States and the reemergence of global finance : from Bretton Woods to the 1990s
Drawing on extensive historical research, Eric Helleiner provides the first comprehensive political history of the phenomenon, one that details and explains the central role played by states in permitting and encouraging financial globalization.
History
1 online resource (ix, 244 pages)
9781501701986, 9780801483332, 1501701983, 0801483336
655042004
States and the Reemergence of Global Finance; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; PART I. THE RESTRICTIVE BRETTON WOODS FINANCIAL ORDER; 2. Bretton Woods and the Endorsement of Capital Controls; 3. Continuing Caution: The Slow and Limited Move to Convertibility; PART II. THE REEMERGENCE OF GLOBAL FINANCE; 4. Support for the Euromarket in the 1960s; 5. Failed Cooperation in the Early 1970s; 6. Four Turning Points in the Late 1970s and Early 1980s; 7. The Liberalization Trend in the 1980s; 8. Weathering International Financial Crises; PART III. CONCLUSION. 9. Explaining Differing State Behavior in Trade and FinanceWorks Cited; Index