Synopses & Reviews
This book assesses business regulation in the context of globalisation and policy-making.
Review
"...the manuscript is very digestible, presenting an easy to read and engrossing story, and a reader who starts is likely to finish the book in its entirety." Law Society Journal
Synopsis
This book confronts the question of how the regulation of business has shifted from national to global institutions. Based on interviews with 500 international leaders in business and government, this book examines the role played by global institutions such as the WTO, IMF and the World Bank, as well as various NGOs and significant individuals. The authors argue that effective and decent global regulation depends on the determination of individuals to engage with powerful agendas and decision-making bodies that would otherwise be dominated by concentrated economic interests.
Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction: 1. The historical canvas; 2. Globalization and regulation; 3. Method; 4. Concepts: mechanisms, principles and actors; 5. Conclusions; 6. The struggle for a sovereignty of the people; Part II. Cases: 7. Property and contract; 8. Financial regulation; 9. Corporations and securities; 10. Trade and competition; 11. Labour standards; 12. The environment; 13. Nuclear energy; 14. Telecommunications; 15. Drugs; 16. Food; 17. Sea transport; 18. Road transport; 19. Air transport; Part III. Analysis: 20. Contests of actors; 21. Contests of principles; 22. Mechanisms of globalization; 23. Regulatory webs and globalization sequences; 24. Forum-shifting and contests of principles; 25. Modelling, globalization and the politics of empowerment; 26. A political program for sovereignty over global regulation.