1st Edition

Global Standards of Market Civilization

Edited By Brett Bowden, Leonard Seabrooke Copyright 2006
272 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

Global Standards of Market Civilization  brings together leading scholars, representing a range of political views, to investigate how global 'standards of market civilization' have emerged, their justification, and their political, economic and social impact. Key chapters show how as the modern state system has evolved such standards have also developed, incorporating the... Read more

Introduction  1. Civilizing Markets through Global Standards, Brett Bowden and Leonard Seabrooke   Part I: Conceptual History  2. Civilization, Standards, and Markets, Brett Bowden   3. Civilizing Peoples through State Citizenship and Democracy, Barry Hindess   4. Civilizing Market Standards and the Moral Self, Matthew Watson  5. Civilizing the Global Economy: Racism and the Continuity of Anglo-Saxon Imperialism, John M. Hobson   6. Civilizing the Bad: Ethical Problems with Neoliberal Approaches to Corruption, Mlada Bukovansky  Part II: Contemporary Cases  7. Civilizing Techniques: Transparency International and the Spread of Anti-Corruption, Peter Larmour   8. Civilizing International Monetary Systems, Michael J. Oliver   9. Civilizing Labor Markets: The World Bank in Central Asia,  André Broome  10. Civilizing through Transparency: The International Monetary Fund, Jacqueline Best   11. Civilizing Global Capital Markets: Room to Groove?, Leonard Seabrooke  12. Civilizing Tax Havens: The OECD and the Harmful Tax Practices Initiative, Gemma Kyle   13. Civilizing Drugs: Intellectual Property Rights in Global Pharmaceutical Markets, Jillian Clare Cohen  14. Civilizing Global Trade: Alterglobalizers and the ‘Double Movement’, Geoffrey A. Pigman  Conclusion 15. Civilizing Global Market Standards: Double-Edged Discourses and their Policy Implications, Leonard Seabrooke and Brett Bowden

Biography

Brett Bowden, Leonard Seabrooke