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Procedural Politics - Issues, Influence, and Institutional Choice in the European Union (Paperback): Joseph Jupille Procedural Politics - Issues, Influence, and Institutional Choice in the European Union (Paperback)
Joseph Jupille
R977 Discovery Miles 9 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book was first published in 2004. Under what conditions, in what ways, and with what effects do actors engage in politics with respect to, rather than merely within, political institutions? Using multiple methods and original data, Procedural Politics develops a theory of everyday politics with respect to rules - procedural politics - and applies it to European Union integration and politics. Assuming that actors influence maximizers, it argues and demonstrates that the jurisdiction ambiguity of issues provides opportunities for procedural politics and that influence-differences among institutional alternatives provide the incentives. It also argues and demonstrates that procedural politics occurs by predictable means (most notably, involving procedural coalition formation and strategic issue-definition) and exerts predictable effects on policymaking efficiency and outcomes and long-run institutional change. Beyond illuminating previously under-appreciated aspects of EU rule governance, these findings generalize to all rule-governed political systems and form the basis of fuller accounts of the role of institutions in political life.

International Organizations and Military Affairs - International Organizations and Military Affairs (Hardcover): Hylke Dijkstra International Organizations and Military Affairs - International Organizations and Military Affairs (Hardcover)
Hylke Dijkstra
R4,628 Discovery Miles 46 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations to the NATO International Staff and the European External Action Service, international bureaucrats make decisions that affect life and death. In carrying out their functions, these officials not only facilitate the work of the member states, but also pursue their own distinct agendas. This book analyzes how states seek to control secretariats when it comes to military operations by international organizations. It introduces an innovative theoretical framework that identifies different types of control mechanisms. The book presents six empirical chapters on the UN, NATO, and EU secretariats. It provides new data from a unique dataset and in-depth interviews. It shows that member states employ a wide range of control mechanisms to reduce the potential loss of influence. They frequently forfeit the gains of delegation to avoid becoming dependent on the work of secretariats. Yet while states invest heavily in control, this book also argues that they cannot benefit from the services of secretariats and keep full control over outcomes in international organizations. In their delegation and control decisions, states face trade-offs and have to weigh different cost categories: the costs of policy, administrative capacity, and agency loss. This book will be of interest to scholars, postgraduates, and officials in international organizations and national governments, dealing with questions of international political economy, security studies, and military affairs.

The Power of Dependence - NATO-UN Cooperation in Crisis Management (Hardcover): Michael F. Harsch The Power of Dependence - NATO-UN Cooperation in Crisis Management (Hardcover)
Michael F. Harsch
R3,364 Discovery Miles 33 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since the end of the Cold War, crises from the Balkans to Central Asia and Africa have forced international organizations to adapt, expand, and cooperate to end civil wars, manage humanitarian challenges, and contain terrorist threats. The Power of Dependence explores the complex relationship between two of these organizations: NATO and the United Nations. It advances an innovative resource dependence approach to explain the stark variation in interorganizational cooperation, combining insights from international relations theory and organizational science in a comprehensive theoretical framework. Comparing NATO and the UN's engagement in three major post-Cold War conflicts- Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan- the study finds that the level and balance of the organizations' resource dependence plays a crucial role in shaping the degree of cooperation. The Power of Dependence demonstrates the logic, dynamics, and impact of organizational interactions in addressing regional instability and violent conflict. It will be of interest to anyone concerned with understanding and building more effective interorganizational partnerships in crisis management.

Domestic Law Goes Global - Legal Traditions and International Courts (Hardcover): Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, Emilia Justyna... Domestic Law Goes Global - Legal Traditions and International Courts (Hardcover)
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, Emilia Justyna Powell
R2,087 R1,768 Discovery Miles 17 680 Save R319 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

International courts have proliferated in the international system, with over one hundred judicial or quasi-judicial bodies in existence today. This book develops a rational legal design theory of international adjudication in order to explain the variation in state support for international courts. Initial negotiators of new courts, 'originators', design international courts in ways that are politically and legally optimal. States joining existing international courts, 'joiners', look to the legal rules and procedures to assess the courts' ability to be capable, fair and unbiased. The authors demonstrate that the characteristics of civil law, common law and Islamic law influence states' acceptance of the jurisdiction of international courts, the durability of states' commitments to international courts, and the design of states' commitments to the courts. Furthermore, states strike cooperative agreements most effectively in the shadow of an international court that operates according to familiar legal principles and rules.

