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The Liberal Illusion: Does Trade Promote Peace?

Katherine Barbieri 2002
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"A very important and long-awaited major contribution to the debate . . . Her work cannot be ignored."

--Nils Petter Gleditsch, Journal of Peace Research

"Barbieri builds on a solid foundation of work on trade and conflict and specifies the conditions under which trade reduces and increases conflict. . . . The bottom line is that this is an important book in the study of trade and conflict because of its comprehensive approach."

--Kathy L. Powers, Perspectives on Politics

"Barbieri's analysis reveals the fundamental and intellectual weaknesses of the various arguments on this topic. [A] solid and timely contribution to the literature"

--Choice

The Liberal Illusion sheds light on an increasingly important question in international relations scholarship and the domain of policy making-whether international trade promotes peace. By examining a broad range of theories about trade's impact on interstate relations and undertaking a set of empirical analyses of the trade-conflict puzzle, Katherine Barbieri provides a comprehensive assessment of the liberal view that trade promotes peace. Barbieri's stunning conclusions depart from conventional wisdom in international relations. Consequently, The Liberal Illusion serves as an important counterargument and a warning call to policymakers who rely upon trade-based strategies to promote peace, strategies that appear to offer little hope of achieving their goals.

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  • 978-0-472-11300-2 (hardcover)
  • 978-0-472-02307-3 (ebook)
  • 978-0-472-03076-7 (paper)
Subject
  • Political Science:Political Methodology
  • Political Science:Political Economy
  • Political Science:International Relations
  • Economics:International Economics
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Theories of the Trade-Conflict Relationship
  • Chapter 3. Investigating the Commercial Peace
  • Chapter 4. Interdependence, Negotiation, and Escalation
  • Chapter 5. Alternative Levels of Analysis: The Nation-State and the System
  • Chapter 6. Conclusions
  • Appendix A. Notes on Trade Data
  • Appendix B. Major Power Trade
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index
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