{"product_id":"states-and-the-masters-of-capital-sovereign-lending-old-and-new-columbia-studies-in-international-order-and-politics-9780231204682","title":"States and the Masters of Capital Sovereign","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, states’ ability to borrow private capital depends on stringent evaluations of their creditworthiness. While many presume that this has long been the case, Quentin Bruneau argues that it is a surprisingly recent phenomenon—the outcome of a pivotal shift in the social composition of financial markets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBruneau provides a new take on a fascinating subject, presenting a necessary and interesting glimpse into the opaque and immensely powerful world of sovereign finance and giving us a real sense of the cultural logics that pervade this rarefied sphere. -- Emily Erikson, author of \u003ci\u003eTrade and Nation: How Companies and Politics Reshaped Economic Thought\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuentin Bruneau shines a deep and penetrating light on financial institutions and the changing forms of knowledge which guide their activities. The historical mode of enquiry he adopts is a critical advance on more static conceptions of institutional agency, and is an important contribution towards understanding what is new and innovative in contemporary global finance. -- Randall Germain, author of \u003ci\u003eGlobal Politics and Financial Governance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePithy, intelligent, illuminating. This exciting book reveals the changing and pivotal role played by financial actors and markets in modern state formation. -- Patricia Clavin, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eInternationalisms: A Twentieth-Century History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBruneau has written a brilliant book about the ‘ways of knowing’ in international finance. * Survival *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a compelling read, and its ambition to create an interdisciplinary bridge is highly commendable. It undoubtedly contributes insights for gaining an interesting perspective on some of the foundational aspects of sovereign lending. * H-Diplo *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. How International Practitioners Think About States\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Old Sovereign Lending\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. The Insiders: Merchant Bankers\u003cbr\u003e3. Gentility as a Form of Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The New Sovereign Lending\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. The Outsiders: Joint Stock Banks\u003cbr\u003e5. Statistics as a Form of Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e6. The New Sovereign Lending Triumphs\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524657684823,"sku":"9780231204682","price":93.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231204682.jpg?v=1731857641","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/states-and-the-masters-of-capital-sovereign-lending-old-and-new-columbia-studies-in-international-order-and-politics-9780231204682","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}