The UN International Criminal Tribunals - Transition without Justice? (Hardcover): Klaus Bachmann, Aleksandar Fatic The UN International Criminal Tribunals - Transition without Justice? (Hardcover)
Klaus Bachmann, Aleksandar Fatic
R4,649 Discovery Miles 46 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Both the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) are now about to close. Bachmann and Fatic look back at the achievements and shortcomings of both tribunals from an interdisciplinary perspective informed by sociology, political science, history, and philosophy of law and based upon on two key notions: the concepts of legitimacy and efficiency. The first asks to what extent the input (creation) of, the ICTY and the ICTR can be regarded as legitimate in light of the legal and public debate in the early 1990s. The second confronts the output (the procedures and decisions) of the ICTY and the ICTR with the tasks both tribunals were assigned by the UN Security Council, the General Assembly, and by key organs (the president and the chief prosecutors). The authors investigate to what extent the ICTY and the ICTR have delivered the expected results, whether they have been able to contribute to 'the maintenance of peace', 'stabilization' of the conflict regions, or even managed to provide 'reconciliation' to Rwanda. Furthermore, the book is concerned with how many criminals, over whom the ICTY and the ICTR wield jurisdiction, have actually been prosecuted and at what cost. Offering the first balanced and in depth analysis of the International Criminal Tribunals, the volume provides an important insight into what lessons have been learned, and how a deeper understanding of the successes and failures can benefit the international legal community in the future.

Who Participates in Global Governance? - States, bureaucracies, and NGOs in the United Nations (Hardcover): Molly Ruhlman Who Participates in Global Governance? - States, bureaucracies, and NGOs in the United Nations (Hardcover)
Molly Ruhlman
R2,929 Discovery Miles 29 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Why are non-state actors sometimes granted participation rights in international organizations? This book argues that IOs, and the states that compose them, systematically pursue their interests when granting participation rights to NSAs. This book demonstrates that NSAs have long been participants in global governance institutions, and that states and bureaucracies have not always resisted their inclusion. At the same time, this study encourages skepticism of the assumption that increasing participation should be expected with the passage of time. The result is a study that challenges some commonly held assumptions about the interests of IOs and states, while providing an interesting comparison of secretariat and state interests with regard to one particular aspect of IO institutional rule and practice: the participation of non-state actors. Addressing the regular assumption that the power of states and the efficacy of multilateral governance have simply wilted in the heat of globalization while NSAs have flourished, this work features analysis of key institutions such as UNCEF, UNDP and the Environment Programme. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations, the United Nations, and NGOs.

International Organizations under Pressure - Legitimating Global Governance in Challenging Times (Hardcover): Klaus Dingwerth,... International Organizations under Pressure - Legitimating Global Governance in Challenging Times (Hardcover)
Klaus Dingwerth, Antonia Witt, Ina Lehmann, Ellen Reichel, Tobias Weise
R2,631 Discovery Miles 26 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

International organizations like the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, or the European Union are a defining feature of contemporary world politics. In recent years, many of them have also become heavily politicized. In this book, we examine how the norms and values that underpin the evaluations of international organizations have changed over the past 50 years. Looking at five organizations in depth, we observe two major trends. Taken together, both trends make the legitimation of international organizations more challenging today. First, people-based legitimacy standards are on the rise: international organizations are increasingly asked to demonstrate not only what they do for their member states, but also for the people living in these states. Second, procedural legitimacy standards gain ground: international organizations are increasingly evaluated not only based on what they accomplish, but also based on how they arrive at decisions, manage themselves, or coordinate with other organizations in the field. In sum, the study thus documents how the list of expectations international organizations need to fulfil to count as 'legitimate' has expanded over time. The sources of this expansion are manifold. Among others, they include the politicization of expanded international authority and the rise of non-state actors as new audiences from which international organizations seek legitimacy.

