Hanging Together: Cooperation and Conflict in the Seven-Power Summits, Revised and Enlarged Edition

by Nicholas Bayne and Robert D. Putnam

Book Overview

For nearly a decade the leaders of the seven major industrial countries--the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, and Canada--have met annually to discuss international economic and political issues. Regular summitry of this sort is virtually unprecedented in modern diplomacy. Proponents see the Western summits as providing collective leadership that is vital in a turbulent world, while critics dismiss summitry as distracting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674372263
• ISBN13: 9780674372269
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

The definitive work on the G-7 system of global governance.

Clearly, this work is the bible for any professional in the field of international relations. While devoted to the study and evolution of the G-7 process, the work underlines the fundamental role of the major industrialized powers in shaping 20th century geopolitical realities.