Dynamics Of Regulatory Change

by Vogel, David; Kagan, Robert A.

• ISBN13: 9780520245358
• ISBN10: 0520245350
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-30
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

Critics of globalization claim that economic liberalization leads to a lowering of regulatory standards. As capital and corporations move more freely across national boundaries, a race to the bottom results as governments are forced to weaken labor and environmental standards to retain current contracts or attract new business. The essays in this volume argue that, on the contrary, under certain circumstances global economic integration can actually lead to the strengthening of consumer and environmental standards. This volume extends the argument of David Vogel's bookTrading Up, which discussed environmental standards, by focusing on the impact of globalization on labor rights, women's rights and capital market regulations.

Table of Contents

Introduction

National Regulations in a Global Economy

The International Politics of Harmonization: The Case of Capital Market Regulation

The Business Dynamics of Global Regulatory Competition

Dealing with a Resource Crisis: Regulatory Regimes for Managing the World's Marine Fisheries

Globalization and Hazardous Waste Management: From Brown to Green?

Closing the Deception Gap: Accession to the European Union and Environmental Standards in East Central Europe

Environmental Management Standards and Globalization

WTO Efforts to Manage Differences in National Sanitary and Phytosanitary Policies

Globalization, Federalism, and Regulation

Feminism, NGO's, and the Impact of the New Transnationalisms

A Race to the Bottom, a Race to the Top or the March to a Minimum Floor?

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