Economic Globalization, International Organizations and Crisis Management - Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Growth,... Economic Globalization, International Organizations and Crisis Management - Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Growth, Impact and Evolution of Major Organizations in an Interdependent World (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000)
Richard Tilly, Paul J.J. Welfens
R4,048 Discovery Miles 40 480 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Economic globalization has intensified on the basis of new international links, especially in the field of foreign direct investment, financial capital flows and telecommunications liberalization. These and other developments have reinforced international interdependence and raise new issues for international organizations as well as for strategic behavior of major actors. Based on historical perspectives of evolution of major organizations and the latest developments in the 1990s the analysis focus on financial market dynamics, monetary issues and labor market aspects. Reform options for selected international organizations are discussed including aspects of trade, foreign investment and international externalities. Game theoretic concepts are also applied.

The Law of International Organisations (Paperback, 2nd edition): Nigel White The Law of International Organisations (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Nigel White
R633 Discovery Miles 6 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This new edition considers the unifying legal attributes that span vastly differing inter-governmental organisations, from the UN to the EU. A law of international organisations has become established in certain areas, such as legal personality, powers, membership, finance, and decision-making. In other, newer, areas - accountability, responsibility and democracy - politics is still much rawer, and has not yet been fully converted into legal concepts and principles. As with the first edition, there are plenty of examples of organisations given in the text. Individual organisations dealing with issues such as security, health, civil aviation, finance and trade are scrutinised by way of example, to illustrate how different they can be, but also to show how it is possible to debate a set of legal principles that transcend each institution. This new edition of an established text will appeal to students and academics as well as individuals seeking a legal and political insight into international organisations. -- .

Regulatory Delegation in the European Union - Networks, Committees and Agencies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Emmanuelle Mathieu Regulatory Delegation in the European Union - Networks, Committees and Agencies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Emmanuelle Mathieu
R2,439 R1,808 Discovery Miles 18 080 Save R631 (26%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book addresses the regulatory capacity of the EU as it responds to the huge challenge of realizing the single market. It explores its weaknesses, the EU regulatory networks, expert committees and EU agencies formed in response, and the exceptionally large and complex transnational regulatory system which has resulted. It defines the EU regulatory space as a multi-faceted phenomenon of institutional expansion whose shape varies across sectors and changes over time. Empirically based on the exploration of how regulatory delegation has emerged and evolved in three key EU policies (food safety, electricity, and telecommunications), the book disentangles and links together the functional, institutional and power-distributional factors and their interplay over time into a unified explanation of the many faces of the EU regulatory space.

Europaische Union und Internationaler Wahrungsfonds (German, Hardcover, 1. Aufl. 2017): Mohamed Assakkali Europaische Union und Internationaler Wahrungsfonds (German, Hardcover, 1. Aufl. 2017)
Mohamed Assakkali
R2,512 Discovery Miles 25 120 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Das Buch durchdenkt verschiedene Modelle einer engeren Einbindung der EU im IWF und zeigt auf, ob und inwieweit sich einzelne Vorschlage und Ansatze vor dem Hintergrund des geltenden Voelkervertragsrechts und der Interessenlage der IWF-Mitgliedstaaten umsetzen lassen.Im Zuge der seit 2009 virulenten Staatsschuldenkrise ist der Internationale Wahrungsfonds (IWF) in die sogenannten Rettungsschirme und Stabilisierungsmechanismen eingespannt worden. Aus diesem Anlass ist erneut klar geworden, dass die EU im Gefuge des IWF keinen definierten Status hat, obwohl der Euro in dessen sogenanntem Wahrungskorb an die Stelle des franzoesischen Franc und der D-Mark getreten ist. Die ausschliessliche Zustandigkeit der EU fur die Wahrungspolitik der Mitgliedstaaten, deren Wahrung der Euro ist, wirft die Frage auf, ob sie nicht wie in anderen internationalen Organisationen auch Mitglied des IWF werden musste. Dem stehen indessen komplexe rechtliche und politische Hindernisse im Wege.

