New perspectives on global governance : why America needs the G8

This book addresses the core question of why America needs the G8. It offers new perspectives on the Group of Eight major market democracies, quite different than the prevailing ones which see the G8 either as a forum for partners to bind a unilateralist, hegemonic America, or for American-centred f...

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Other Authors: Fratianni, Michele.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hampshire, England: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2005.
Series:Global finance series.
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