Analyses the ways markets and democracy have diffused around the world through interdependent decision-making.

1. Introduction: the diffusion of liberalization Beth Simmons, Frank Dobbin and Geoffrey Garrett; 2. Tax policy in an era of internationalization: an assessment of a conditional diffusion model of the spread of neoliberalism Duane Swank; 3. The decision to privatize: economists and the construction of ideas and policies Bruce Kogut and J. Muir Macpherson; 4. The international diffusion of public sector downsizing: network emulation and theory-driven learning Chang Kil Lee and David Strang; 5. Global ideology and voter sentiment as determinants of international financial liberalization Dennis P. Quinn and A. Maria Toyoda; 6. Competing for capital: the diffusion of bilateral investment treaties, 1960-2000 Zachary Elkins, Andrew T. Guzman and Beth A. Simmons; 7. Diffusion and the spread of democratic institutions Kristian Skrede Gleditsch and Michael D. Ward; 8. World society and human rights: an event history analysis of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Christine Min Wotipka and Francisco O. Ramirez; 9. Conclusion Geoffrey Garrett, Frank Dobbin and Beth Simmons.