1st Edition
The Transnational Politics of Corporate Governance Regulation
1. The Transnational Politics of Corporate Governance Regulation: Introducing Key Concepts, Questions and Approaches Bastiaan van Apeldoorn, Andreas Nölke and Henk Overbeek Part 1: Themes and Approaches 2. Explaining Corporate Governance Systems: Alternative Approaches Peter Gourevitch 3. Regulation- and State-Theoretical Perspectives on Changes in Corporate Governance and Metagovernance Bob Jessop 4. The paradoxical Nature of Shareholder Primacy: A Re-consideration of the Enron-era Financial Scandals in the USA and the EU Antoine Rebérioux Part 2: European Corporate Governance Regulation and the Politics of Marketization 5. The Transformation of Corporate Governance Regulation in the European Union: From Harmonisation to Marketisation Bastiaan van Apeldoorn and Laura Horn 6. Towards a Market-Based Approach: The Privatization and Microeconomization of EU Antitrust Law Enforcement Angela Wigger Part 3: The Role of Private Authority in Corporate Governance Regulation 7. Coordination Service Firms and the Erosion of Rhenish Capitalism Andreas Nölke and James Perry 8. The Role of Private Actors in Global Governance and Regulation: US, European and International Convergence of Accounting and Auditing Standards in a Post Enron World Ian Dewing and Peter Russell Part 4: Integrating Emerging Market Economies 9. Transitions Through Different Corporate Governance Structures in Postsocialist Economies: Which Convergence? Wladimir Andreff 10. Corporate Governance Regulation in East Central Europe: The Role of Transnational Forces Arjan Vliegenthart & Henk Overbeek Part 5: Conclusion 11. Marketization, Transnationalization, Commodification and the Shifts in Corporate Governance Regulation: a Conclusion Andreas Nölke, Henk Overbeek and Bastiaan van Apeldoorn Bibliography
Biography
Henk Overbeek is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In 2003 he co-founded the Amsterdam Research Centre on Corporate Governance Regulation (ARRCGOR).
Bastiaan van Apeldoorn is a Reader in International Relations at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is also co-founder and programme co-coordinator of the Amsterdam Centre for Corporate Governance Regulation (ARCCGOR).
Andreas Nölke is Professor of Political Science at the Institut für Politikwissenschaft of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is also Programme Coordinator at the Amsterdam Research Center for Corporate Governance Regulation (ARCCGOR).
