The Liberal Illusion
, by Barbieri, KatherineNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780472030767 | 0472030760
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/8/2005
The Liberal Illusion sheds light on an increasingly important question in international relations scholarship and the domain of policy-making-whether international trade promotes peace. By examining a broad range of theories about trade's impact on interstate relations and undertaking a set of empirical analyses of the trade-conflict puzzle, Katherine Barbieri provides a comprehensive assessment of the liberal view that trade promotes peace. Barbieri's stunning conclusions depart from conventional wisdom in international relations. Consequently, The Liberal Illusion serves as an important counterargument and a warning call to policymakers who rely upon trade-based strategies to promote peace, strategies that appear to offer little hope of achieving their goals. Book jacket.