At a time when European industrial systems are experiencing varying trajectories, the issue of financing has become acute. Such issues were already observed at the end of the 19th century and during the first half of the 20th, in the context of the second, capital-hungry industrial revolution of basic steel and electrotechnical production. During this period (1880–1930), France, the UK and Germany — the pillars of this revolution — saw the development of very large industrial companies spearheading growth, though these were characterised by very significant differences in size, structure and results from one country to another.
This unique comparative analysis, conducted by an expert on bank-industry relations, highlights a factor that has been largely overlooked by current historiography: the highly variable role banks played in the financing of large companies by behaving in a specific fashion with regard to large industry in each of the three countries, and likewise how those companies accepted working with the banks.
A unique and timely perspective on interactions between capital and industry, especially given the current on-going changes in industry.
A doctor of letters and a former student of the École nationale des chartes, Philippe Marguerat is an honorary professor of modern and contemporary history at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland).
Introduction
« LE MONDE ENTIER EST UN THÉÂTRE »
Évolution et formes de la diplomatie multilatérale
Diplomatie multilatérale et (in)égalité souveraine
Aux sources des ordres hiérarchiques internationaux
Chapitre 1 LA JOUTE DIPLOMATIQUE, LUTTE POUR LA MAÎTRISE PRATIQUE
Des pratiques constitutives de l'ordre de l'interaction
La stratification sociale comme effet collatéral de la pratique
Les aléas de la reconnaissance sociale
Chapitre 2 CONFIGURATION SOCIALE ET LOGIQUES PRATIQUES DE LA DIPLOMATIE MULTILATÉRALE
Un bien petit monde
Des missions et des capitales
Une diplomatie de groupes
Marcher sur un fil : l’art d’être président
Chapitre 3 LE « SENS DE SA PLACE » DU DIPLOMATE
Le sens du jeu incarné
Incarner l’État
Étude de cas : la pratique du consensus au sein de l’OTAN
Chapitre 4 STRATÉGIES ET POSITIONNEMENTS DES CAPITALES
Typologie des pratiques étatiques
L’espace multilatéral comme champ
Logiques de champ comparées de l’OTAN et de l’ONU
Conclusion MIRACLE ET TRAGÉDIE DE L’ORDRE HIÉRARCHIQUE INTERNATIONAL
La hiérarchie internationale, revue et corrigée
La tragédie du diplomate compétent
Annexes méthodologiques
Le traçage des pratiques
Entrevues qualitatives
Analyse des correspondances multiples