International Summitry and Global Governance

Covering  the period  from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, this volume is the first  detailed study of  the emergence of regular and frequent heads of government meetings (international summits).  

Introduction - Analysing the Rise of Regular Summitry, Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol and Federico Romero Part I: New Tools for International and European Governance 1. Twentieth-Century Summitry and the G7 Process, David Reynolds 2. The Foundations of Summitry, Nicholas Bayne 3. The Road to Rambouillet and the Creation of the Group of Five, Elizabeth Benning 4. Less than a Permanent Secretariat, more than an ad-hoc Preparatory Group: a Prosopography of the G7's Personal Representatives, 1975-1991, Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol 5. Between Political Messages and Public Expectations: G7 Summits in French and US Public Opinions, 1975-1985, Noël Bonhomme Part II: Global and Western Challenges 6. Refashioning the West to Dispel its Fears: the Early G7 Summits, Federico Romero 7. Creating the Expectation of a Collective Response: the Impact of Summitry on Transatlantic Relations, N. Piers Ludlow 8. The Rise of Summitry and EEC-Japan Trade Relations, Hitoshi Suzuki 9. The Road to Cancun: the Life and Death of a North-South Summit, Guia Migani 10. G7s, European Councils and East-West Economic Relations, 1975-1982, Angela Romano Conclusions, Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol and Federico Romero