Deutsche Mark Politics

Download or read book Deutsche Mark Politics written by Peter H. Loedel and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loedel (political science, West Chester U., Pennsylvania) examines why Germany was prepared to sacrifice the deutsche mark for European Monetary Union (EMU), providing in the process an account of the forces that exert pressure on the deutsche mark. Analyzed in depth is the institutional relationship between the Bundesbank and the federal government and Germany's bargaining strategies toward European and global monetary-governance structures. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR