The Handbook of Global Companies

Informationen zum Autor John Mikler is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. His research interests are primarily focused on the role of transnational economic actors, particularly multinational corporations, and the interaction between them and states, international organizations and civil society. He is the author of Greening the Car Industry: Varieties of Capitalism and Climate Change (2009), and has published widely in journals including Business and Politics, Regulation and Governance, Global Society, Policy and Society, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, and New Political Economy . Klappentext The Handbook of Global Companies brings together original research addressing the latest theories and empirical analysis surrounding the role of global companies in local, national, and international governance.* Offers new insights into the role of global companies in relation to policy and governance at local, national, and international levels* Brings together newly-commissioned research by a global team of established and up-and-coming scholars from the fields of international relations, political science, public policy, and beyond* Considers the environmental and societal responsibilities of global corporations.* Covers topics including the spatial locations of global companies; debate about the power they wield and their role as catalysts in new forms of governance; and the ways in which global companies share authority with the state and international organizations to drive policy processes* Speculates on the broader potential and limitations of global governance Zusammenfassung The Handbook of Global Companies compiles a series of original essays by established experts and emerging scholars to address the latest theoretical findings and empirical evidence relating to the role of global companies in national, regional and international governance. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations xi Notes on Contributors xiii Preface xxi 1 Global Companies as Actors in Global Policy and Governance 1 John Mikler Part I Locating Global Companies 17 2 The Global Company 19 Hinrich Voss 3 The National Identity of Global Companies 35 Stephen Wilks 4 Big Business in the BRICs 53 Andrea Goldstein Part II Global Companies and Power 75 5 Theorizing the Power of Global Companies 77 Doris Fuchs 6 Why, When, and How Global Companies Get Organized 96 Tony Porter and Sherri Brown 7 How Governments Mediate the Structural Power of International Business 113 Stephen Bell 8 How Global Companies Wield Their Power: The Discursive Shaping of Sustainable Development 134 Nina Kolleck Part III Global Companies and the State 153 9 How Global Companies Make National Regulations 155 Terry O'Callaghan and Vlado Vivoda 10 Making Government More "Business-Like": Management Consultants as Agents of Isomorphism in Modern Political Economies 173 Denis Saint-Martin 11 East Asian Development States and Global Companies as Partners of Techno-Industrial Competitiveness 193 Sung-Young Kim 12 Varieties of the Regulatory State and Global Companies: The Case of China 209 Shiufai Wong 13 Global Companies and Emerging Market Countries 227 Caner Bakir and Cantay Caliskan Part IV Global Companies and International Organizations 239 14 Regulating Global Corporate Capitalism 241 Sarianna M. Lundan 15 Global Companies as Agenda Setters in the World Trade Organization 257 Cornelia Woll 16 Business Interests Shaping International Institutions: Negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership ...

List of contents

List of Illustrations xi
 
Notes on Contributors xiii
 
Preface xxi
 
1 Global Companies as Actors in Global Policy and Governance 1
John Mikler
 
Part I Locating Global Companies 17
 
2 The Global Company 19
Hinrich Voss
 
3 The National Identity of Global Companies 35
Stephen Wilks
 
4 Big Business in the BRICs 53
Andrea Goldstein
 
Part II Global Companies and Power 75
 
5 Theorizing the Power of Global Companies 77
Doris Fuchs
 
6 Why, When, and How Global Companies Get Organized 96
Tony Porter and Sherri Brown
 
7 How Governments Mediate the Structural Power of International Business 113
Stephen Bell
 
8 How Global Companies Wield Their Power: The Discursive Shaping of Sustainable Development 134
Nina Kolleck
 
Part III Global Companies and the State 153
 
9 How Global Companies Make National Regulations 155
Terry O'Callaghan and Vlado Vivoda
 
10 Making Government More "Business-Like": Management Consultants as Agents of Isomorphism in Modern Political Economies 173
Denis Saint-Martin
 
11 East Asian Development States and Global Companies as Partners of Techno-Industrial Competitiveness 193
Sung-Young Kim
 
12 Varieties of the Regulatory State and Global Companies: The Case of China 209
Shiufai Wong
 
13 Global Companies and Emerging Market Countries 227
Caner Bakir and Cantay Caliskan
 
Part IV Global Companies and International Organizations 239
 
14 Regulating Global Corporate Capitalism 241
Sarianna M. Lundan
 
15 Global Companies as Agenda Setters in the World Trade Organization 257
Cornelia Woll
 
16 Business Interests Shaping International Institutions: Negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement 272
Deborah Elms
 
17 Global Companies and the Environment: The Triumph of TNCs in Global Environmental Governance 285
Matthias Finger
 
18 Global Companies, the Bretton Woods Institutions, and Global Inequality 300
Pamela Blackmon
 
19 Outsourcing Global Governance: Public-Private Voluntary Initiatives 316
Marianne Thissen-Smits and Patrick Bernhagen
 
Part V Global Companies and Society 333
 
20 Global Companies and Global Society: The Evolving Social Contract 335
Ann Florini
 
21 Global Companies as Social Actors: Constructing Private Business in Global Governance 351
Tanja Bru¨hl and Matthias Hofferberth
 
22 The Socially Embedded Corporation 371
Kate Macdonald
 
23 Ecological Modernization and Industrial Ecology 388
Frank Boons
 
Part VI The Exercise and Limitations of Private Global Governance 403
 
24 Global Companies as Agents of Globalization 405
Shana M. Starobin
 
25 The Greening of Capitalism 421
John A. Mathews
 
26 Global Companies and the Private Regulation of Global Labor Standards 437
Luc Fransen
 
27 Global Private Governance: Explaining Initiatives in the Global Mining Sector 456
Hevina S. Dashwood
 
28 Will Business Save the World? 474
Simon Zadek
 
Index 493

Report

"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections." ( Choice , 1 February 2014)

Product details

• Authors: J Mikler, John Mikler, Mikler John
• Assisted by: Joh Mikler (Editor), John Mikler (Editor), Mikler John (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2013
• EAN: 9780470673232
• ISBN: 978-0-470-67323-2
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 254 mm x 33 mm
• Series: HGP - Handbooks of Global Policy; HGP - Handbooks of Global Policy; Handbooks of Global Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Weltpolitik, Politikwissenschaft, Political Science, Öffentliche Ordnung u. Verwaltung, Public Policy & Administration