Why do nations so frequently abandon unrestricted international commerce in favor of trade protectionism? David A. Lake contends that the dominant explanation, interest group theory, does not adequately explain American trade strategy or address the contradictory elements of cooperation and conflict that shape the international economy. Power, Protection, and Free Trade offers an alternative, systemic approach to trade strategy that builds on the interaction between domestic and international factors. In this innovative book, Lake maintains that both protection and free trade are legitimate and effective instruments of national policy, the considered responses of nations to varying international structures.
- ISBN10 0801497531
- ISBN13 9780801497537
- Publish Date 4 June 1990 (first published 14 April 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 December 2000
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Cornell University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 264
- Language English