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We are now in the era of the G8, although the G7 still exists as a grouping for Finance Ministers. Why do G7 finance ministries and central banks co-operate? What are the implications of this co-operation for US power and the abilities of the other six states to exercise leadership? What role do the G7 play in global financial governance? How much authority do they possess and how is that authority exercised? This is the first major monograph on the political economy of G7 finance ministry and central bank co-operation. It argues that to understand the contribution of the G7 to global financial governance it is necessary to locate the process in the context of a wider world financial order comprised of decentralized globalization. It also provides original case study material on the G7's contribution to macroeconomic governance and to debates on the global financial architecture over the last decade. It assesses the G7's role in producing a system of global financial governance based on market supremacy and technocratic transgovernmental consensus and articulates normative criticisms of the G7's exclusivity. For researchers in the fields of IR/IPE generally, postgraduate students in the field of international organization and global governance, policy makers and financial journalists this is the most extensive analysis of the G7 and the political economy of global financial governance to date.

We are now in the era of the G8, although the G7 still exists as a grouping for Finance Ministers. Why do G7 finance ministries and central banks co-operate? What are the implications of this co-operation for US power and the abilities of the other six states to exercise leadership? What role do the G7 play in global financial governance? How much authority do they possess and how is that authority exercised? This is the first major monograph on the political economy of G7 finance ministry and central bank co-operation. It argues that to understand the contribution of the G7 to global financial governance it is necessary to locate the process in the context of a wider world financial order comprised of decentralized globalization. It also provides original case study material on the G7's contribution to macroeconomic governance and to debates on the global financial architecture over the last decade. It assesses the G7's role in producing a system of global financial governance based on market supremacy and technocratic transgovernmental consensus and articulates normative criticisms of the G7's exclusivity. For researchers in the fields of IR/IPE generally, postgraduate students in the field of international organization and global governance, policy makers and financial journalists this is the most extensive analysis of the G7 and the political economy of global financial governance to date.

This paper examines the nature & scope of activities of the Group of Seven (G7). The G7 is a process, not an institution. It has no "home," no secretariat, & no legal status; it is simply a regular cycle of informal meetings & interactions among representatives of the central banks & finance ministries of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, & the US. Yet despite this lack of tangibility, the G7 is considered by the global public (in particular, as represented by the major international nongovernmental organizations) & the academic community as a crucial agent of economic governance. The author examines the historical evolution of the G7 as a regularized multilateral process; the functions, power, & distinctive characteristics of the G7 process; & the implications of changes over time in the G7's agenda & activities for its global role & authority. It is argued that fundamental changes in the G7 are needed -- in its name, since it should evolve beyond country membership; but also in the range of its constituencies, which should extend to other than just financial institutions. Such major reforms, though unlikely, would be truly momentous. S. Stanton

Establishment of the Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries within the G77; need for a coordinating body for both ECDC and North-South issues.

Henry Mintzberg es escritor, investigador y profesor en la Universidad de McGill en Montreal, Canadá. Desde la publicación en 1983 de su libro Structure in Fives. Designing Effective Organizations, se transformó en un autor reconocido mundialmente y, en nuestro medio, un referente en la bibliografía de las cátedras de administración. El libro profundizó el análisis de la estructura organizacional y, definiendo los parámetros de diseño y los factores contingentes, determinó cinco configuraciones estructurales: estructura simple, burocracia mecánica, burocracia profesional, forma divisional y adhocracia.