num_pages: 232
description: Why do countries differ so greatly in their patterns of political cleavage and coalition? Extending some basic findings of economic theories of international trade, Ronald Rogowski suggests a startling new answer. Testing his hypothesis chiefly against the evidence of the last century and a half, but extending it also to the ancient world and the sixteenth century, he finds a surprising degree of confirmation and some intriguing exceptions.
language: English
title: Commerce and Coalitions: How Trade Affects Domestic Political Alignments
titlecomplete: Commerce and Coalitions: How Trade Affects Domestic Political Alignments
genres: Economics, International Relations, Grad School, Political Science
ratings_count: 29
publisher: Princeton University Press