Governing Global Networks: International Regimes for Transportation and Communications

ISBN-13: 9780521559737 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 316 str.

Mark W. Zacher; Brent A. Sutton

Opis

Governing Global Networks explores the mutual interests that have sustained the regulatory regimes for four major international service industries--shipping, air transport, telecommunications, and postal services. The authors argue that states have been concerned with two sometimes conflicting goals: facilitating the flow of international commerce; and maintaining the prerogatives of state sovereignty. This analysis of the impact of the breaking up of cartels and of deregulation is an important contribution to theoretical debates in the study of international organizations and international political economy.

Spis treści

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. International regimes and global networks; 2. Mutual interests and international regime theory; 3. The international regime for shipping; 4. The international regime for air transport; 5. The international regime for telecommunications; 6. The international regime for postal services; 7. Normative continuities and international regime theory; Notes; Index.