The Role of Business in Global Governance offers an empirically rich analysis of the new political role of corporations in the co-performance of governance functions beyond the state. Within comparative case studies, potential explanations of the political role of transnational corporations are systematically tested.

Autorentext

KLAUS DIETER WOLF holds the Chair for International Relations at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. He is also the Deputy Director of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) and Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence 'Formation of Normative Orders'. ANNEGRET FLOHR is a Research Associate in International Relations at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. LOTHAR RIETH is a Research Associate in the Department of Political Science at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. SANDRA SCHWINDENHAMMER is a Research Associate in the Department of International Politics at FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.

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List of Illustrations Foreword and Acknowledgements Notes on the Authors List of Abbreviations PART I: THE RESEARCH CONTEXT Introduction: Corporate Norm-entrepreneurship and Global Governance Basic Concepts and Assumptions PART II: CAUSES OF CORPORATE NORM-ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Social and Political Environment Actor Characteristics Institutional Arrangements Comparisons for Conclusions: Different Paths to Corporate Norm-entrepreneurship PART III: EVALUATING CORPORATE NORM-ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Effectiveness of Transnational Private Governance The Legitimacy Potential of Transnational Private Governance Towards a New Institutional Architecture for Global Governance: the Political Role of the Private Sector Bibliography Index