Trade Battles: Activism and the Politicization of International Trade Policy

by Tamara Kay and R.L. Evans

Book Overview

Winner of ASA's 2019 Charles Tilly Distinguished Book Award

Trade was once an esoteric economic issue with little domestic policy resonance. Activists did not prioritize it, and grassroots political mobilization seemed unlikely to free trade advocates. The passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in the early 1990s was therefore expected to be a fait accompli. Yet, as Trade Battles shows, activists pushed back: they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190847441
• ISBN13: 9780190847449
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"