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Post-Communist Economies and Western Trade Discrimination

Are NMEs Our Enemies?

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  • © 2006

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  1. Cynthia M. Horne
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Part of the book series: Political Evolution and Institutional Change (PEIC)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Transitions and Trade

    • Cynthia M. Horne
    Pages 1-18

  3. A Logic of Belief Stasis and Belief Change

    • Cynthia M. Horne
    Pages 19-40

  4. Crawfish, Sparklers, and Rebar: Testing Theories of Trade Protection

    • Cynthia M. Horne
    Pages 41-65

  5. The Nuts and Bolts of Anti-dumping Laws: Actors and Institutions in the United States and the European Union

    • Cynthia M. Horne
    Pages 66-84

  6. The Institutionalization of Beliefs

    • Cynthia M. Horne
    Pages 85-114

  7. Rule Change but Outcome Stasis

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    Pages 115-148

  8. Belief Stickiness and Belief Change

    • Cynthia M. Horne
    Pages 149-179

  9. Integrating Non-Market Economies into the International Trading System

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    Pages 180-193

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 194-254
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About this book

The author examines the United States and European Union's use of anti-dumping laws to demonstrate that discriminatory treatment persists even a decade after the end of the Cold War. She argues that lingering Cold War beliefs about the trade threat posed by Communist countries continue to affect the method of implementing these trade remedy laws.

Reviews

"This book identifies a vital puzzle - why do American and European trade officials discriminate against formerly communist countries100 percent of the time? This outcome is unexpected, given repeated institutional rule changes since the end of the Cold War. Horne provides a novel and compelling argument that demonstrates how and why individual beliefs and ideas matter in explaining policy outcomes."

- Deborah K. Elms, Assistant Professor, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

'Why do government agencies fail to implement their own regulations? Cynthia M. Horne wrestles this critical question to the ground by examining how lingering Cold War perceptions of NMEs as 'the enemy' have reinforced trade discrimination. Her five case studies of formal trade rule changes, combined with a quantitative refutation of traditional political economy explanations, clearlyillustrate the gap between formal rule changes and outcomeswhileexposing the explanatory importance of informal beliefs.'

- Alexandra Vacroux, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.

About the author

CYNTHIA M. HORNE is an Assistant Professor at Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy and International Relations, USA.

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