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Book SynopsisThis volume addresses important questions about the governance of common goods and the crucial role of private actors. It explores how collective action problems can be solved institutionally when countries are faced with cross-boundary problems and a simultaneous lack of hierarchical guidance.
Trade ReviewCommon Goods is an interesting book and should be read by anyone who seeks to understand changes in governance and regulation due to increasing internationalization. It will be read for many years to come. * Governance *
Common Goods contains a number of policy-oriented chapters that make useful contributions to the field of European policies and policymaking and to the literature on the role of private actors in global governance. Of particular importance is the discussion of the role of bond rating agencies in the new global finance. * International Studies Review *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Part 2 PART I: Common Goods Chapter 3 Common Goods and Governance Chapter 4 Context and Collective Action: Common Goods Provision in Multiple Arenas Chapter 5 The Provision of Transnational Common Goods: Regulatory Competition for Environmental Standards Part 6 PARTII: Common Goods and the Role of Private Actors: International Level Chapter 7 Private Actors and the State: Internationalization and Changing Patterns of Governance Chapter 8 Negotiating Privacy across Arenas - The EU-US Safe Harbor Discussions Chapter 9 The Privatization of Global Governance and the Modern Law Merchant Chapter 10 Non-State Actors and the Compliance with International Institutions for the Provision of Common Goods: Concepts, Theories, Hypotheses Part 11 PARTIII: Common Goods and the Role of Private Actors: European Level Chapter 12 New Modes of Governance in Europe. Policy-making without legislation? Chapter 13 The Case of Public Mission against Competition Rules and Trade Rules Part 14 PART IV: Common Goods and the Role of Private Actors: National Level Chapter 15 The New Regulatory Regime. The Institutional Design of Telecommunications Regulation at the National Level Chapter 16 Contracts and Resource Allocation: Markets and Law as the Basis of Policy Instruments Chapter 17 A Constitutional Framework for Private Governance Part 18 PART V: Privatising Governance in the Financial Markets Chapter 19 Private Makers of Global Public Policy: Bond Rating Agencies and the New Global Finance Chapter 20 Standardising as Governance: The Case of Credit Rating Agencies Chapter 21 Rating Agencies and Systemic Risk. Paradoxes of Governance Chapter 22 Governing across Boundaries - Aspects of Governing the Knowledge Society
