Capital ideas:the IMF and the rise of financial liberalization

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chwieroth Jeffrey M 1975-
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, N.J.
Publication Dates: c2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: [xix], 311 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780691142319 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0691142319 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780691142326 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0691142327 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780691142326 (e-book)
Index Number: F831
CLC: F831.0
Call Number: F831.0/C564
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Normative change from within -- Capital ideas and controls -- Capital controlled : the early postwar era -- The limits and hollowness of Keynesianism in the 1960s -- Formal change and informal continuity : the reform negotiations of the 1970s .
In this work, Jeffrey Chwieroth explores the inner workings of the IMF to understand how it staff's thinking about capital controls changed so radically. In doing so, he also provides an important case study of how international organizations work and evolve.