The IMF and European economies [electronic resource] : crisis and conditionality /
Rogers, Chris.author.
This book examines the role that the IMF has played in the management of financial crises in developed nations. The topic is of particular significance in light of the global financial crisis that emerged following the collapse of American sub-prime mortgage markets in 2007, and the subsequent sovereign debt problems of many Western states.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: The IMF in the Post-War World Economy; 2 The Politics of Economic Policy-Making: Conceptualizing IMF Lending; 3 The Context of Program Ownership: British Economic Policy in 1974; 4 Establishing Program Ownership 1: The Sterling Exchange Rate and Counter-Inflation; 5 Establishing Program Ownership 2: External Financing and Public Expenditure; 6 Consolidating Ownership: The 1976 IMF Loan; 7 The Legitimacy Deficit: Competing Institutions, Competing Consensus, and Self-Insurance
8 The IMF and European Sovereign Debt: New Crisis, New Clients9 Conclusions; Notes to the Text; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book examines the role that the IMF has played in the management of financial crises in developed nations. The topic is of particular significance in light of the global financial crisis that emerged following the collapse of American sub-prime mortgage markets in 2007, and the subsequent sovereign debt problems of many Western states.
International Monetary Fund
Economic policy.
Political science.
European Union.
Finance.
Political economy.
Economic history.
Economic Policy.
Political Science and International Relations, general.
European Union Politics.
Finance, general.
International Political Economy.
Economic History.