With the effects of the latest financial crisis still unfolding, this is a timely guide to the politics of international financial reform comparing the policies that the international community requested the IMF to follow in the aftermath of the Mexican, Asian, and subprime crisis.

Autorentext
Manuela Moschella is Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of Turin and 'Nino Andreatta Fellow' at the University of Bologna, Italy. Her core research interests include the politics of change in international financial organizations and reforms to the international financial regulatory architecture.

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Introduction: The IMF and Global Finance Governance Evolutionary Policies: Economic Ideas and Legitimacy Feedback The 1990s Consensus on International Financial Integration The Mexican Crisis: Testing the Consensus The Asian Crisis: Questioning the Consensus The Subprime Crisis: Towards a New Consensus Conclusions: Past and Future of International Financial Governance Appendix: List of Interviewees Notes Bibliography Index