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Policing the Markets: Inside the Black Box of Securities Enforcement book cover

1st Edition

Policing the Markets Inside the Black Box of Securities Enforcement

By James Williams Copyright 2012
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Set against the backdrop of the recurring waves of financial scandal and crisis to hit Canada, the US, the UK, and Europe over the last decade, this book examines the struggles of securities enforcement agencies to police the financial markets. While allegations of regulatory failure in this realm are commonplace and are well documented in policy and legal scholarship, James Williams seeks to... Read more

Introduction: Policing The Markets? Chapter One: Market Matters; Chapter Two: Mandates And Mantras Of Securities Enforcement; Chapter Three: Inter-Agency Politics And Jurisdictional Boundaries; Chapter Four: Symbolic Capital, Experience, And Expertise; Chapter Five: Technologies, Narratives, And Morality Plays; Chapter Six: Legal Couplings And Regulatory Encounters; Chapter Seven: Regulatory Vision And The Politics Of Knowledgeability; Conclusion.

Biography

James W. Williams is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Science, York University. He has authored numerous journal articles on the policing of economic crime and the governance of financial markets, published in journals such as Economy and Society and the British Journal of Criminology.

‘Though James Williams’s study of Canadian securities regulation requires some effort of readers unfamiliar with the subject, context, or his approach, Policing the Markets succeeds in offering vivid insights and tangible lessons to an array of audiences.’ – Patrick Schmidt, Macalester College, for Governance

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