Food Fights Over Free Trade How International Institutions Promote Agricultural Trade Liberalization

"This impressive book documents two ways in which international institutions sometimes help trade negotiators produce liberalizing outcomes despite entrenched resistance, by tilting politics within their countries against protected interests. Both sides in battles over trade and protection will find practical implications here. Scholars will find hypotheses about how variations in the institutional context change the international negotiation process, supported by an empirical tour de force."--John Odell, University of Southern California, author ofNegotiating the World Economy "This is a major piece of careful scholarship, of value to an important audience extending well beyond political science. Economists, trade specialists, and agriculturalists will immediately notice the empirical detail provided in this work. Davis understands the concerns and can speak the technical language of these practitioners; they will have to take her sophisticated analytic methods and conclusions seriously."--Robert Paarlberg, Wellesley College, author ofThe Politics of Precaution "This book has many admirable qualities: the argument is well conceived, the scholarship is of a very high quality, and the conclusions make significant contributions to our understanding of the link between domestic and international politics."--Adam Sheingate, author ofThe Rise of the Agricultural Welfare StateDavis, Christina L. is the author of 'Food Fights Over Free Trade How International Institutions Promote Agricultural Trade Liberalization', published 2005 under ISBN 9780691122540 and ISBN 0691122547.