Britain and European Monetary Cooperation, 1964-1979

ISBN-13: 9781137491411 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 276 str.

Kiyoshi Hirowatari

Opis

This book provides a unique perspective on the decline of sterling and Britain's responsive economic policy-making in the 1960's and '70s.

Spis treści

Introduction
PART I: THE CONSERVATIVES AND EUROPEAN MONETARY COOPERATION
1. The Conservatives and European Monetary Cooperation
2. The Conservatives and Monetary Sovereignty
3. The Heath Government and External Economic Policy
PART II: LABOUR AND EUROPEAN MONETARY COOPERATION: LABOUR AND STERLING
5. Harold Wilson, the 1964?66 Sterling Crisis and ' 'the Second Try ' '
6. The European Approach versus Sterling?Dollar Diplomacy
7. The 1976 IMF Crisis and its Aftermath
Conclusion
Appendix I Central Bank Cooperation (1963?1976)
Appendix II Short-term Aid Facilities 1964?1967
Appendix III Comparison between the 1967 Devaluation Crisis and the 1976 IMF Crisis
List of Names
Notes
Bibliography
Index

O autorze

Kiyoshi Hirowatari teaches History of International Trade, International Finance and Globalization at Hirao School of Management, Konan University, Japan. He studied at both Kyoto and Cambridge Universities, obtaining a PhD in History from Cambridge University. He is a Research Associate at the Centre for Financial History at Darwin College, Cambridge and a member of the Economic and Social History University academic staff. He is a member of the Socio-Economic History Society of Japan, and has held professional positions at the Bank of Tokyo. Kiyoshi Hirowatari's research interests lie in monetary diplomacy between Britain and Europe.