Henk Overbeek is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In 2003 he co-founded the Amsterdam Research Centre on Corporate Governance Regulation (ARRCGOR).Bastiaan van Apeldoorn is a Reader in International Relations at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is also co-founder and programme co-coordinator of the Amsterdam Centre for Corporate Governance Regulation (ARCCGOR).Andreas Nölke is Professor of Political Science at the Institut für Politikwissenschaft of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is also Programme Coordinator at the Amsterdam Research Center for Corporate Governance Regulation (ARCCGOR).

• 1. The Transnational Politics of Corporate Governance Regulation: Introducing Key Concepts, Questions and Approaches Part 1: Themes and Approaches 2. Explaining Corporate Governance Systems: Alternative Approaches 3. Regulation- and State-Theoretical Perspectives on Changes in Corporate Governance and Metagovernance 4. The paradoxical Nature of Shareholder Primacy: A Re-consideration of the Enron-era Financial Scandals in the USA and the EU Part 2: European Corporate Governance Regulation and the Politics of Marketization 5. The Transformation of Corporate Governance Regulation in the European Union: From Harmonisation to Marketisation 6. Towards a Market-Based Approach: The Privatization and Microeconomization of EU Antitrust Law Enforcement Part 3: The Role of Private Authority in Corporate Governance Regulation 7. Coordination Service Firms and the Erosion of Rhenish Capitalism 8. The Role of Private Actors in Global Governance and Regulation: US, European and International Convergence of Accounting and Auditing Standards in a Post Enron World Part 4: Integrating Emerging Market Economies 9. Transitions Through Different Corporate Governance Structures in Postsocialist Economies: Which Convergence? 10. Corporate Governance Regulation in East Central Europe: The Role of Transnational Forces Part 5: Conclusion 11. Marketization, Transnationalization, Commodification and the Shifts in Corporate Governance Regulation: a Conclusion. Bibliography

Henk Overbeek is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In 2003 he co-founded the Amsterdam Research Centre on Corporate Governance Regulation (ARRCGOR).Bastiaan van Apeldoorn is a Reader in International Relations at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is also co-founder and programme co-coordinator of the Amsterdam Centre for Corporate Governance Regulation (ARCCGOR).Andreas Nölke is Professor of Political Science at the Institut für Politikwissenschaft of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is also Programme Coordinator at the Amsterdam Research Center for Corporate Governance Regulation (ARCCGOR).

• 1. The Transnational Politics of Corporate Governance Regulation: Introducing Key Concepts, Questions and Approaches Part 1: Themes and Approaches 2. Explaining Corporate Governance Systems: Alternative Approaches 3. Regulation- and State-Theoretical Perspectives on Changes in Corporate Governance and Metagovernance 4. The paradoxical Nature of Shareholder Primacy: A Re-consideration of the Enron-era Financial Scandals in the USA and the EU Part 2: European Corporate Governance Regulation and the Politics of Marketization 5. The Transformation of Corporate Governance Regulation in the European Union: From Harmonisation to Marketisation 6. Towards a Market-Based Approach: The Privatization and Microeconomization of EU Antitrust Law Enforcement Part 3: The Role of Private Authority in Corporate Governance Regulation 7. Coordination Service Firms and the Erosion of Rhenish Capitalism 8. The Role of Private Actors in Global Governance and Regulation: US, European and International Convergence of Accounting and Auditing Standards in a Post Enron World Part 4: Integrating Emerging Market Economies 9. Transitions Through Different Corporate Governance Structures in Postsocialist Economies: Which Convergence? 10. Corporate Governance Regulation in East Central Europe: The Role of Transnational Forces Part 5: Conclusion 11. Marketization, Transnationalization, Commodification and the Shifts in Corporate Governance Regulation: a Conclusion. Bibliography