Building legislative coalitions for free trade in Asia : globalization as legislation /

"What accounts for the large reduction in trade barriers among new democracies in Asia after World War II? Using new data from Japan and Thailand, this book provides a surprising answer: politicians, especially party leaders, liberalized trade by buying off legislative support with side-payment...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Naoi, Megumi, 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Political planning > Japan.
Political planning > Thailand.
Political leadership > Japan.
Political leadership > Thailand.
Free trade > Political aspects > Japan.
Free trade > Political aspects > Thailand.
Finance, Public > Japan.
Finance, Public > Thailand.
Politique publique > Japon.
Politique publique > Thaïlande.
Libre-échange > Aspect politique > Japon.
Libre-échange > Aspect politique > Thaïlande.
Finances publiques > Japon.
Finances publiques > Thaïlande.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Expenditures, Public
Finance, Public
Free trade > Political aspects
Political leadership
Political planning
Japan > Appropriations and expenditures.
Thailand > Appropriations and expenditures.
Japan
Thailand
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Building Open Economy Coalitions: 1. Optimal use of pork, policy, and institutional reforms
  • Part II. Empirical Evidence: 2. Use of pork as side-payment; 3. Pro-loser policy during hard times; 4. Helping co-partisan legistrators survive elections: use of institutional reforms; 5. Japanese legislators in rival regions; 6. Thai legislators' position-taking on foreign retail investment
  • Part III. Discussion: 7. The political Foundations of an Open Economy: discussion.

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