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The Role of Business in Global Governance

Corporations as Norm-Entrepreneurs

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Annegret Flohr

    1. Department of Political Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

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  2. Lothar Rieth

    1. Department of Political Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

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  3. Sandra Schwindenhammer

    1. Department of International Politics, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany

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  4. Klaus Dieter Wolf

    1. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
      Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Research Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: Corporate Norm-entrepreneurship and Global Governance

      • Annegret Flohr, Lothar Rieth, Sandra Schwindenhammer, Klaus Dieter Wolf
      Pages 3-17

    3. Basic Concepts and Assumptions

      • Annegret Flohr, Lothar Rieth, Sandra Schwindenhammer, Klaus Dieter Wolf
      Pages 18-37

  3. Causes of Corporate Norm-entrepreneurship

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-40
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    2. The Social and Political Environment

      • Annegret Flohr, Lothar Rieth, Sandra Schwindenhammer, Klaus Dieter Wolf
      Pages 41-80

    3. Actor Characteristics

      • Annegret Flohr, Lothar Rieth, Sandra Schwindenhammer, Klaus Dieter Wolf
      Pages 81-125

    4. Institutional Arrangements

      • Annegret Flohr, Lothar Rieth, Sandra Schwindenhammer, Klaus Dieter Wolf
      Pages 126-160

    5. Comparisons for Conclusions: Different Paths to Corporate Norm-entrepreneurship

      • Annegret Flohr, Lothar Rieth, Sandra Schwindenhammer, Klaus Dieter Wolf
      Pages 161-167

  4. Evaluating Corporate Norm-entrepreneurship

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-170
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    2. The Effectiveness of Transnational Private Governance

      • Annegret Flohr, Lothar Rieth, Sandra Schwindenhammer, Klaus Dieter Wolf
      Pages 171-201

    3. The Legitimacy of Transnational Private Governance

      • Annegret Flohr, Lothar Rieth, Sandra Schwindenhammer, Klaus Dieter Wolf
      Pages 202-231

    4. A New Architecture for Global Governance

      • Annegret Flohr, Lothar Rieth, Sandra Schwindenhammer, Klaus Dieter Wolf
      Pages 232-255

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 256-284
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About this book

The Role of Business in Global Governance  offers an empirically rich analysis of the new political role of corporations in the co-performance of governance functions beyond the state. Within comparative case studies, potential explanations of the political role of transnational corporations are systematically tested.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

    Annegret Flohr, Lothar Rieth

  • Department of International Politics, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany

    Sandra Schwindenhammer

  • Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

    Klaus Dieter Wolf

  • Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany

    Klaus Dieter Wolf

About the authors

KLAUS DIETER WOLF holds the Chair for International Relations at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. He is also the Deputy Director of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) and Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence 'Formation of Normative Orders'.

ANNEGRET FLOHR is a Research Associate in International Relations at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.

LOTHAR RIETH is a Research Associate in the Department of Political Science at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.

SANDRA SCHWINDENHAMMER is a Research Associate in the Department of International Politics at FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.

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