Common goods and evils? : The formation of global crime governance / Anja P. Jakobi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jakobi, Anja P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime prevention.

Criminology.

Crime and globalization.

Physical Description:

xix, 309 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford Oxford University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Global crime governance has emerged as an important component of world politics. It is manifested in national and international agendas, the proliferation of global regulations, growing international budgets, and the enlarged mandates of international organizations. As a result, the definition and prosecution of crime is now increasingly homogenous, but it also shows variance: some crime policies are institutionalized coherently or attached to strong international organizations, while others are weak or dispersed across different forums. Based on sociological institutionalism, this book examines questions of structural variance in the institutional design of global governance. It shows that the interplay of strong actors and rationalization principles leads to more coherent forms of global crime governance, while normative arguments related to crime are more likely to result in fragmented forms. In consequence-and contrary to many scholars' assumptions-global crime governance is strongest in those areas that are least attached to moral statements. The book develops a theory of society and applies this framework to explaining the sources and consequences of institutional design. Drawing on qualitative and quantitative methods, the text analyzes the origins of global regulations, how they are disseminated, and why differences exist. The role of the United States in creating global rules and disseminating them is emphasized. Readers interested in international relations, global governance, globalization studies, world society studies, and criminology will benefit from the theoretical and empirical results of this book. Book jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Global Crime Governance in World Society

Crime Policies and Crime Governance

Perspectives on Global Crime and its Governance

Existing Explanations for Global Crime Governance

World Society Theory and Sociological Institutionalism

The Plan of the Book

pt. I Governance in World Society

2.Power, Change, and Institutions in World Society

Building a World Society

Actors of World Society

Bringing Change to World Society

Networks as Tools for Institutional Change

Rationalization in World Society

Variance in World Society

Different Logics in World Culture

World Culture and Institutional Entrepreneurship

pt. II Establishing Global Crime Governance

3.The Historical Development of Global Anti-Crime Procedures

The Significance of Crime

The Background of International Activities

Historical Roots of Cooperation

Cooperation since World War II

Professionalization and Global Anti-Crime Efforts

Contents note continued: An Expanding International Infrastructure

4.The Emergence and Diffusion of Global Anti-Crime Regulations

Maritime Piracy

Slavery and Prostitution

Politically Motivated Crime

Narcotic Drugs

Transnational Organized Crime

Cybercrime

Enlarging Substantive Commitments

5.Global Activities against Money Laundering

The Background of Anti-Money Laundering Policies

Anti-Money Laundering in the United States

The FATF: Establishing a Global Standard

The Global Outreach: Expanding the FATF Network

Cross-Regional Outreach: Formal and Informal Linkages

Status Quo: Stabilization of Anti-Money Laundering Policies

Global Policy Change in Anti-Money Laundering

6.Global Anti-Corruption Norms

The Background of Fighting Corruption

The United States and the International Fight against Corruption

The OECD and Bribery

Anti-Corruption in the Organization of American States

World Bank Activities against Corruption

Contents note continued: The Council of Europe's Fight against Corruption

Anti-Corruption in the European Union

The United Nations against Corruption

The Global Spread of Anti-Corruption Efforts

International Standard-Setting against Corruption

7.Global Efforts against the Trafficking of Humans

The Background of Human Trafficking

Conflicts in Fighting Human Trafficking

The UN Anti-Trafficking Protocol

Anti-Trafficking in the United States

The International Monitoring Process

Consequences of American Anti-Trafficking Efforts

Other International Efforts against Human Trafficking

Fragmented International Anti-Trafficking Measures

pt. III Comparative Perspectives on Global Crime Governance

8.The Adoption of Crime Policies: Patterns and Strategies

Adopting Crime Policies on the International Level

Comparing Patterns of Diffusion

Revisiting Coercion in Policy Diffusion

Different Ways to Create Global Crime Governance

Contents note continued: 9.Non-State Actors in Global Crime Governance

The Complexity of Global Crime Governance

Non-State Contributions to Crime Governance

Non-State Actors in the Global Policy Process

Support and Ambivalence in Transnational Regulation

Conclusions

10.Global Crime Governance: Conclusions, Implications and Outlook

Summarizing Global Crime Governance

Rationalization in International Politics

The Distinctiveness of Theorizing World Society

Alternative Perspectives on Global Crime Governance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199674602

0199674604

OCLC:

857308013

Publisher Number:

60001817948