| Description |
xvii, 704 pages : portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 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 |
| Summary |
"While powerful corporations often race to the bottom in setting regulatory standards, NGOs also often prevail in ratcheting up regulatory standards. In showing how, Global Business Regulation is a guidebook for how individuals and smaller organisations can prevail over more influential corporations in the world system." "Based on interviews with 500 international leaders in business and government, this book examines the role played by global institutions such as the World Trade Organization, World Health Organization, the OECD, IMF, Moodys and the World Bank, as well as various NGOs and significant individuals. Utilising 'micro - macro' theory, Braithwaite and Drahos make a landmark contribution to the theory of globalization by drawing the links between key mechanisms, actors and principles. The authors show how active world citizenship can have practical meaning. They 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."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Australia overseas comparisons |
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Case studies |
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Consumer protection |
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Deregulation |
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Financial institutions |
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Globalisation |
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History |
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International agencies and associations |
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Legislation |
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Multinational corporations |
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Standards |
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Trade regulation |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 640-671 |
| Subject |
Commercial law.
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Consumer protection -- International cooperation.
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Globalization.
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Foreign trade regulation.
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Industrial policy -- International cooperation.
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International trade.
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Labor unions.
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| Author |
Drahos, Peter, 1955-
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| LC no. |
00267691 |
| ISBN |
0521780330 (hbk.) |
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0521784999 (paperback) |
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