France, Germany, and Britain
Subtitle: partners in a changing world
By: edited by Mairi Maclean and Jean-Marc Trouille
Contributors: Maclean, Mairi, 1959-; Trouille, Jean-Marc, 1956-
Series: Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society; Anglo-German Foundation series
Publisher: Palgrave, in association with Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: International cooperation; France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Germany; Germany -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Germany -- Foreign relations -- France; France -- Foreign relations -- Germany
Description: "France, Germany and Britain: Partners in a Changing World explores the relationships, and the potential for closer cooperation, which exist between France, Germany and Britain as they enter the new millennium. It focuses on a wide range of domains in which the three partner countries interact - including financial and monetary integration, economic and industrial cooperation, politics, security and defence, business and corporate governance, and education."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : France, Germany and Britain : partners in a changing world? / Mairi Maclean and Jean-Marc Trouille; title: Pt. I. Monetary and financial integration. France, Germany and the Eurozone : from 'motor' of EMU to living in an ECB-centric Eurozone / Kenneth Dyson; title: The Frankfurt Börse, the Paris Bourse and the City : competition and co-operation within a unifying EU financial market / Christopher Flockton; title: Pt. II. Business and the economy : convergence or divergence? Corporate governance and business cultures in France, Germany and Britain : convergence or conflict? / Mairi Maclean; title: The Franco-German economic and industrial partnership : a model for Europe? / Jean-Marc Trouille; title: Foreign direct investment and the diversity of socio-economic systems in Europe : France, Germany and Britain compared / Rémi Lallement; title: French and German competitiveness strategies from the perspective of European integration and a global world economy / Daniela Schwarzer and Henrik Uterwedde; title: Pt. III. Politics and foreign affairs : towards a triangular axis? Willy Brandt's 'new Ostpolitik' as an example of the 'GDR factor' in Franco-German relations / Ulrich Pfeil; title: Structures and plans for European defence : the Yugoslavian ordeal / Dominique David; title: Pt. IV. Cultural interrelationships : education and the media. Franco-German university co-operation : the position today and prospects within a European higher educational system / Werner Zettelmeier; title: The 1998 federal German elections in the British and French press - plus ça change? / John Theobald; title: Conclusion : Britain and the Franco-German axis : two plus one, or three together? / Jean-Marc Trouille and Mairi Maclean; title: Afterword / Pieter Vlieland