Legislating international organization : the U.S. Congress, the IMF, and the World Bank / Kathryn C. Lavelle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lavelle, Kathryn C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monetary policy.

International Monetary Fund.

World Bank.

United States. Congress.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York City : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this work, Kathryn Lavelle argues against the commonly-held idea that key international organizations are entities unto themselves, immune from the influence and pressures of individual states' domestic policies.

Contents:

Congressional advocacy towards international organizations

Enacting a multilateral framework for finance : treasury and congressional compromise

Building constituencies for the Bretton Woods framework : banks, big business, and the Cold War coalition

Domestic constituencies speak : the end of fixed parity and the rise of development lending

Iron triangles go global : the 1982 debt crisis and the end of the Cold War

Widening the circle, narrowing the outcome : the 1997 Asian financial crisis

Reviving a role for the Bretton Woods institutions : the financial crisis of 2008

Conclusions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 20, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613423580

1-283-42358-8

0-19-987740-8

OCLC:

770876094