Open-Economy Politics
Subtitle: The Political Economy of the World Coffee Trade
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: December 23, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780691026558
Subjects: Distributive industries; International Trade; International relations; Political economy; International Coffee Organizat; Food And Beverage Industries (Economic Aspects); Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Politics/International Relations; International Coffee Organization (1962- ); International - Economics; International Relations - General; Coffee industry; Industries - General
First sentence: WRITING IN 1976, Peter Katzenstein called for an end to the division between the study of international politics and domestic politics.
Description: In Open-Economy Politics, Robert Bates explores the origins, the operations, and the collapse of the International Coffee Organization, an international "government of coffee" that was formed in the 1960s. In so doing, he addresses key issues in international political economy and comparative politics, and analyzes the creation of political institutions and their impact on markets.

Drawing on field work in East Africa, Colombia, and Brazil, Bates explores the domestic sources of international politics within a unique theoretical framework that blends game theoretic and more established approaches to the study of politics.

The book will appeal to those interested in international political economy, comparative politics, and the political economy of development, especially in Latin America and Africa, and to readers wanting to learn more about the economic and political realities that underlie the coffee market. It is also must reading for those interested in "the new institutionalism" and modern political economy.