The Politics of Central Banks.

By: Elgie, RobertContributor(s): Thompson, HelenMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics SerPublisher: London : Routledge, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (200 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203217528Subject(s): Banks and banking, Central -- France -- History | Banks and banking, Central -- Great Britain -- History | European Central Bank | Monetary policy -- France -- History | Monetary policy -- Great Britain -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Politics of Central BanksDDC classification: 332.1/1/0941 LOC classification: HG2995 -- .E44 1998ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- The Politics of Central Banks -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The politics of core executive control -- 2 Core executive/central bank relations -- 3 The core executive and the Bank of England (1694-1987): From autonomy to dependence -- 4 The core executive and the Bank of England (1988-97): The primacy of domestic politics -- 5 The core executive and the Bank of France (1800-1981): The old regime -- 6 The core executive and the Bank of France (1981-97): Shadowing the Bundesbank -- 7 The political control of economic life -- Appendix 1: Calculating Central Bank independence -- Appendix 2: Bank of England independence, 1694-1997 -- Appendix 3: Bank of France independence, 1800-1997 -- Appendix 4: European Central Bank independence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book is a study of power. In particular, it is a study of governmental power in Britain and France. Its focus is the changing relationship between the government and the central bank in the two countries, and it examines the politics of this relationship since the time when the Bank of England and the Bank of France were first created. The Politics of Central Banks begins by considering the issue of governmental control generally. It then focuses on monetary policy making, and asks what has been the role of governments in this area and what freedom have central banks enjoyed? After a detailed historical analysis of this issue in Britain and France, the authors conclude by considering the likely role of the European Central Bank. The book's main observations are that the relationship between governments and central banks has been subject to great variation over time. In the contemporary context we see increasingly independent central banks, European monetary integration and globalised economic markets. Consequently, the politics of monetary policy has become increasingly complex, and core issues concerning the political control of economic life are as salient as ever.
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Cover -- The Politics of Central Banks -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The politics of core executive control -- 2 Core executive/central bank relations -- 3 The core executive and the Bank of England (1694-1987): From autonomy to dependence -- 4 The core executive and the Bank of England (1988-97): The primacy of domestic politics -- 5 The core executive and the Bank of France (1800-1981): The old regime -- 6 The core executive and the Bank of France (1981-97): Shadowing the Bundesbank -- 7 The political control of economic life -- Appendix 1: Calculating Central Bank independence -- Appendix 2: Bank of England independence, 1694-1997 -- Appendix 3: Bank of France independence, 1800-1997 -- Appendix 4: European Central Bank independence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book is a study of power. In particular, it is a study of governmental power in Britain and France. Its focus is the changing relationship between the government and the central bank in the two countries, and it examines the politics of this relationship since the time when the Bank of England and the Bank of France were first created. The Politics of Central Banks begins by considering the issue of governmental control generally. It then focuses on monetary policy making, and asks what has been the role of governments in this area and what freedom have central banks enjoyed? After a detailed historical analysis of this issue in Britain and France, the authors conclude by considering the likely role of the European Central Bank. The book's main observations are that the relationship between governments and central banks has been subject to great variation over time. In the contemporary context we see increasingly independent central banks, European monetary integration and globalised economic markets. Consequently, the politics of monetary policy has become increasingly complex, and core issues concerning the political control of economic life are as salient as ever.

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