Building legislative coalitions for free trade in asia: globalization as legislation
Auteur :
Naoi, Megumi
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107037038
Date de publication :
20 juil. 2015
Dimensions :
23,7 x 16,0 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
500 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
What accounts for the large reduction in trade barriers among new democracies in Asia after World War II? Using new data from Japan and Thailand, this book provides a surprising answer: politicians, especially party leaders, liberalized trade by buying off legislative support with side-payments such as pork barrel projects.