{"product_id":"9780472023073","title":"The Liberal Illusion: Does Trade Promote Peace?","description":"\"A very important and long-awaited major contribution to the debate . . . Her work cannot be ignored.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Nils Petter Gleditsch, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Peace Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Barbieri builds on a solid foundation of work on trade and conflict and specifies the conditions under which trade reduces and increases conflict. . . . The bottom line is that this is an important book in the study of trade and conflict because of its comprehensive approach.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Kathy L. Powers, \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Barbieri's analysis reveals the fundamental and intellectual weaknesses of the various arguments on this topic. [A] solid and timely contribution to the literature\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Liberal Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on an increasingly important question in international relations scholarship and the domain of policy making-whether international trade promotes peace. By examining a broad range of theories about trade's impact on interstate relations and undertaking a set of empirical analyses of the trade-conflict puzzle, Katherine Barbieri provides a comprehensive assessment of the liberal view that trade promotes peace. Barbieri's stunning conclusions depart from conventional wisdom in international relations. Consequently, \u003ci\u003eThe Liberal Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e serves as an important counterargument and a warning call to policymakers who rely upon trade-based strategies to promote peace, strategies that appear to offer little hope of achieving their goals.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103648661744,"sku":"9780472023073","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780472023073_p0.jpg?v=1763706739","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780472023073","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}