The challenge of globalization and institution building
Subtitle: lessons from small European states
By: edited by Randall W. Kindley and David F. Good.
Contributors: Kindley, Randall W.; Good, David F.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Monetary policy -- Europe -- Congresses; Pressure groups -- Europe -- Congresses; States, Small -- Economic policy -- Congresses; International finance -- Congresses; Competition, International -- Congresses
Description: Describing and analyzing the links between monetary policy and economic governance in small countries in both Western and Eastern Europe, this interdisciplinary volume demonstrates how interest groups shape monetary policy decisions in increasingly globalized financial markets. The contributors' findings hold great relevance even for large countries like the United States, which are now struggling with the challenges of internationalization.

A diverse group of political scientists and economists, the contributors contend that although the small states have limited options, they are nonetheless able to make choices that enable their export industries to flourish in an environment of increasing internationalization. The authors conclude that lack of control over the future shape of monetary union in Europe is not inimical to future prosperity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The essays in this volume ... origins in a symposium, 'The End of the Cold War and small European States' ... held at the University of Minnesota in October 1993"--Pref.