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Partisan Politics in the Global Economy (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

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This is a book which is bound to be quite controversial. Garrett explodes the argument that global economic integration is making national politics irrelevant; the evidence presented in this book is overwhelming. This is a book which must be read by all serious students of international relations, comparative politics, and political economy.

This is not a good book. I was hoping for an empirical and logical analysis of the present world system of politics and how it relates to global market politics. What I ended up reading was a clarion call for protectionist measures and increased control.

While there are arguments to muster in defense of protectionist measures, they are not presented but merely assumed. The main cliam of the book- a comparative vision of partisan politics, is only really hinted at. This book amounts to an extended screed for leftist market measures, not an argument or an analysis of the same. It is a polemic dressed as alalysis.

This book is not terminologically advanced. This is a book that is definitely accessible to the pedestrian. What I am interested in is the contradiction that Mr. Garrett points out between the countries and transnationals that are interested in making money and the other countries that are primarily concerned with arts and entertainment. How can we, as modern Americans, respond to this book when we know that the two are intrinsically related? I think that Mr. Garrett as a mere Australian national misses the point of fundamental problems in wood structures. Keep away, please.