Overview

Critics of globalization claim that economic integration drains political authority from states: devolving authority to newly empowered regions, delegating it to supranational organizations, and transferring it to multinational firms and nongovernmental organizations. Globalization is also attacked for forcing convergence of state institutions and policies and threatening the ability of societies to chart their own democratically determined courses. In Governance in a Global Economy, Miles Kahler and David Lake assemble the contributions of seventeen leading scholars who have systematically investigated how global economic integration produces changes of governance. These authors conclude that globalization has created a new and intricate fabric of governance, but one that fails to match the stark portrait of beleaguered states. Exploring changes in governance across several policy areas (such as tourism, trade, finance, and fiscal and monetary policy), the authors demonstrate that globalization changes the policy preferences of some actors, increases the bargaining power of others, and opens new institutional options for yet others.By reintroducing agency and choice into our understanding of globalization, this book provides important new insights into the complex and contingent effects of globalization on political authority and governance. The introduction and the conclusion are by the editors; the contributors are James A. Caporaso, Benjamin J. Cohen, Barry Eichengreen, Zachary Elkins, Geoffrey Garrett, Peter Gourevitch, Virginia Haufler, Michael J. Hiscox, Robert O. Keohane, Lisa L. Martin, Walter Mattli, Kathleen R. McNamara, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Jonathan Rodden, Ronald Rogowski, Beth A. Simmons, and Peter Van Houten.

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Author:   Miles Kahler ,  David A. Lake
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.709kg
ISBN:  

9780691114026

ISBN 10:   0691114021
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   12 October 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1: Globalization and Governance by Miles Kahler and David A. Lake 1 Part 1. Globalization and Changing Locations of Governance Chapter 2: The Leverage of Economic Theories: Explaining Governance in an Internationalized Industry by Lisa L. Martin 33 Chapter 3: Political Integration and Disintegration in the Global Economy by Michael J. Hiscox 60 Chapter 4: Globalization and Fiscal Decentralization by Geoffrey Garrett and Jonathan Rodden 87 Chapter 5: Globalization and Demands for Regional Autonomy in Europe by Pieter Van Houten 110 Chapter 6: Monetary Governance in a World of Regional Currencies by Benjamin J. Cohen 136 Chapter 7: Governing Global Financial Markets: International Responses to the Hedge-Fund Problem by Barry Eichengreen 168 Chapter 8: Public and Private Governance in Setting International Standards by Walter Mattli 199 Chapter 9: Globalization and Industry Self-Regulation by Virginia Haufler 226 Part 2. Convergence in National Governance Chapter 10: International Capital Mobility and National Policy Divergence by Ronald Rogowski 255 Chapter 11: Globalization and Policy Diffusion: Explaining Three Decades of Liberalization by Beth A. Simmons and Zachary Elkins 275 Chapter 12: Corporate Governance: Global Markets, National Politics by Peter Gourevitch 305 Chapter 13: Globalization, Institutions, and Convergence: Fiscal Adjustment in Europe by Kathleen R. McNamara 332 Part 3. Democratic Deficits and the Problem of Accountability Chapter 14: Democracy, Accountability, and Rights in Supranational Governance by James A. Caporaso 361 Chapter 15: Redefining Accountability for Global Governance Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. 386 Chapter 16: Globalization and Changing Patterns of Political Authority by Miles Kahler and David A. Lake 412 References 439 Index 481

Reviews

This book provides important insights into globalization's complex and contradictory effects on political authority and governance in general and on new institutional options in particular. -- Donald E. Klingner Public Administration Review

Author Information

Miles Kahler is Rohr Professor of Pacific International Relations at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and Director of the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His books include Leadership Selection in the Major Multilaterals. David A. Lake is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. His books include Entangling Relations: American Foreign Policy in Its Century (Princeton).

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