The Geography of Trade Liberalization

Peru’s Free Trade Continuity in Comparative Perspective

Omar Awapara (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XVI, 244 Seiten

2023 | 1st ed. 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-23419-4 (ISBN)

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This book answers why anti-trade forces in developing countries sometimes fail to effectively exert pressure on their governments. The backlash against globalization spread across several Latin American countries in the 2000s, yet a few countries such as Peru doubled down on their bets on free trade by signing bilateral agreements with the US and the EU. This study uses evidence from three Latin American countries (Peru, Argentina, and Bolivia) to suggest that geography can play a significant role in shaping trade preferences and undermining the formation and clout of distributional coalitions that seek protectionism. Because trade liberalization can have uneven distributional impacts along regional lines, trade liberalization losers can find themselves in unfavorable conditions to associate and engage in collective action. Under these circumstances, few coalitions emerge to battle for protection in the policy arena, and when they do, geographic distance from decision-makers in the capital city can be a significant barrier to realizing their interests. As a result, even where a majority of the population living in regions that have not benefitted from trade elect a leftist president, trade reform reversal will not occur unless protectionist interests are close to the capital city. The contrast between Peru, on one side, and Argentina and Bolivia, on the other, highlights the powerful influence geography can have on reversing trade policy or preserving the status quo.

Omar Awapara is Director of Political Science at UPC (Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas) and Global Instructor at the University of Arizona, the USA.

1. Introduction.- 2. A Geography-Based Theory of Trade Policy.- 3. The Regional Impact of Free Trade: An Empirical Analysis.- 4. Trade-related protests in post reform Latin America.- 5. Geography and Trade Reform in Latin America.- 6. Conclusions.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.01.2023
Reihe/Serie	Latin American Political Economy
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 244 p. 3 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	438 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
Schlagworte	Globalization • Latin America • left turn • Market Reform Reversal • trade liberalization
ISBN-10	3-031-23419-7 / 3031234197
ISBN-13	978-3-031-23419-4 / 9783031234194
Zustand	Neuware