A Concise History of European Monetary Integration or Media Now

A Concise History of European Monetary Integration: From EPU to EMU

Author: Horst Ungerer

Ungerer provides a comprehensive, yet concise and accessible history of European monetary integration over the past half century, from the European Payments Union (EPU) to the realization of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) as mapped out by the Maastricht Treaty. Monetary integration is essential to the completion of a single market and the realization of and closer political cooperation in Europe. Ungerer demonstrates this point while giving readers the only up-to-date account and analysis of European monetary integration currently available. The book will be an important resource not only for scholars and students of European economic and political integration, but also for professionals in a wide range of fields within international business and finance.

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Developed from lectures by a retired International Monetary Fund and Deutsche Bundesbank senior official. Chronicles the complexities of policy and institutional developments in European monetary integration over the past 50 years, including intellectual foundations, key economic-analytical issues, and the international context. Discusses various plans aimed at promoting monetary integration in Europe as well as developments in the "snake" exchange rate arrangement and the European Monetary System. Particular attention is given to the Maastricht Treaty on European economic and monetary union and its implementation. A glossary of acronyms, a chronology, and an extensive bibliography promote the user-friendly reference that the author intended for the press, government officials, business people, and scholars of European integration. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acronyms
	Introduction	1
1	The Background: Gold Standard and Interwar Period	7
2	The Establishment of a New International Economic Order after World War II	15
3	The Reconstruction of Europe	23
4	The Creation of the European Communities and Their Institutions	33
5	Economic and Monetary Policies in the Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community	45
6	Important Monetary Events in the European Community in the 1960s	57
7	International Monetary Developments in the 1960s	67
8	Striving for Better Policy Coordination in the European Community in the 1960s	83
9	The 1969 Conference in The Hague and the Objective of Economic and Monetary Union	97
10	The Werner Report	107
11	The Breakdown of the Bretton Woods System and the "Snake"	119
12	The Quest for More Policy Cooperation and a Unified Exchange Rate System in the 1970s	133
13	The Creation of the European Monetary System	147
14	The Objectives and Main Features of the European Monetary System	157
15	Developments in the European Monetary System, 1979-90	169
16	The Political Debate about the European Monetary System	187
17	The Delors Report	199
18	Stage One of Economic and Monetary Union and Preparations for the Intergovernmental Conference on Economic and Monetary Union	209
19	Proposals for a Treaty on Economic and Monetary Union and the Negotiations of the Intergovernmental Conference	219
20	The Maastricht Treaty	229
21	The Debate about the Maastricht Treaty - Benefits and Costs of Economic and Monetary Union	243
22	The Crises of the European Monetary System in 1992 and 1993	257
23	Stage Two of Economic and Monetary Union, the European Monetary Intitute, and the Preparation of Stage Three	273
24	Outlook	293
	Chronology	301
	Bibliography	307
	Name Index	325
	Subject Index	329

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Media Now: Understanding Media, Culture, and Technology

Author: Joseph Straubhaar

Do your students understand how they are affected by the media they use? Do they understand how technology works, develops and changes over time? MEDIA NOW is the first mass communication text to encourage students to think critically about the media and its effects on culture and also provide them with a thorough understanding of how the media technologies develop, operate, converge and affect our greater society. Unlike other introductory mass communication books, MEDIA NOW prepares students for their careers in the expanded field of telecommunications, interactive media, and traditional media industries, by providing them with a book that will not only excite them but teach them the foundational theories, concepts and technical knowledge to help them thrive.