Globalization processes are propelling a transformation of governance. As political problems become more transnational, public as well as private actors increasingly perform governance activities beyond the level of individual states. This book examines the wide variety of forms that governance can take in the global system and their consequences. An overarching analytical framework is applied to global institutions and initiatives in areas such as trade liberalization, financial market regulation, privacy protection, cybercrime, and food safety.

'...a volume highly recommended for any scholar of governance beyond the state.' - Tomas Adell, Political Studies Review

Autorentext
BAS ARTS Associate Professor in International Environmental Politics, Nijmegen School of Management, Nijmegen University, The Netherlands DIRK DE BIÈVRE Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mannheimer Zentrum Für Europäische Sozialfoschung, Universität Mannheim, Germany DIRK HYNER Doctoral Researcher, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz, Germany DIETER KERWER Assistant Professor of International Politics, Technical University, Munich, Germany ALKUIN KÖLLIKER Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, University of Bielefeld, Germany DIRK LEHMKUHL Research Fellow at the Universities of Konstanz and Bielefeld, Germany and at the Max Planck Institute on Common Goods, Bonn, Germany SEBASTIAAN PRINCEN Postdoctoral Researcher, Utrecht School of Governance, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands CHARLES D. RAAB Professor of Government, University of Edinburgh, UK VOLKER SCHNEIDER Professor of Political Science, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz, Germany

Inhalt
Notes on Contributors Introduction: Institutional Diversity in Global Governance; M.Koenig-Archibugi Legislative and Judicial Decision Making in the World Trade Organization; D.De Bièvre Governing through Multiple Forums: The Global Safety Regulation of Genetically Modified Crops and Foods; S.Princen Governing Financial Markets by International Standards; D.Kerwer Resolving Transnational Disputes: Commercial Arbitration and Linkages Between Multiple Providers of Governance Services; D.Lehmkuhl The Governance of Global Issues: Protecting Privacy in Personal Information; C.D.Raab Security in Cyberspace: Governance by Transnational Policy Networks; V.Schneider & D.Hyner Non-state Actors in Global Environmental Governance: New Policy Arrangements Beyond the State; B.Arts Conclusion I: Governance Arrangements and Public Goods Theory: Explaining Aspects of Publicness, Inclusiveness and Delegation; A.Kölliker Conclusion II: The Modes and Dynamics of Global Governace; M.Zürn Index