Commentaries in International Political Economy
Subtitle: Constructive Irreverence (Csis Significant Issues Series)
Publisher: Center for Strategic & International Studies
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780892064403
Subjects: International economic relations; United States; International - Economics; Foreign economic relations; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Politics/International Relations; International economic relatio; Latin America; Business & Economics / Economics / International; General; Economic policy; Free trade
Description: "Weintraub's short and incisive policy briefs provide a current and critical overview of key policy issues in U.S. Latin American relations. They are pertinent and to the point and will appeal to a broad audience of individuals interested in the dynamics of current hemispheric relations. The collection will be of particular use to those teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels."--Riordan Roett, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. In this volume, respected economist and policy veteran Sidney Weintraub addresses a wide range of current issues in international political economy. The collected essays, originally written over the 2000-2003 period, offer his sometimes irreverent but always constructive views on trade and development, economic policy, migration, sanctions, democracy and sovereignty, and inter-American relations. Although the emphasis is on the political-economic policy landscape of Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to the United States, Weintraub does not hesitate to consider such topics as the effects of the proliferation of free-trade agreements and other "preferential" agreements on world trade. In incisive style, the volume provides a Washington view of today's most pressing issues in international political economy.