Triumph of globalism : American trade politics -- Political science trade theory -- Superpower trade politics -- Going global : the Reciprocal trade agreements act of 1945 -- Atlantic partnership : the Trade expansion act of 1962 -- Trilateralism : the Trade act of 1974 -- The new multilateralism : the Omnibus trade and competitiveness act of 1988 -- Triumph of globalism: politics, theory, policy
Summary
A deep and unresolved tension exists within American trade politics between the nation's promotion of an open world trading system and the operations of its democratic domestic political regime. Whereas most scholarly attention has focused on how domestic politics has interfered with the United States' global economic leadership, Orin Kirshner offers here an analysis of the ways in which U.S. leadership in the arena of global trade has affected American democracy and the domestic political regime. By participating in multilateral trade agreements, the U.S. Congress has transferred its trade po
