The state and American trade strategy in the pre-hegemonic era

David A. Lake

International Organization, 1988, vol. 42, issue 1, 33-58

Abstract: Trade policy is commonly seen as a product of domestic interest group politics. Despite the obvious economic distortions introduced by trade barriers, protectionism recurs, we are often told, because producers organize more readily than consumers and dominate the political process. In this “demand side” explanation of protection, the state is seen as the empty receptacle of societal bargaining with no independent voice or role.

Date: 1988
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