Money, Politics in the New Europe: Britain, France and the Single Financial Market

The book investigates British, French and EU-wide responses to the Single Financial Market initiative. It outlines the contexts of the globalization of financial markets and the pressures towards competitive deregulation. The '1992' package is assessed and its differing impact in Britain and France explained by comparing the different regulatory regimes through detailed case-studies. A policy network approach is applied throughout to European integration in this field Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Sectoral Policy Networks in EU Politics....Pages 1-25 Opening Up a Single Market in Financial Services....Pages 26-39 City of London and Place de Paris....Pages 40-69 1992: British and French Responses Compared....Pages 70-109 Three Case-Studies in Network Activation....Pages 110-147 The European Dimension....Pages 148-185 Conclusions....Pages 186-198 Back Matter....Pages 199-235