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The global diffusion of markets and democracy / edited by Beth A. Simmons, Frank Dobbin, and Geoffrey Garrett. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c.2008. - xv, 367 p. : charts, maps ; 23 cm.

Index : p. 361-367.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : the diffusion of liberalization / Beth A. Simmons, Frank Dobbin, and Geoffrey Garrett -- Tax policy in an era of internationalization : an assessment of a conditional diffusion model of the spread of neoliberalism / Duane Swank -- The decision to privatize : economists and the construction of ideas and policies / Bruce Kogut and J. Muir MacPherson -- The international diffusion of public sector downsizing : network emulation and theory-driven learning / Chang Kil Lee and David Strang -- Global ideology and voter sentiment as determinants of international financial liberalization / Dennis P. Quinn and A. Maria Toyoda -- Competing for capital : the diffusion of bilateral investment treaties, 1960-2000 / Zachary Elkins, Andrew T. Guzman, and Beth A. Simmons -- Diffusion and the spread of democratic institutions / Kristian Skrede Gleditsch and Michael D. Ward -- World society and human rights : an event history analysis of the Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women / Christine Min Wotipka and Francisco O. Ramirez.

Analyses the ways markets and democracy have diffused around the world through interdependent decision-making.


ISBN: 9780521703925 (pbk.) 0521703921 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2008273425

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA783992 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014100641 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Globalization--Economic aspects.
Globalization--Political aspects.
Democratization.

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Dewey Class. No.: 303.482 / GLO