Authority in the global political economy / edited by Volker Rittberger, Martin Nettesheim, and associate editor, Carmen Huckel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rittberger, Volker, 1941-2011.

Nettesheim, Martin.

Huckel, Carmen, 1978-

Series:

International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

International political economy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Authority.

International organization.

Globalization--Political aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xiii, 344 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

Global economic integration is one of the most powerful forces shaping the contemporary international system, sparking convergence in business and law as well as society and culture. It also challenges established principles of the international order. This volume analyses changing patterns of authority in the global political economy with an in-depth look at the new roles played by state and non-state actors, and addresses substantive themes such as the provision of global public goods, new modes of regulation and the potential of new institutions for global governance. An international cast of contributors introduce four analytical categories that act as guidelines for a more systematic enquiry into authority beyond the state today: demand, supply, effect and design. Critically, this book moves beyond the state-centric views of authority relations and introduces a broader conceptualization more suited to understanding the realities of global politics and public international law in the 21st century.

Contents:

Introduction: Changing Patterns of Authority / Volker Rittberger, Martin Nettesheim, Carmen Huckel, Thorsten Gobel 1

Part 1 New Institutions for Global Governance

1 Inclusive Global Institutions for a Global Political Economy / Volker Rittberger, Carmen Huckel, Lothar Rieth, Melanie Zimmer 13

2 The WTO Constitution, Judicial Power and Changing Patterns of Authority / Jeffrey L. Dunoff 55

Part 2 Providing and Managing Global Public Goods

3 Providing (Contested) Global Public Goods / Inge Kaul 89

4 Global Public Goods: the Governance Dimension / Peter-Tobias Stoll 116

Part 3 Civil Society and Global Governance

5 International NGOs: Scale, Expressions and Governance / Helmut K. Anheier, Nuno S. Themudo 139

6 The Emerging Global Civil Society: Achievements and Prospects / Wolfgang Benedek 170

Part 4 Business in Global Governance

7 Problematizing Corporate Social Responsibility under Conditions of Late Capitalism and Postmodernity / A. Claire Cutler 189

8 MNCs and the International Community: Conflict, Conflict Prevention and the Privatization of Diplomacy / Virginia Haufler 217

Part 5 Regulation in Global Governance

9 Rearticulating Regulatory Approaches: Private-Public Authority and Corporate Social Responsibility / Peter Utting 241

10 The Two-Level Logic of Non-State Market Driven Global Governance / Steven Bernstein, Benjamin Cashore 276

Conclusion: Authority Beside and Beyond the State / Volker Rittberger, Martin Nettesheim, Carmen Huckel, Thorsten Gobel 314.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0230573894

9780230573895

OCLC:

189667891

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