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The G7/G8 System: Evolution, Role, and Documentation

PETER I. HAJNAL
University of Toronto

With a contribution by Sian Meikle
University of Toronto

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© Peter I. Hajnal, 1999

ISBN 1-84014-776-8

Contents

Figures
Tables
Foreword by Sir Nicholas Bayne
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

1. The G7/G8 as an International Institution
   Origins of the G7 Summit
   The Role of the Summit
   Summit Reform
   
2. The Summit Meetings
   Summit Cycles
   
3. The Players
   Russia's Membership
   Other Candidates for Membership
   
4. The G7/G8 System
   Ministerial Meetings
   Sherpa Meetings
   Meetings of Task Forces, Working Groups, and Expert Groups
   
5. Connections with Other International Organisations and Fora
   
6. The Agenda of the Summit
   
7. Summit Results
   
8. G7/G8 Documentation
   Summit Documentation
   The Communiqué
   Preparing the Communiqué
   The Political Declarations and Chairman's Statements
   Other Types of Leaders' Documents
   Outside Communications to the Summit
   Documentation of Ministerial Conferences, Task Forces, Working Groups, and Expert Groups
   Ministerial Documentation
   Other Official-Level Documentation
   
9. Assessing G7/G8 Documentation
   
10. Other Sources of Information about the G7/G8
    Archives
    Writings about the G7/G8
    Appendix: Examples of Writing about the G7/G8
    
11. G7/G8 Information: Internet Resources
    Sian Meikle
    Government Sites
    International Organisations
    Other G7/G8-Related Web Sites
    Academic Sites
    University of Toronto G8 Information Centre
    History, Purpose and Philosophy
    contents
    Indexing and Searching of the Site
    Issues of Site Maintenance
    Users of the G8 Information Site
    
12. Conclusions
    G7/G8 Bibliography
    Books, Shorter Writings, and Publications in Series
    Chapters in Books
    Articles in Periodicals
    Government Publications
    International Organisation Publications
    Internet Resources

Index

Figures

Figure 3.1 Model of a Three-Tier Evolution of the G7/G8
Figure 11.1 Total Pages Requested from the G7 Information Centre, by Week
Figure 11.2 Top 250 Pages: Subject Category by Proportion of Total, 1998
Figure 11.3 Top 250 Pages: Subject Category by Proportion of Use, 1998
Figure 11.4 Summary of Email Questions by User Category, 1998
Figure 11.5 Summary of Email Questions by Subject Category, 1998

Tables

Table 2.1 G7/G8 Annual Summit Meetings, 1975-1999
Table 2.2 Main Events of the 1993 Tokyo Summit
Table 2.3 Main Events of the 1996 Lyon Summit
Table 2.4 Main Events of the 1997 Denver Summit of the Eight
Table 2.5 Main Events of the 1998 Birmingham G8 Summit
Table 3.1 Real GDP Changes of the G7, the EU, Russia and China
Table 4.1 The G7/G8 system
Table 4.2 Main Events of the Pre-Summit Meeting of the G7/G8 Foreign and Finance Ministers, London, 8-9 May 1998
Table 5.1 G7/G8 Voting Power in the IMF and World Bank
Table 7.1 Co-operative Achievements of the G7/G8 Summits, 1975-1998
Table 11.1 Most Popular Thirty Pages at G8 Information Centre
Table 11.2 Summary of Email Questions Received by Country, 1998

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