Table of contents for Globalization and finance / Tony Porter.

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Preface                                                   vii
List of Acronyms                                           ix

Part I: The Institutionalization of Global Finance
  1 Introduction: Why Study Global Finance?            3
  2 Debates and Controversies in the
     Conceptualization of Global Finance                  12
  3 The Emerging Regime for Regulating Global
     Finance                                              31

Part II: Sectoral Developments
 4 International Banking                                49
 5 The Governance of Global Securities and
     Derivatives Markets                                  67
 6 Foreign Direct Investment                            85

Part III: New Actors and New Frontiers in Global
 Finance
 7 Business Institutions and Private-Sector
     Norms                                                103
 8  Developing and Transition Countries                  117
 9 Non-Governmental Organizations and
     Global Civil Society                                 138




Part IV: Democracy and Politics in the Governance
 of Global Finance
10   Gender and the Globalization of Finance             155
11   Risk Politics and Financial Crises                   174
12   Democracy and Legitimacy in the Governance
     of Global Finance                                   187

Notes                                                    203
References                                               209
Index                                                    225