Central banking as global governance : constructing financial credibility / Rodney Bruce Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Rodney Bruce, 1960- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 109.

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 109

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking, Central.

Corporate governance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Money is a social convention, but with what social consequences? In this innovative study, Rodney Bruce Hall argues that those who govern the parameters of money's creation, its destruction, and its valuation are responsible for the governance of international finance. The volume is an analysis of central banking as global governance, employing the institutional philosophy of John Searle as a theoretical basis for exploring the consequences of money as a social institution, and the social relations of credit and debt. While previous studies in this field have made forays into the political economy of monetary institutions, this book breaks new ground by offering a constructivist social analysis that identifies the mechanisms of governance as social rather than material processes. The volume will therefore be of great interest to a wide range of scholars and students, particularly those with an interest in international relations, international finance and international political economy.

Contents:

Central banking as governance

The social character of money

Instituting facts and constituting rules

Constitutive power relations

Rules and international monetary systems

Central bank independence as credibility

Transparency and intersubjectivity in central banking.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-247) and index.

ISBN:

1-139-81078-2

1-107-20215-9

1-107-31679-0

1-107-31868-8

1-107-31776-2

1-107-32218-9

0-511-72056-4

1-299-39986-X

1-107-31583-2

OCLC:

776951229