ContentsList of Maps and FiguresList of TablesPreface1Introduction32Brazil as Market Maker263Colombia's Entry514The Demand for an Institution: The Producers Maneuver905The Supply of an Institution: United States' Entry1206The Functioning of an Institution: The International Coffee Organization1367Conclusion159Appendix176Notes178Index213
