European Monetary Integration 1970-79

DAISUKE IKEMOTO is Assistant Professor of International Relations in the Faculty of Law, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan.

• Introduction National Political Parties and Party Systems in the Studies of European Integration Britain's Policy on EMU during the Entry Negotiation with the EEC, 1970-71 Britain and the EEC's First Steps towards EMU, 1971-74 Comparing British and French Policy on the Establishment of the EMS, 1976-79 (1): The Currency Crisis of 1976 Comparing British and French policy on the Establishment of the EMS, 1976-79 (2): The Parting of the Ways, 1978-79 Conclusion

"Ikemoto provides a detailed and convincing narrative of the evolution of British policy on monetary integration. This book is recommended to those interested in the origins of European economic and monetary union as seen from London and Paris." (Martin Duchac, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 53 (3), 2015)