International Trade and Political Conflict : : Commerce, Coalitions, and Mobility / / Michael J. Hiscox.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Hiscox, Michael J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 39 tables, 14 line illus.

This book unveils a potent new approach to one of the oldest debates in political economy--that over whether class conflict or group competition is more prevalent in politics. It goes further than any study to date by outlining the conditions under which one type of political conflict is more likely than the other. Michael Hiscox focuses on a critical issue affecting support for and opposition to free trade--factor mobility, or the ability of those who own a factor of production (land, labor, or capital) to move it from one industry to another. He argues that the types of political coalitions that form in trade politics depend largely on the extent to which factors are mobile between industries. Class coalitions are more likely where factor mobility is high, Hiscox demonstrates, whereas narrow, industry-based coalitions predominate where it is low. The book also breaks new ground by backing up the theory it advances with systematic evidence from the history of trade politics in six nations over the last two centuries, using a combination of case studies and quantitative analysis. It makes fresh conclusions about the forces shaping trade policy outcomes--conclusions that yield surprising insights into the likely evolution of the global trading system and U.S. trade policy in particular. International Trade and Political Conflict is a major contribution to the scholarly literature while being accessible to anyone interested in understanding and predicting developments in trade policy.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. Trade, Distribution, and Factor Mobility -- CHAPTER TWO. Historical Patterns in Mobility: Evidence from Six Nations -- CHAPTER THREE. Coalitions in Trade Politics: Parties, Peak Associations, and Groups -- CHAPTER FOUR. The United States -- CHAPTER FIVE. Britain -- CHAPTER SIX. France -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Sweden -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Canada -- CHAPTER NINE. Australia -- CHAPTER TEN. Lessons from the Case Studies -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Historical Changes in Coalitions -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Quantitative Analysis of Voting on Major Trade Legislation- 1824 to 1994 -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Conclusions, Qualifications, and Implications -- A Mathematical Appendix to Chapter 1 -- B Data and Sources for Chapter 2 -- C Data and Sources for Chapters 11 and 12 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX