Transnational financial associations and the governance of global finance : assembling wealth and power / Heather McKeen-Edwards and Tony Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKeen-Edwards, Heather, author.

Contributor:

Porter, Anthony R. D.

Series:

RIPE Series in Global Political Economy

RIPE series in global political economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International finance.

Financial institutions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The role of business in global governance is now widely recognized, but exploration of its role in global financial governance has been more haphazard than systematic. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the role of transnational financial associations (TFAs) in the organization of global finance.This book develops three theoretical themes of assemblage, functionality, and power as enrolment. These themes challenge approaches that treat financial power as emanating from a single location or force. Whilst existing approaches tend to treat TFAs as irrelevant or as me

Contents:

Cover; Transnational Financial Associations and the Governance of Global Finance: Assembling wealth and power; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Private authority and private associations in global finance and global governance; TFAs and power in global finance; What are TFAs?; How do TFAs vary?; TFAs and theory; Ontology; Functionality; Power; The plan of the book; 2 Conceptualizing transnational financial associations and global financial power; Important current theories that underestimate the role of TFAs; The structural power of capital

Global markets, efficiency, and transnational financial associationsThe power of the state and transnational financial associations; The literature on private authority and governance; An alternative metatheoretical and theoretical approach; An assemblage ontology; Theorizing functionality and discursive elements in TFAs; Power; Conclusion; 3 Transnational financial associations and the global public sphere: Reshaping the public/private frontier; Institute of International Finance (IIF); Global Financial Market Association (GFMA); International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)

International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)Other top TFAs; Analysis and conclusion: what lessons can be drawn from this survey of the top TFAs?; 4 Constructing markets, industries and technologies; Inexorable financialization?; Assemblages, functionality, power, and the role of TFAs in the transnational expansion of finance; TFAs and market making; Comprehensiveness and failure; Analysis and conclusion; 5 TFAs and the production of financial communities; Association roles as a response to member interests; Association roles as constraining and constructing their members

Examining TFA roles and their relationship with membersCaveats; Analysis and conclusion; 6 Financial associations and regional integration: The case of the European Union; Evolution of European financial regulation; European TFAs as sources of market contouring and community building; Association cooperation and the extensiveness of the assemblage; A return to assemblages, functions and power; Potential insights for beyond Europe; 7 TFAs in the global South: Capacity building, regionalism and globalization; TFAs in the global South; Assemblages, functionality and power

8 Inclusion and differentiation: TFAs and the pursuit of social and cultural ends through financeIslamic banking and finance (IBF); Social investing; Financial inclusion; Microfinance; Overlap between these sectors; Assemblages, functions and power; Conclusion; 9 Assembling wealth and power: Understanding the impact of transnational financial associations; Global finance as a complex set of overlapping assemblages; The functionality and roles of TFAs; The power of enrollment; Implications for transnational governance more generally; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-135-06861-5

0-203-58608-5

1-299-14125-0

1-135-06862-3

9780203586082

OCLC:

828298615