Trading gains for control: International trade forums and Japanese economic diplomacy

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 945-970

  Pekkanen, Saadia M ^a   Solís, Mireya ^b   Katada, Saori N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIBERALIZATION; NATIONAL POLITICS; PRIORITIZATION; TRADE-OFF;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 36749009598     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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