Governing global networks : international regimes for transportation and communications / Mark W. Zacher with Brent A. Sutton.
1996
339 Z15
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339 Z15
Title
Governing global networks : international regimes for transportation and communications / Mark W. Zacher with Brent A. Sutton.
Language
English
Author
Zacher, Mark W.
Added Author
Sutton, Brent
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Description
xiii, 299 p. ; 24 cm.
Series
Cambridge studies in international relations ;V 44
Summary
[Publisher description] Governing Global Networks argues that most international regimes are grounded in states' mutual cooperation, and not in the dictates of the most powerful states. It focuses on the regimes for four important international industries - shipping, air transport, telecommunications and postal services. Of particular importance to these regimes have been states' interests in both the free flow of commerce and their policy autonomy. The authors examine the relationship between these potentially conflicting goals. In particular they trace the impact of deregulation, which has led some states increasingly to place gains from economic openness ahead of their desire to maintain a high degree of control of their own economies; and to the decline of the traditional cartel elements of these regimes. This analysis is an important contribution to theoretical debates between neo-realists and neo-liberals in the study of international organisations and international political economy.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-291) and index.
ISBN
0521550459 (hard)
0521559731 (pbk.)
0521559731 (pbk.)
Location
Library Reading Room 339 Z15
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