The State and American Foreign Economic Policy

G. John Ikenberry (Edited by), David A. Lake (Edited by), Michael Mastanduno (Edited by)

9780801495243

Paperback / softback, published 23 August 1988

256 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.454 kg

How has the U.S. government made the nation's foreign economic policy over the last hundred years? Social scientists have traditionally presented the American state as relatively weak, its policies as directly reflecting the domestic balance of strength among interested social groups and economic sectors. This collection of essays by seven notable young political scientists provides a theoretical reevaluation of the forces at work in national policy making and present evidence that the effectiveness of the national government in shaping U.S. policy has been greatly underestimated.