The City in Europe and the World (ISBN 0-9547448-1-0) is a 2005 collection of essays examining the relationship between the City of London

City of London

The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...

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

Stephen Barber

Stephen Barber is a British political scientist / political economist, and author based at London South Bank University. He is also a Senior Fellow at London Metropolitan University's Global Policy Institute. He has also worked in the European Research Forum...

 and with a foreword by Peter Mandelson

Peter Mandelson

Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, PC is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, served in a number of Cabinet positions under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and was a European Commissioner...

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The book covers topics such as the political economy of the City, the Lisbon strategy, the Financial Services Action Plan

Financial Services Action Plan

The Financial Services Action Plan 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 harmonization of the financial services markets within the European...

 (FSAP), the euro, relations between the City and party politics, PFI, foreign exchange

Foreign exchange market

The foreign exchange market is a global, worldwide decentralized financial market for trading currencies. Financial centers around the world function as anchors of trading between a wide range of different types of buyers and sellers around the clock, with the exception of weekends...

, regulation, ethics, financial exclusion, European expansion, globalisation and the future of the City in Europe, the book addresses some of the major issues facing today's political economy.

Contributions from: Graham Bishop, Alex Brassey, Mario Cerrato, Patrick Diamond

Patrick Diamond

Patrick Diamond worked as a policy advisor under the Labour Party government of the United Kingdom in a role covering policy and strategy. He was previously a Senior Research Fellow at the International Think Tank Policy Network, where he had been previously the Director. He has previously worked...

, Brendan Donnelly, Howard Flight

Howard Flight

Howard Emerson Flight, Baron Flight is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom and a member of the House of Lords. He was Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs from 1997 to 2005...

, Alexandra Forter, Chris Huhne

Chris Huhne

Christopher Murray Paul-Huhne, generally known as Chris Huhne is a British politician and cabinet minister, who is the current Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for the Eastleigh constituency in Hampshire...

, Mario Jung, Angela Knight

Angela Knight

Angela Ann Knight is the Chief Executive of the British Bankers' Association . She was formerly a Conservative Party Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Erewash from 1992–97, and served as the Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 1995–97.-Early life:Born in Sheffield, Knight...

, Peter Mandelson

Peter Mandelson

Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, PC is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, served in a number of Cabinet positions under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and was a European Commissioner...

, Agnes Oestrich, Giancarlo Perasso, Alice Rogers, Sanjiv Sachdev, L.V. Spagnolo, Richard Woodward.