Introduction: The International Diffusion of Liberalism

摘要: Political scientists, sociologists, and economists have all sought to ana- lyze the spread of economic political liberalism across countries in recent decades+ This article documents this diffusion liberal policies politics proposes four distinct theories explain how prior choices some inter- national actors affect subsequent behavior others: coercion, competition, learn- ing, emulation+ These are explored empirically symposium articles that follow+ The goal is bring quite different often isolated schools thought into contact communication with one another, define common metrics by which we can judge utility contending approaches policy domains+