Routledge History of International Organizations - From 1815 to the Present Day (Paperback): Bob Reinalda Routledge History of International Organizations - From 1815 to the Present Day (Paperback)
Bob Reinalda
R1,752 Discovery Miles 17 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a definitive and comprehensive history of international organizations from their very beginning at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 up to the present day, and provides the reader with nearly two centuries of world history seen from the perspective of international organizations. It covers the three main fields of international relations: security, economics and the humanitarian domain which often overlap in international organizations. As well as global and intercontinental organizations, the book also covers regional international organizations and international non-governmental organizations in all continents. The book progresses chronologically but also provides a thematic and geographical coherence so that related developments can be discussed together. A series of detailed tables, figures, charts and information boxes explain the chronologies, structures and relationships of international organizations. There are biographies, histories and analysis of hundreds of international organizations. This is an essential reference work with direct relevance to scholars in international relations, international political economy, international economics and business and security studies.

Global Civil Society 2012 - Ten Years of Critical Reflection (Paperback, New): Hertie School of Global Civil Society 2012 - Ten Years of Critical Reflection (Paperback, New)
Hertie School of; Edited by Sabine Selchow, Mary Kaldor, Henrietta L Moore
R1,413 Discovery Miles 14 130 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Activists and academics look back over ten years of 'politics from below', and ask whether it is merely the critical gaze upon the concept that has changed - or whether there is something genuinely new about the way in which civil society is now operating.

Integrating Africa - Decolonization's Legacies, Sovereignty and the African Union (Hardcover): Martin Welz Integrating Africa - Decolonization's Legacies, Sovereignty and the African Union (Hardcover)
Martin Welz
R4,644 Discovery Miles 46 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The African Union (AU) is a continental organization that comprises every African state except for Morocco, is indeed a pioneering undertaking. Its ambitious aim is to integrate all member states, with the ultimate goal of forming the United States of Africa. Despite several attempts to build a union, the AU has remained an intergovernmental organization, one reason being a perceived unwillingness of the AU states to pool their national sovereignties.

This study seeks to comprehend why Africa s integration process has not moved towards a supranational organization, using a novel approach. It shifts the usual perspective away from the organization level and provides the first comprehensive and systematic analysis of the AU from the perspective of the states themselves. It includes 8 comprehensive case studies: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mauritius, South African, Swaziland, Uganda and Zimbabwe to help understand their foreign policy and provide key insights into why they are (un)willing to yield sovereignty.

This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of African politics, international relations and international organizations.

Democratic Politics in the European Parliament (Paperback, New): Simon Hix, Abdul G. Noury, Gerard Roland Democratic Politics in the European Parliament (Paperback, New)
Simon Hix, Abdul G. Noury, Gerard Roland
R970 Discovery Miles 9 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With the European Parliament comprising politicians from many different countries, cultures, languages, national parties and institutional backgrounds, one might expect politics in the Parliament to be highly-fragmented and unpredictable. By studying more than 12,000 recorded votes between 1979 and 2004 this 2007 book establishes that the opposite is in fact true: transnational parties in the European Parliament are highly cohesive and the classic 'left-right' dimension dominates voting behaviour. Furthermore, the cohesion of parties in the European Parliament has increased as the powers of the Parliament have increased. The authors suggest that the main reason for these developments is that like-minded MEPs have incentives to form stable transnational party organizations and to use these organizations to compete over European Union policies. They suggest that this is a positive development for the future of democratic accountability in the European Union.

Leading Smart Transformation - A Roadmap for World Class Government (Paperback, 1st ed. 2011): A Kakabadse, M. Omar Abdulla, R.... Leading Smart Transformation - A Roadmap for World Class Government (Paperback, 1st ed. 2011)
A Kakabadse, M. Omar Abdulla, R. Abouchakra, A. Jawad, Mohammad Omar Abdulla
R1,397 Discovery Miles 13 970 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In the turbulence of recent times, how we run corporations has been examined from every angle. Corporations have proved adept at change; governments have stuck to established rules. The challenge is to put in place machinery to provide services in a way that resists the growth of bureaucracy. The need for SMART government could not be starker.

International Institutions and Socialization in Europe (Paperback): Jeffrey T. Checkel International Institutions and Socialization in Europe (Paperback)
Jeffrey T. Checkel
R867 Discovery Miles 8 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since the path-breaking work of Karl Deutsch on security communities and Ernst Haas on European integration, it has been clear that international institutions may create senses of community and belonging beyond the nation state. Put differently, they can socialize. Yet the mechanisms underlying such dynamics have been unclear. This volume explores these mechanisms of international community building, from a resolutely eclectic stand point. Rationalism is thus the social theory of choice for some contributors, while others are more comfortable with social constructivism. This problem-driven perspective and the theoretical bridge building it are the cutting edge in international relations theory. By providing more fined-grained arguments on precisely how international institutions matter, such an approach sheds crucial light on the complex relationship between states and institutions, between rational choice and social constructivism, and, in our case, between Europe and the nation state.

