The Emergence of Private Authority in Global Governance

by Edited by Rodney Bruce Hall , Thomas J. Biersteker

• ISBN13: 9780521818612
• ISBN10: 0521818613
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The emergence of private authority has become increasingly a feature of the post-Cold War world. In The Emergence of Private Authority in Global Governance, leading scholars explore the sources, practices and implications of this erosion of the power of the state. They analyse and compare actors as diverse as financial institutions, multinational corporations, religious terrorists and organised criminals, and assess the potential for reversal of the situation. The themes of the book relate directly to debates concerning globalization and the role of international law, and will be of interest to scholars and students of international relations, politics, sociology and law.

Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction: Theorizing Private Authority: 1. The emergence of private authority in the international system Rodney Bruce Hall and Thomas J. Biersteker

2. Private regimes and inter-firm cooperation A. Claire Cutler

Part II. Market Authority: Globalization and 'Globaloney': 3. Economic governance in an electronically networked global economy Stephen J. Kobrin

4. Global markets, national authority and the problem of legitimation: the case of finance Louis W. Pauly

5. The state and globalization Saskia Sassen

Part III. Moral Authority: Global Civil Society and Transnational Religious Movements: 6. 'Regulation for the rest of us?' Global civil society and the privatisation of transnational regulation Ronnie D. Lipschutz and Cathleen Fogel

7. The global dimensions of religious terrorism Mark Juergensmeyer

Part IV. Illicit Authority: Mafias and Mercenaries: 8. Transnational organized crime and the state Phil Williams

9. The return of the dogs of war? The privatisation of security in Africa Bernadette Methuen and Ian Taylor

Part V. Conclusions and Directions: 10. Private authority as global governance Thomas J. Biersteker and Rodney Bruce Hall.