Building on the concept of depoliticization, this book provides a first systematic analysis of
International Organizations (IO) apolitical claims. It shows that depoliticization sustains IO …

Corporations, NGOs, and private regulatory initiatives have taken on functions once
assumed to be the domain of the state and inter-governmental organisations. While …

Written by Neil M. Coe, this Advanced Introduction provides a comprehensive guide to the
vibrant and expanding global production network (GPN) approach, through deftly exploring …

We examine corporate rentiership in the contemporary economy and suggest that the idea
we are in a moment of step-change within capitalism may be premature. Implicit in …

With a focus on the concept of grounding, this special section argues that the politics of
transnational private governance should be understood in the double meaning of, on the …

Geo-economic rivalry is back on the international agenda, particularly in the field of high
technology. Very often, technical standards are regarded as being a central arena of this …

International technical standardization has always been shaped by the externalization of the
domestic standard systems of the most technologically advanced countries. China's growing …

Atlantic economy—prolonged stagnation, globalized production, financialization, upward
redistribution, the ongoing digital revolution—have provoked a range of responses. In …

This groundbreaking study explores transformations in the TV industry under the impact of
globalizing forces and digital technologies. Chalaby investigates the making of a digital …

Dealing with uncertainty has become a matter of great concern for policy makers and
scientific research in a world facing global, epochal and complex changes. But in essence …