Food Fights Over Free Trade: How International Institutions Promote Agricultural Trade Liberalization

by Christina L. Davis

Book Overview

This detailed account of the politics of opening agricultural markets explains how the institutional context of international negotiations alters the balance of interests at the domestic level to favor trade liberalization despite opposition from powerful farm groups. Historically, agriculture stands out as a sector in which countries stubbornly defend domestic programs, and agricultural issues have been the most frequent source of trade disputes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691122547
• ISBN13: 9780691122540
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"