Regulation by public and private organizations can be hijacked by special interests or small groups of powerful firms, and nowhere is this easier than at the global level. In whose interest is the global economy being regulated? Under what conditions...
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Regulation by public and private organizations can be hijacked by special interests or small groups of powerful firms, and nowhere is this easier than at the global level. In whose interest is the global economy being regulated? Under what conditions can global regulation be made to serve broader interests? This is the first book to examine systematically how and why such hijacking or "regulatory capture" happens, and how it can be averted. Walter Mattli and Ngaire Woods bring together leading experts to present an analytical framework to explain regulatory outcomes at the global level and
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: In Whose Benefit? Explaining Regulatory Change in Global Politics; CHAPTER TWO: The Governance Triangle: Regulatory Standards Institutions and the Shadow of the State; CHAPTER THREE: Filling a Hole in Global Financial Governance? The Politics of Regulating Sovereign Debt Restructuring; CHAPTER FOUR: From State Responsibility to Individual Criminal Accountability: A New Regulatory Model for Core Human Rights Violations; CHAPTER FIVE: The Private Regulation of Global Corporate Conduct
CHAPTER SIX: Racing to the Top . . . at Last: The Regulation of Safety in ShippingCHAPTER SEVEN: Regulatory Shift: The Rise of Judicial Liberalization at the WTO; CHAPTER EIGHT: Economic Integration and Global Governance: Why So Little Supranationalism?; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
