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The global diffusion of markets and democracy / edited by Beth Simmons, Frank Dobbin and Geoffrey Garrett.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: xv, 367 p.: ill.; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780521703925 (pbk.) :
  • 0521703921 (pbk.) :
  • 0521878896 (hbk.)
  • 9780521878890 (hbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HF1359 .G5685 2008
Contents:
1. Introduction: the diffusion of liberalization / Beth A. Simmons, Frank Dobbin and Geoffrey Garrett -- 2. Tax policy in an era of internationalization: an assessment of a conditional diffusion model of the spread of neoliberalism / Duane Swank -- 3. The decision to privatize: economists and the construction of ideas and policies / Bruce Kogut and J. Muir Macpherson -- 4. The international diffusion of public sector downsizing: network emulation and theory-driven learning / Chang Kil Lee and David Strang -- 5. Global ideology and voter sentiment as determinants of international financial liberalization / Dennis P. Quinn and A. Maria Toyoda -- 6. Competing for capital: the diffusion of bilateral investment treaties, 1960-2000 / Zachary Elkins, Andrew T. Guzman and Beth A. Simmons -- 7. Diffusion and the spread of democratic institutions / Kristian Skrede Gleditsch and Michael D. Ward -- 8. 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 -- 9. Conclusion / Geoffrey Garrett, Frank Dobbin and Beth A. Simmons.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: the diffusion of liberalization / Beth A. Simmons, Frank Dobbin and Geoffrey Garrett -- 2. Tax policy in an era of internationalization: an assessment of a conditional diffusion model of the spread of neoliberalism / Duane Swank -- 3. The decision to privatize: economists and the construction of ideas and policies / Bruce Kogut and J. Muir Macpherson -- 4. The international diffusion of public sector downsizing: network emulation and theory-driven learning / Chang Kil Lee and David Strang -- 5. Global ideology and voter sentiment as determinants of international financial liberalization / Dennis P. Quinn and A. Maria Toyoda -- 6. Competing for capital: the diffusion of bilateral investment treaties, 1960-2000 / Zachary Elkins, Andrew T. Guzman and Beth A. Simmons -- 7. Diffusion and the spread of democratic institutions / Kristian Skrede Gleditsch and Michael D. Ward -- 8. 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 -- 9. Conclusion / Geoffrey Garrett, Frank Dobbin and Beth A. Simmons.

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