Open-Economy Politics: The Political Economy of the World Coffee Trade

by Robert H. Bates

Book Overview

Coffee is traded in one of the few international markets ever subject to effective political regulation. In Open-Economy Politics, Robert Bates explores the origins, the operations, and the collapse of the International Coffee Organization, an international "government of coffee" that was formed in the 1960s. In so doing, he addresses key issues in international political economy and comparative politics, and analyzes the creation of political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691005192
• ISBN13: 9780691005195
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"