Transnational Governance: Institutional Dynamics of Regulation

486 Pages·2006·3 MB·English

by  Marie-Laure Djelic

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Transnational Governance
Globalizationinvolvesaprofoundre-orderingofourworldwiththeprolif-
erationeverywhereofrulesandtransnationalmodesofgovernance.This
book examines how this governance is formed, changes and stabilizes.
Building on a rich and varied set of empirical cases, it explores transna-
tional rules and regulations and the organizing, discursive and monitor-
ingactivitiesthatframe,sustainandreproducethem.Beginningfroman
understanding of the powerful structuring forces that embed and form
thecontextoftransnationalregulatoryactivities,thebookscrutinizesthe
actorsinvolved,howtheyareorganized,howtheyinteractandhowthey
transform themselves to adapt to this new regulatory landscape. A pow-
erful analysis of the modes and logics of transnational rule-making and
rule-monitoring closes the book. This authoritative resource offers ideal
readingforallacademicresearchersandgraduatestudentsofgovernance
andregulation.
Marie-Laure Djelic isProfessorofManagementatESSECBusiness
School,Paris.
Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson is Professor of Management at
UppsalaUniversity,Sweden.

Transnational
Governance
Institutional Dynamics of Regulation
edited by
Marie-Laure Djelic
and
Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson
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Contents
Listoffigures page viii
Listoftables ix
Listofcontributors x
Acknowledgments xvii
Listofacronyms xix
1 Introduction:Aworldofgovernance:Theriseof
transnationalregulation 1
Marie-LaureDjelicandKerstinSahlin-Andersson
I Institutionalforces
2 Scientization:Makingaworldsafefororganizing 31
GiliS.DroriandJohnW.Meyer
3 Marketization:Fromintellectualagendatoglobal
policy-making 53
Marie-LaureDjelic
4 Organizingtheworld 74
Go¨ranAhrneandNilsBrunsson
5 Therationalizationofvirtueandvirtuosity
inworldsociety 95
JohnBoli
6 Softregulationandglobaldemocracy 119
UlrikaMo¨rth
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vi Contents
II Adynamictransnationaltopography
7 Transnationalactors,transnationalinstitutions,
transnationalspaces:Theroleoflawfirmsinthe
internationalizationofcompetitionregulation 139
GlennMorgan
8 Globalenterprisesinfieldsofgovernance 161
LarsEngwall
9 Thetransnationalgovernancenetworkofcentralbankers 180
MartinMarcussen
10 Regulatedregulators:Globaltrendsofstate
transformation 205
BengtJacobsson
11 Therationalizationofuniversities 225
FranciscoO.Ramirez
III Transnationalgovernanceinthemaking
12 Dynamicsofsoftregulations 247
BengtJacobssonandKerstinSahlin-Andersson
13 Contestedrulesandshiftingboundaries:International
standard-settinginaccounting 266
SebastianBotzemandSigridQuack
14 Theinternationalcompetitionnetwork:Movingtowards
transnationalgovernance 287
Marie-LaureDjelicandThibautKleiner
15 TheemergenceofaEuropeanregulatoryfieldof
managementeducation 308
TinaHedmo,KerstinSahlin-AnderssonandLinda
Wedlin
16 Marketcreationandtransnationalrule-making:Thecase
ofCO emissionstrading 329
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AnitaEngels
Contents vii
17 TransnationalNGOcertificationprogramsasnew
regulatoryforms:Lessonsfromtheforestrysector 349
JasonMcNichol
18 Institutionaldynamicsinare-orderingworld 375
Marie-LaureDjelicandKerstinSahlin-Andersson
References 398
Index 443
Figures
2.1 Worldwideexpansionofscienceincreasing
organizationandstatescience-relatedstructures,
1870–1995 page42
2.2 Worldwidehighereducationenrollment,1900–2000 43
5.1 Thesacredoftheglobalmoralorder 103
8.1 Afieldmodelofcorporategovernance 176
9.1 Sovereignstatesandcentralbanks,1870–2003 183
9.2 Centreandperipheryinthetransnationalgovernance
networkofcentralbankers,2001–2002 195
11.1 Theglobalexpansionofuniversities 227
17.1 Simplifiedschematicofoverlappinggovernancefields 352
17.2 OverviewofsocialformationofFSC,1990–1993 358
17.3 SchematicrepresentationoflocationofFSCwithin
transnationalgovernancefields 361
18.1 Institutionaldynamicsofregulations 395
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