TY - BOOK ID - 29798947 TI - The Group of Seven : finance ministries, central banks and global financial governance AU - Baker, Andrew AU - Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) AU - University of Warwick. PY - 2006 SN - 0415354927 9780415354929 0415498961 087654362X 9786610428878 1280428872 0203001494 113425637X PB - London : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - International finance KW - Monetary policy KW - -Banks and banking, Central KW - -332.042 KW - Banker's banks KW - Banks, Central KW - Central banking KW - Central banks KW - Banks and banking KW - Monetary management KW - Economic policy KW - Currency boards KW - Money supply KW - International monetary system KW - International money KW - Finance KW - International economic relations KW - International cooperation KW - Group of Seven (Organization) KW - G-7 (Organization) KW - G7 (Organization) KW - Group of Eight (Organization) KW - Group of Seven (Organization). KW - Banks and banking, Central KW - International finance. KW - International cooperation. KW - E-books KW - finance KW - ministers KW - global KW - financial KW - governance KW - central KW - bank KW - process KW - ministry KW - exchange UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:29798947 AB - We are now in the era of the G8, although the G7 still exists as a grouping for Finance Ministers. Why do G7 finance ministries and central banks co-operate? What are the implications of this co-operation for US power and the abilities of the other six states to exercise leadership? What role do the G7 play in global financial governance? How much authority do they possess and how is that authority exercised? This is the first major monograph on the political economy of G7 finance ministry and central bank co-operation. It argues that to understand the contribution of the G7 t ER -