A History of International Monetary Diplomacy, 1867 to the Present: The Rise of the Guardian State and Economic Sovereignty in a Globalizing World

ISBN-13: 9781138841154 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 208 str.

Giulio Gallarotti

Opis

This new book is the first chronicle of how domestic politics (in the form of the guardian state) has shaped the monetary landscape from the time of the emergence of an international monetary system in the late 19^th century, to the present day. Since the emergence of an international monetary system under the classical gold standard in the late-19^th century, the landscape defining monetary relations and diplomacy has reflected a fundamental sensitivity to the structures and processes comprising domestic politics. Various influential histories of monetary relations proclaim the influence of domestic politics, whilst others attest to the power of domestic politics in a more restricted historical period. While these and other conventional monetary histories underscore the influence of domestic political forces in shaping monetary history, none has chronicled the precise process of this influence over the history of the international monetary system: 1880- present. The book provides many lessons from which implications can be drawn about an important issue in international economic relations: the present state and problems of the global monetary system and the possibilities for monetary cooperation.

Spis treści

IntroductionChapter 1. The Rise of the Guardian State and Structural Change in the Global Political EconomyChapter 2. The 19th Century ConferencesChapter 3. The Interwar Conferences: Genoa and LondonChapter 4. Mature Guardianship: Bretton WoodsChapter 5. Guardianship Under Monetary Imperialism: The Smithsonian ConferenceChapter 6. Guardianship in the Monetary Feudalism of the Non-System: Monetary Imperialism Part Two at Plaza, Louvre, and BeyondChapter 7. Reflecting on a Century of Guardianship: Patterns and ImplicationsStatistical Appendix

O autorze

Giulio M. Gallarotti is Professor of Government and member of the Faculty of the College of the Environment–at Wesleyan University, USA. He is also Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, USA, and was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Economic Theory at the University of Rome, Italy.