International Summitry and Global Governance - The Rise of the G7 and the European Council, 1974-1991

Covering the period from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, this volume is the first detailed study of the emergence of regular and frequent heads of government meetings (international summits). 

List of contents

Introduction – Analysing the Rise of Regular Summitry, Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol and Federico Romero Part I: New Tools for International and European Governance 1. Twentieth-Century Summitry and the G7 Process, David Reynolds 2. The Foundations of Summitry, Nicholas Bayne 3. The Road to Rambouillet and the Creation of the Group of Five, Elizabeth Benning 4. Less than a Permanent Secretariat, more than an ad-hoc Preparatory Group: a Prosopography of the G7’s Personal Representatives, 1975-1991, Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol 5. Between Political Messages and Public Expectations: G7 Summits in French and US Public Opinions, 1975-1985, Noël Bonhomme Part II: Global and Western Challenges 6. Refashioning the West to Dispel its Fears: the Early G7 Summits, Federico Romero 7. Creating the Expectation of a Collective Response: the Impact of Summitry on Transatlantic Relations, N. Piers Ludlow 8. The Rise of Summitry and EEC-Japan Trade Relations, Hitoshi Suzuki 9. The Road to Cancun: the Life and Death of a North-South Summit, Guia Migani 10. G7s, European Councils and East-West Economic Relations, 1975-1982, Angela Romano Conclusions, Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol and Federico Romero

Summary

Covering the period from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, this volume is the first detailed study of the emergence of regular and frequent heads of government meetings (international summits).

Product details

• Authors: Emmanuel (University of Glasgow Mourlon-Druol
• Assisted by: Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol (Editor), Mourlon-Druol Emmanuel (Editor), Federico Romero (Editor), Romero Federico (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.02.2014
• EAN: 9780415729840
• ISBN: 978-0-415-72984-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Cold War History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Warfare & defence, Diplomacy, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Theory of warfare and military science