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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jakobi, Anja P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime.

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Summary:

This text provides an up-to date account to global crime governance, containing in-depth case studies on money laundering, corruption, and human trafficking. It explains why the form of global governance - the institutional design - related to these cases differs widely.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 7, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-967460-4

0-19-166211-9

OCLC:

851157004