The Development of Institutions of Human Rights - A Comparative Study (Paperback): L. Barria, S. Roper The Development of Institutions of Human Rights - A Comparative Study (Paperback)
L. Barria, S. Roper
R1,394 Discovery Miles 13 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

During the transition to democracy, states have used various mechanisms to address previous human rights abuses including domestic trials, truth and reconciliation commissions and internationalized tribunals. This volume analyzes the transitional justice choices made by four countries: Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), Sierra Leone and East Timor. For each country, there is a chapter which provides a historical overview concerning the causes of the conflict and two subsequent chapters which highlight a different method of transitional justice implemented. The volume highlights the opportunities and the constraints faced by states and the international community to provide accountability for human rights violations.

The World Health Organization - A History (Hardcover): Marcos Cueto, Theodore M. Brown, Elizabeth Fee The World Health Organization - A History (Hardcover)
Marcos Cueto, Theodore M. Brown, Elizabeth Fee
R2,512 Discovery Miles 25 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

According to its Constitution, the mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) was nothing less than the 'attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health' without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic status, or social condition. But how consistently and how well has the WHO pursued this mission since 1946? This comprehensive and engaging new history explores these questions by looking at its origins and its institutional antecedents, while also considering its contemporary and future roles. It examines how the WHO was shaped by the particular environments of the postwar period and the Cold War, the relative influence of the US and other approaches to healthcare, and its place alongside sometimes competing international bodies such as UNICEF, the World Bank, and the Gates Foundation. The authors re-evaluate the relative success and failure of critical WHO campaigns, from early malaria and smallpox eradication programs to struggles with Ebola today.

Thinking about Global Governance - Why People and Ideas Matter (Paperback, New): Thomas G. Weiss Thinking about Global Governance - Why People and Ideas Matter (Paperback, New)
Thomas G. Weiss
R1,628 Discovery Miles 16 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of the more prolific and influential analysts of multilateral approaches to global problem-solving over the last three decades is Thomas G. Weiss. Thinking about Global Governance, Why People and Ideas Matter, assembles key scholarly and policy writing.

This collection organizes his most recent work addressing the core issues of the United Nations, global governance, and humanitarian action. The essays are placed in historical and intellectual context in a substantial new introduction, which contains a healthy dose of the idealism and ethical orientation that invariably characterize his best work.

This volume gives the reader a comprehensive understanding of these key topics for a globalizing world and is an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike.

The Making of Global International Relations - Origins and Evolution of  IR at its Centenary (Hardcover): Amitav Acharya, Barry... The Making of Global International Relations - Origins and Evolution of IR at its Centenary (Hardcover)
Amitav Acharya, Barry Buzan
R2,615 Discovery Miles 26 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents a challenge to the discipline of international relations (IR) to rethink itself, in the light of both its own modern origins, and the two centuries of world history that have shaped it. By tracking the development of thinking about IR, and the practice of world politics, this book shows how they relate to each other across five time periods from nineteenth-century colonialism, through two world wars, the Cold War and decolonization, to twenty-first-century globalization. It gives equal weight to both the neglected voices and histories of the Global South, and the traditionally dominant perspectives of the West, showing how they have moved from nearly complete separation to the beginnings of significant integration. The authors argue that IR needs to continue this globalizing movement if it is to cope with the rapidly emerging post-Western world order, with its more diffuse distribution of wealth, power and cultural authority.

