Globalization and finance

Author(s)

• Porter, Tony

Bibliographic Information

Globalization and finance

Tony Porter

Polity Press, 2005

• : [hbk.]
• : paperback

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-224) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The globalization of finance is widely recognised as one of the most significant features of the contemporary world. In this timely new book, Tony Porter guides students through current debates about global finance and discusses the extent to which the development of a global marketplace affects our daily lives. He examines the complex networks of public-sector and non-governmental institutions and practices that facilitate the globalization of finance and provide an emerging set of arrangements for regulating it. The book is both comprehensive and innovative, and includes chapters on banking, securities markets, foreign direct investment, private authority, the role of developing and transition countries, global civil society, gender, the politics of risk practices and financial crises, and democracy. Written for students approaching the topic for the first time, this book provides a coherent, empirical and theoretically rigorous introduction to the governance of global finance.

Table of Contents

Preface List of Acronyms Part I: The Institutionalization of Global Finance Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Study Global Finance? Chapter 2 Debates and Controversies in the Conceptualization of Global Finance Chapter 3 The Emerging Regime for Regulating Global Finance Part II: Sectoral Developments Chapter 4 International Banking Chapter 5 The Governance of Global Securities and Derivatives Markets Chapter 6 Foreign Direct Investment Part III: New Actors and New Frontiers in Global Finance Chapter 7 Business Institutions and Private-Sector Norms Chapter 8 Developing and Transition Countries Chapter 9 Non-Governmental Organizations and Global Civil Society Part IV: Democracy and Politics in the Governance of Global Finance Chapter 10 Gender and the Globalization of Finance Chapter 11 Risk Politics and Financial Crises Chapter 12 Democracy and Legitimacy in the Governance of Global Finance Notes References Index

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Details

• NCID: BA7067041X
• ISBN:
  • 0745631185
  • 0745631193
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 230 p.
• Size: 23-24 cm