xv, 230 pages ; 23 cm

"This book provides an inside look at the G7/G8 summits by an author who combines personal experience of the summit process with academic analysis. It weaves together a critical narrative of the annual summits with essays on their interaction with contemporary trends . interdependence, globalisation and the end of the Cold War - and with key international institutions. The summits are judged against their original objectives: reconciling domestic and external pressures, mobilising collective management and providing political leadership. Readers of this book will understand better how the leaders of the major industrial democracies have responded to the transformation of the world economy during the late twentieth century and how far they have succeeded in reforming the international economic system to meet the next millennium. This book should appeal to the scholar and the general reader alike."--Jacket

Sequel to: Hanging together / Robert D. Putnam and Nicholas Bayne

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-222) and index

Foreword / John J. Kirton. 1. Explaining the Summit Cycle -- Pt. I. Innovation and Establishment. 2. Getting Started: The First and Second Summit Series, 1975-82. 3. Settling Down: The Third Summit Series, 1983-88. 4. Economic Interdependence: The OECD -- Pt. II. The Mature Summit. 5. Progress and Frustration: The Fourth Summit Series, 1989-93. 6. The End of the Cold War and Its Impact. 7. Internationalising Domestic Policy: The Uruguay Round -- Pt. III. The Renewal of the Summit. 8. The Reform of Other Institutions: The Fifth Series, 1994-97. 9. New Attitudes to International Organisations. 10. The Reform of the Summit Itself: The Sixth Series, 1998-? 11. Globalisation: Financial Architecture and Debt Relief. 12. The World Catches Up With the Summits

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