Transnational Private Governance and its Limits (Routledge Ecpr Studies in European Political Science)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 10
Copyright......Page 11
Contents......Page 12
Illustrations......Page 15
Contributors......Page 16
Series editor’s preface......Page 20
Preface......Page 22
Abbreviations......Page 24
1 Introduction: Beyond the fragmented debate on transnational private governance......Page 28
Part I (Self-)regulation in the financial sector......Page 54
2 Keeping competitors out: Industry structure and transnational private governance in global finance......Page 56
3 Transnational expert-driven standardisation: Accountancy governance from a professional point of view......Page 71
4 Transnational private governance and the Basel process: Banking regulation and supervision, private interests and Basel II......Page 85
Part II Transnational corporations facing labour, ecological, and consumers’ concerns......Page 96
5 The power of TNCs in transnational environmental private governance......Page 98
6 Where to find a ‘demos’ for controlling global risk regulators?: From private to public regulation and back......Page 111
7 The potential and limits of governance by private codes of conduct......Page 125
8 The private regulation of labour standards: The case of the apparel and footwear industries......Page 142
Part III Prospects and limits of avant-garde cases: The private regulation of the cyberspace......Page 154
9 Transnational private governance of the Internet: The roles of business......Page 156
10 Who governs the Internet?: The emerging regime of e-commerce......Page 169
11 Limitations to transnational private governance of the Internet: The dot eu top-level domain......Page 183
Part IV Regional integration as a driving force towards transnational private governance......Page 196
12 Public–private partnerships and transnational governance in the European Union: The case of the Lisbon Strategy......Page 198
13 Transnational private governance in the EU: When social partners bargain beyond borders......Page 212
14 Self-regulation and public regulation: Financial services and the out-of-court complaints bodies......Page 223
15 Dispute resolution in international trade and investment law: Privatisation of the public?......Page 236
Part V Conclusions......Page 250
16 Conclusion: The limits of transnational private governance......Page 252
Bibliography......Page 270
Index......Page 295