National currencies and globalization : endangered specie? / Paul Bowles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Globalization and national currencies -- The economic and political dynamics of globalization: four interpretations -- The implications of the four interpretations of globalization for national currencies -- Case studies of four systemically significant currencies: Australia; Canada; Mexico (with Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid); Norway (with {uA064}ne Cappelen) -- Conclusion -- Comparative conclusions: contingent neoliberalism and the limits of globalism.

"Paul Bowles provides an innovative and systematic analysis of the implications of theories of globalization for national currencies. He critically examines whether, as a result, the world is heading for fewer currencies. He argues that the main "force of globalization" which is endangering national currencies is that of globalization as "neoliberal globalism." However, there is no single neoliberal position on money and so the "contingent" nature of neoliberalism explains why this particular force of globalization operates more strongly in some countries than others. This is demonstrated in case studies of four systemically significant currencies, namely, those of Australia, Canada, Mexico, and Norway." "National Currencies and Globalization will be of interest to researchers and students of International Political Economy, Politics, Economics, and Finance."--BOOK JACKET.