Shaped by War and Trade: International Influences on American Political Development

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In the 21st century, globalization poses major challenges to the key players in US domestic politics - challenges similar to many America has faced from abroad since the nation's founding. The study of American political development focuses primarily on how domestic politics affects the world arena and not vice versa. This book aims to address the imbalance as ten scholars explore how the changing positions of the United States in the world economy and the international political order have shaped US political institutions and American domestic politics.

Ira Katznelson is Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University. He is the author of, among other books, Liberalism's Crooked Circle (Princeton), City Trenches, and Desolation and Enlightenment (forthcoming). Books he has coedited include Paths of Emancipation (Princeton). Martin Shefter is Professor of Government at Cornell University. He is the author of Political

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2003 "The contributions to this volume, all preeminent scholars of American politics or international relations, examine how exigencies from beyond US borders shaped American political development... The book is important and pathbreaking."--Choice