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The emergence of private authority in global governance

Print Book, English, 2002
Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, 2002
xvii, 248 p. : il. ; 24 cm.
9780521818612, 9780521523370, 0521818613, 0521523370
760641469
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