G20 Since the Global Crisis
This book analyzes the Group of Twenty (G20) since the 2008 financial crisis. The latter event undermined conventional wisdom and governance norms, constituting a more contested international economic regime. G20 leaders sought a cooperative response to t
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G20 Since the Global Crisis
Jonathan Luckhurst
G20 Since the Global Crisis
Jonathan Luckhurst University of Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
ISBN 978-1-137-55145-0 ISBN 978-1-137-55147-4 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-55147-4
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Writing a book sometimes feels like a solitary struggle, but there are moments when friends and colleagues provide invaluable help. Several people have helped me to make this book possible. It began at a prearranged meeting with Brian O’Connor, former Political Science Editor at Palgrave Macmillan, New York. Fortunately we both were attending the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention in Toronto, in March 2014. I would like to start by thanking him for his interest in my initial book proposal. I would also like to thank the anonymous reviewer of that proposal, who made very helpful suggestions that I have tried to incorporate in the text. Another important step was changing my institution soon after the book project was accepted by Palgrave Macmillan. I am grateful to my new employers and colleagues at the Center for North American Studies and the Department of Pacific Studies at the University of Guadalajara, especially Arturo Santa Cruz and Dagoberto Amparo Tello, who made me feel very welcome. Everyone has been very patient as I often disappeared in recent months to focus deeply on writing the book. Alhasan Haidar and Sergio Casillas Vázquez, both friends and colleagues with whom I worked formerly at Tecnológico de Monterrey, have been excellent companions in Guadalajara. We spent many lunch hours debating issues of international politics,
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