The Israeli Central Bank : political economy, global logics and local actors / Daniel Maman and Zeev Rosenhek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maman, Daniel, lat, author.

Contributor:

Rosenhek, Zeev.

Series:

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern economies.

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern economies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banḳ Yiśraʼel.

Banks and banking, Central--Israel.

Banks and banking, Central.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the local and global political and institutional processes that have led to the strengthening of the Israeli central bank within the context of the now predominant neoliberal regime. Using Israel as a case study to identify broader patterns around the world, the authors examine the strengthening of central banks as a key dimension of the institutionalisation of the global regime.Drawing on an in-depth analysis of the political economy of the Israeli central bank since the mid-1980s, the authors show how the Bank of Israel mobilized global logics in order to strengt

Contents:

The political economy of central banks

The dynamics of the Israeli political economy

The Israeli Central Bank in the developmental state era

The reconfiguration of the political-economic field

Knowledge, institutional arrangements and policy

Struggling for preeminence

Conclusions : politics of depoliticization.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-10435-0

9786613104359

1-136-82237-2

0-203-83044-X

9780203830444

OCLC:

714363460