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Emergence of private authority in global governance / edited by Rodney Bruce Hall and Thomas J. Biersteker.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Cambridge studies in international relations ; 85.Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.Description: xvii, 248 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521818613
  • 9780521818612
  • 0521523370
  • 9780521523370
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340/.115 21
LOC classification:
  • K250 .E46
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. I. Introduction: theorizing private authority. The emergence of private authority in the international system / Rodney Bruce Hall and Thomas J. Bierteker ; Private regimes and inter-firm cooperation / A. Claire Cutler -- pt. II. Market authority: globalization and "globaloney." Economic governance in an electronically networked global economy / Stephen J. Kobrin ; Global finance, political authority, and the problem of legitimation / Louis W. Pauly ; The state and globalization / Saskia Sassen -- pt. III. Moral authority: global civil society and transnational religious movements. "Regulation for the rest of us?" Global civil society and the privatisation of transnational regulation / Ronnie D. Lipschutz and Cathleen Fogel ; The global dimensions of religious terrorism / Mark Juergensmeyer -- pt. IV. Illicit authority: mafias and mercenaries. Transnational organized crime and the state / Phil Williams ; The return of the dogs of war? The privatization of security in Africa / Bernedette Methuen and Ian Taylor -- pt. V. Conclusions and directions. Private authority as global governance / Thomas J. Biersteker and Rodney Bruce Hall.
Summary: The emergence of private authority has become increasingly a feature of the post-Cold War world. This book delivers a highly topical analysis of the emergence of private authority in the governance of global affairs.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index.

pt. I. Introduction: theorizing private authority. The emergence of private authority in the international system / Rodney Bruce Hall and Thomas J. Bierteker ; Private regimes and inter-firm cooperation / A. Claire Cutler -- pt. II. Market authority: globalization and "globaloney." Economic governance in an electronically networked global economy / Stephen J. Kobrin ; Global finance, political authority, and the problem of legitimation / Louis W. Pauly ; The state and globalization / Saskia Sassen -- pt. III. Moral authority: global civil society and transnational religious movements. "Regulation for the rest of us?" Global civil society and the privatisation of transnational regulation / Ronnie D. Lipschutz and Cathleen Fogel ; The global dimensions of religious terrorism / Mark Juergensmeyer -- pt. IV. Illicit authority: mafias and mercenaries. Transnational organized crime and the state / Phil Williams ; The return of the dogs of war? The privatization of security in Africa / Bernedette Methuen and Ian Taylor -- pt. V. Conclusions and directions. Private authority as global governance / Thomas J. Biersteker and Rodney Bruce Hall.

The emergence of private authority has become increasingly a feature of the post-Cold War world. This book delivers a highly topical analysis of the emergence of private authority in the governance of global affairs.

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