Critical Perspectives on Private Authority in Global Politics

2007. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4039-8946-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 233 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 413 g

The proliferation of non-state actors is a notable outcome of globalization, and the conventional belief that associates political authority with the state is being eroded. This volume explores the transformation of political practices to examine the making and contestation of twenty-first century forms of authority.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hansen, H.

Salskov-Iversen, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; H.K.Hansen PART I: THE DISAGGREGATION OF AUTHORITY Disaggregating Public and Private Authority in Global Governance; T.Porter Changing the Institutional Boundaries of States: The Global Governance of Government Auditing; H.P.Olsen Corporate Social Responsibility in France and Mexico: A Path to Greater Authority for Private Companies; M.Zølner & M.Blasco Global Internet Governance: Joined-up Powers and Perspectives; S.Bislev & M.Flyverbom PART II: THE INNOVATION OF AUTHORITY What's in a Name? New Labour's Citizen-Consumers and the Remaking of Public Services; J.Clarke & J.Newman Weak Webs, Strong Allies - a Transnational Perspective on the Reinvention of the Public Authority; D.Salskov-Iversen & H.K.Hansen Expatriate Experts: Globalising Governmentalities and Geographic Imaginations; W.Larner PART III: THE MEDIATION OF AUTHORITY Place Branding: How the Private Creates the Public; B.Stöber Global Intimacy or Cosmopolitan Publicness? The Production of Pity in Transnational Media; L.Chouliaraki Conclusion: Private Authority in Perspective; D.Salskov-Iversen

Über Autor(innen)

HANS KRAUSE HANSEN is Associate Professor and Academic Director at the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. His research revolves around the fields of international political economy, politics and media studies, public management and Latin American Studies. He is co-editor of Digital Governance://Networked Societies: Creating Authority, Community and Identity in a Globalized World.

DORTE SALSKOV-IVERSEN is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Her research focuses on the interface between management& organizational change and international political economy.