03639nam 2200721Ia 450 991045123480332120200520144314.01-283-83745-51-282-32494-297866123249491-134-76164-30-203-21752-7(CKB)1000000000255142(EBL)169197(OCoLC)560587553(SSID)ssj0000282952(PQKBManifestationID)11233587(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282952(PQKBWorkID)10326098(PQKB)10502564(MiAaPQ)EBC169197(PPN)198454120(Au-PeEL)EBL169197(CaPaEBR)ebr10056001(CaONFJC)MIL232494(EXLCZ)99100000000025514219980107d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe politics of central banks[electronic resource] /Robert Elgie and Helen ThompsonLondon ;New York Routledge19981 online resource (200 p.)Routledge advances in international relations and politics ;7Description based upon print version of record.1-138-97900-7 0-415-14422-1 Includes bibliographical references (p.175-185) and index.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 independenceAppendix 2: Bank of England independence, 1694-1997Appendix 3: Bank of France independence, 1800-1997; Appendix 4: European Central Bank independence; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis 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 book 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 aRoutledge advances in international relations and politics ;7.Banks and banking, CentralGreat BritainHistoryBanks and banking, CentralFranceHistoryMonetary policyGreat BritainHistoryMonetary policyFranceHistoryElectronic books.Banks and banking, CentralHistory.Banks and banking, CentralHistory.Monetary policyHistory.Monetary policyHistory.332.1/1/0941Elgie Robert784249Thompson Helen1966 June 13-898346MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451234803321The politics of central banks2144317UNINA