From G7 to G8: Appendix

From G7 To G8:
Evolution, Role and Documentation of a Unique Institution

Peter I. Hajnal

April 1998

Appendix: Writings About the G7

The following are a few examples of the growing body of literature on the G7/G8 and related issues:

Scholarly analyses:

Bergsten, C. Fred, and C. Randall Henning. Global Economic Leadership and the Group of Seven. Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics, 1996.

De Menil, Georges. "De Rambonillet à Versailles: un bilan des sommets economiques" (From Rambouillet to Versailles: An Assessment of the Economic Summits). Politique étrangère 2 (June 1982): 403-17.

Funabashi, Yoichi. Samittokurashi (Summitocracy). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1991.

Herz, Bernhard, and Joachim Starbatty. "Zur Frage Internationaler Dominanzbeziehungen: Eme Analyse der Machtverteilung auf Weltwirtschaftsgipfeln." (On the Question of International Relations among Dominant Powers: An Analysis of the Distribution of Power at the World Economic Summits). Kyklos 44 (1991), Fasc. 1:35-55.

Kirton, John J. "Contemporary Concert Diplomacy: The Seven-Power Summit and the Management of International Order." Paper prepared for the annual meeting of the International Studies Association and the British International Studies Association, London, March 29-April 1, 1989. Unpublished in print. URL: www.library.utoronto.ca/www/g7/kirtitl.htm.

Kokotsis, Eleonore. National Compliance with G7 Environment and Development Commitments, 1988-]995. Ph.D. dissertation. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1998. Unpublished.

Ostry, Sylvia. Summitry: The Medium and the Message. Bissell Paper No.3.: University of Toronto, Centre for International Studies, 1988.

Putnam, Robert D., and Nicholas Bayne. Hanging Together: Cooperation and Conflict in the Seven-Power Summits. Rev. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1987.

Von Furstenberg, George M., and Joseph P. Daniels. Economic Summit Declarations, 1975-1989: Examining the Written Record of International Cooperation. Princeton Studies in International Finance, No.72. Princeton, N. J.: International Finance Section, Dept. of Economics, Princeton University, 1992.

World Economic Summits: The Role of Representative Groups In the Governance of the World Economy. WIDER Study Group Series, No.4. Helsinki: World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University, 1989.

Compilations of texts (often with additional comment or reference material):

Japan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. G-7 Official Documents, 1975-1992. Tokyo: MFA, 1993. 2 31/2" diskettes.

Hajnal, Peter I., comp. and ed. The Seven-Power Summit: Documents from the Summits of Industrialized Countries, 1975-1989. With an introduction by John J. Kirton. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, 1989.

The Twenty G-7 Summits. On the Occasion of the Twentieth Summit, Naples, July 8-10, 1994. Rome: Adnkronos Libri in Collaboration with Istituto Affari Internazionali, 1994.

Parliamentary scrutiny by G7 countries:

Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade. From Bretton Woods to Halifax and beyond: Towards a 21st Summit for the 21st Century Challenge: Report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade on the Issues of International Financial Institutions Reforms for the Agenda of the June 1995 G-7 Halifax Summit. Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Respecting, Pursuant to Standing Order 108 (2), an Examination of the Agenda for the G-7 Summit, in Halifax and in Particular, Reform of the International Financial Institutions, Including the Fourth Report to the House. Thirty-fifth Parliament, First Session, Issue No 25, May 9, 1995. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1995.

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Session 1992/1993. [Prime Minister John Major's statement on the 1993 Tokyo Summit]. In Parliamentary Debates, 6th Series, Vol.228, cols. 669-71. London: House of Commons, 12 July 1993.

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Economic Summit, Latin Debt, and the Baker Plan: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, May 20, 1986. S. Hrg. 99-889. Washington, D. C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986.

Memoirs and other writings by prominent former summit participants:

Attali, Jacques. Verbatim. Paris: Fayard, 1993-1995. [Tome 1: Chronique des arnees 1981-1986; Tome 2: Chronique des années 1986-1988; Tome 3: Chronique des années 1988-1991.]

Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry. "A Communiqué for Williamsburg." The Economist 287, No.7290 (May 21, 1983): 15-18.

Heath, Edward. "The Heath Memorandum." The Times (London), July 20, 1981: 10.

Schmidt, Helmut. Menschen und Mächte (Men and Powers). Berlin: Siedler, 1987-1990. 2 vols.

Thatcher, Margaret. The Downing Street Years. London: Harper-Collins, 1993.

Reference works:

Canada. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The Denver Summit, June 20-22, 1997: Background Information. Ottawa: DFAIT, 1997.

Hajnal, Peter I. "G7 Bibliography." Canadian Foreign Policy = La Politique étrangère du Canada 3, No.1 (Spring 1995): 125-133.

United States. Department of State. Bureau of Public Affairs. "Fact Sheet: Economic Summits, 1988-95." US Department of State Dispatch (Vol.6, Supplement No.4; July 1995): 15-19.

Media accounts:

"The Basket-Case Summit." The Economist 324, No.7766 (July 4, 1992): 13-14.

"Economic Summit." The Wall Street Journal, July 9, 1990: R1-R40. The Wall Street Journal Reports. New York.

Magombe, V. P., and Enyoyam Afele. "Fruitless Gathering: Africa under the Table at the Recent G-7 Summit." West Africa, No.3856 (5-11 August 1991): 1283.

Stephens, Philip. "Major Calls for Overhaul of G7 Summits." Financial Times (London), September 10, 1992:1. (Summary of John Major's unpublished letter of August 1992 to other G-7 heads of state or government.)

Sutherland, Peter. "Le Directeur général du GATT réclame une refonte du G7." (The Director General of GATT calls for remodelling of the G7). Le Monde, 3 le'vrier, 1994: 18. (Summary of speech at the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, on replacing the G-7 with a broader institution.)

Internet resources:

The University of Toronto's permanent World Wide Web site, the "G7 Information Centre" (URL: www.g7.utoronto.ca/).

The Université de Lyon's Web server launched before the 1996 Lyon Summit (URL: sunG7 .univ-lyon2.fr/g7lyon.html).

The French government's Lyon Summit site (URL: www.G7lyon.gouv.fr).

An IBM World Wide Web site, "G7 Live," devoted to the G7 ministerial conference on the Global Information Society (URL: www.ibm.com/Sponsor/g7live/).

The Web site of the G7 Support Implementation Group in Moscow (URL: www.g7sig.org/).

The U.S. Information Agency's site for the Denver Summit of the Eight (URL: summit8.gov).

The British government's official site for the Birmingham G8 Summit (URL:birmingham. g8summit. gov ukl).