Transnational Financial Associations and the Governance of Global Finance: Assembling Wealth and Power

by Heather McKeen-Edwards, Tony Porter

Overview

The role of business in global governance is now widely recognized, but exploration of its role in global financial governance has been more haphazard than systematic. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the role of transnational financial associations in the organization of global finance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415659741
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/04/2013
Series:	RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
Pages:	239
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Heather McKeen-Edwards is Assistant Professor of Politics and International Studies at Bishop’s University in Sherbrooke, Canada.

Tony Porter is Professor of Political Science at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Private Authority and Private Associations in Global Finance and Global Governance 2. Conceptualizing Transnational Financial Associations and Global Financial Power Section I 3. Transnational financial associations and the global public sphere: reshaping the public/private frontier 4. Constructing markets, industries and technologies: the effects of transnational financial associations on global financial markets 5. Transnational financial associations and their role in constructing and servicing financial communities Section II 6. Transnational financial associations and regional integration: the special case of the European Union 7. Transnational financial associations in the global south: globalization, regionalism and development 8. Inclusion and differentiation: transnational financial associations and the pursuit of social and cultural ends through finance 9. Conclusion