The City In Europe And The World

''The City in Europe and the World'' () is a 2005 collection of essays examining the relationship between the

City of London The City of London, also known as ''the City'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county and Districts of England, local government district with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in England. It is the Old town, his ...

's financial markets, politics, government, and Europe, edited by Stephen Barber and with a foreword by

Peter Mandelson Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, (born 21 October 1953) is a British politician, lobbyist and diplomat who has served as British Ambassador to the United States since February 2025. A member of the Labour Party, Mandelson serve ...

. The book covers topics such as the political economy of the city, the Lisbon strategy, the

Financial Services Action Plan The Financial Services Action Plan (FSAP) is a key component of the European Union's attempt to create a single market for financial services. Created in 1999 and to last for a period of six years, it contained 42 articles related to the harmonis ...

(FSAP), the euro, relations between the city and party politics, PFI,

foreign exchange The foreign exchange market (forex, FX, or currency market) is a global decentralized or over-the-counter (OTC) market for the trading of currencies. This market determines foreign exchange rates for every currency. By trading volume, it i ...

, regulation, ethics, financial exclusion, European expansion,

globalisation Globalization is the process of increasing interdependence and integration among the economies, markets, societies, and cultures of different countries worldwide. This is made possible by the reduction of barriers to international trade, th ...

and the future of the City in Europe, the book addresses some of the major issues facing today's political economy. It features contributions from Graham Bishop, Alex Brassey, Mario Cerrato, Patrick Diamond, Brendan Donnelly,

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, Alexandra Forter,

Chris Huhne Christopher Murray Paul Huhne (born 2 July 1954) is a British energy and climate change consultant, and former journalist, business economist and politician who was the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Eastleigh ...

, Mario Jung, Angela Knight,

, Agnes Oestrich, Giancarlo Perasso, Alice Rogers, Sanjiv Sachdev, L.V. Spagnolo and Richard Woodward. 2005 non-fiction books Economy of London City of London British books Books about economic history {{econ-hist-book-stub