The Idea of World Government - From ancient times to the twenty-first century (Paperback): Alistair Burns The Idea of World Government - From ancient times to the twenty-first century (Paperback)
Alistair Burns
R1,286 Discovery Miles 12 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The notion of a single political organization encompassing the whole of humanity-a world state-has intrigued mankind since earliest recorded history. This book provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the history of world government, and questions whether political globalization, in the form of a federal world government, could and should complement the ongoing processes of economic and cultural globalization. While the potential peacekeeping advantage of such a state is obvious, the consensus judgment has always been against it, because it could lead to totalitarian tyranny. Yunker examines whether this judgment is still correct, considering that nuclear weapons of unimaginable destructiveness now exist, capable of destroying human civilization as we know it. Summarizing the lessons of history, the author suggests that while the conventional world federalist concept of an unlimited world government is still impractical in today's world, there may be a role for a limited federal world government that would go well beyond the existing United Nations, thereby providing a stronger institutional basis for the evolutionary development of genuinely effective global governance. This book is an important resource for all students and scholars of global governance, international relations and international organizations.

The International Organization for Migration - Challenges, Commitments, Complexities (Paperback): Megan Bradley The International Organization for Migration - Challenges, Commitments, Complexities (Paperback)
Megan Bradley
R1,284 Discovery Miles 12 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since its establishment in 1951, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has expanded from a small, regionally specific, logistically focused outfit into a major international organization involved in an almost dizzying array of activities related to human mobility. In 2016, IOM joined the UN system and has rebranded itself as the "UN migration agency." Despite its dramatic expansion and increasing influence, IOM remains understudied. This book provides an accessible, incisive introduction to IOM, focusing on its humanitarian activities and responses to forced migration - work that now makes up the majority of the organization's budget, staff, and field presence. IOM's humanitarian work is often overlooked or dismissed as a veil for its involvement in other activities that serve states' interests in restricting migration. In contrast, Bradley argues that understanding IOM's involvement in humanitarian action and work with displaced persons is pivotal to comprehending its evolution and contemporary significance. Examining tensions and controversies surrounding the agency's activities, including in the complex cases of Haiti and Libya, the book considers how IOM's structure, culture, and internal and external power struggles have shaped its behaviour. It demonstrates how IOM has grown by acting as an entrepreneur, cultivating autonomy and influence well beyond its limited formal mandate. The International Organization for Migration is essential reading for students and scholars of migration, humanitarianism, and international organizations.

Bankrupt - Global Lawmaking and Systemic Financial Crisis (Hardcover): Terence C. Halliday, Bruce G. Carruthers Bankrupt - Global Lawmaking and Systemic Financial Crisis (Hardcover)
Terence C. Halliday, Bruce G. Carruthers
R3,817 Discovery Miles 38 170 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Asian Financial Crisis dramatically illustrated the vulnerability of financial markets in emerging, transitional, and advanced economies. In response, international organizations insisted that legal reforms could help protect markets from financial breakdowns. Sitting at the nexus between the legal system and the market, corporate bankruptcy law ensures that the casualties of capitalism are treated in an orderly way.
Halliday and Carruthers show how global actors--including the IMF, World Bank, UN, and international professional associations--developed comprehensive norms for corporate bankruptcy laws and how national policymakers responded in turn. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in China, Indonesia and Korea, the authors reveal how national policymakers contested and negotiated domestic laws in the context of global pressures. The first study of its kind, this book offers a theory of legal change to explain why global/local tensions produce implementation gaps. Through its analysis of globalization, this book has lessons for international organizations and developing and transition economies the world over.

Bankrupt - Global Lawmaking and Systemic Financial Crisis (Paperback): Terence C. Halliday, Bruce G. Carruthers Bankrupt - Global Lawmaking and Systemic Financial Crisis (Paperback)
Terence C. Halliday, Bruce G. Carruthers
R877 Discovery Miles 8 770 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Asian Financial Crisis dramatically illustrated the vulnerability of financial markets in emerging, transitional, and advanced economies. In response, international organizations insisted that legal reforms could help protect markets from financial breakdowns. Sitting at the nexus between the legal system and the market, corporate bankruptcy law ensures that the casualties of capitalism are treated in an orderly way.
Halliday and Carruthers show how global actors--including the IMF, World Bank, UN, and international professional associations--developed comprehensive norms for corporate bankruptcy laws and how national policymakers responded in turn. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in China, Indonesia and Korea, the authors reveal how national policymakers contested and negotiated domestic laws in the context of global pressures. The first study of its kind, this book offers a theory of legal change to explain why global/local tensions produce implementation gaps. Through its analysis of globalization, this book has lessons for international organizations and developing and transition economies the world over.

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