Global Business Regulation

'The authors [of this book] argue that global business regulations emerge from various 'epistemic' communities - communities of experts that meet regularly all over the world. They have a shared understanding of regulation in any particular sphere that leads them not merely to advise but to direct as well … In effect, the book suggests that the world is run from a few important cities - in particular New York, Washington, Brussels, Geneva - where these communities are important and congregate. The authors interviewed 500 international leaders in business and government to produce the 700-page book … which contains 13 case studies - ranging from property and contract, financial regulation, corporations and securities to the environment, food, telecommunications, drugs, sea, road and air transport. These are sandwiched between a broad-ranging introduction and analytical conclusion dealing with the core issues of globalisation.' Financial Times

• 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.