Business and the Euro : business groups and the politics of EMU in Germany and the United Kingdom

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In this timely book, political scientist Mark Duckenfield explores how British and German business associations formed their political attitudes towards Economic and Monetary Union from 1988 through 1998. He makes the provocative argument that business associations are not mere transmission belts for their members' economic interests, rather, they are political entities in their own right. Consequently they act strategically in order to promote their members specific interests and are particularly attentive to the configuration of partisan political forces in their national legislatures. … full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Author

Mark Duckenfield, 1970-

Document Type

Books

Physical Description

xiv, 257 s.

Published

Houndmills : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

Edition

1st ed.

Subjects

Hospodářská a měnová unie

euro

měnová politika

Německo

Velká Británie

studie

monetary policy

Germany

Great Britain

studies

Bibliography

Obsahuje bibliografii (s. 232-248) a rejstřík

ISBN

1-4039-9863-9