Globalization and finance / Tony Porter.

By:

Porter, Tony, 1953-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2005.Description: xi, 230 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0745631185 (hbk.)
0745631193 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

332.042 22

LOC classification:

HG 3881 P848g 2005

Online resources:

Table of contents

Contents:

1 Introduction: Why Study Global Finance? -- 2 Debates and Controversies in the Conceptualization of Global Finance -- 3 The Emerging Regime for Regulating Global Finance -- 4 International Banking -- 5 The Governance of Global Securities and Derivatives Markets -- 6 Foreign Direct Investment -- 7 Business Institutions and Private-Sector Norms -- 8 Developing and Transition Countries -- 9 Non-Governmental Organizations and Global Civil Society -- 10 Gender and the Globalization of Finance -- 11 Risk Politics and Financial Crises -- 12 Democracy and Legitimacy in the Governance of Global Finance.

Summary: "In this book, Tony Porter guides students through current debates about global finance and discusses the extent to which the development of a global marketplace affects our daily lives. He examines the complex networks of public-sector and non-governmental institutions and practices that facilitate the globalization of finance and provide an emerging set of arrangements for regulating it. The book is both

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HG 3881 P848g 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000144013

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-224) and index.

1 Introduction: Why Study Global Finance? --
2 Debates and Controversies in the Conceptualization of Global Finance --
3 The Emerging Regime for Regulating Global Finance --
4 International Banking --
5 The Governance of Global Securities and Derivatives Markets --
6 Foreign Direct Investment --
7 Business Institutions and Private-Sector Norms --
8 Developing and Transition Countries --
9 Non-Governmental Organizations and Global Civil Society --
10 Gender and the Globalization of Finance --
11 Risk Politics and Financial Crises --
12 Democracy and Legitimacy in the Governance of Global Finance.

"In this book, Tony Porter guides students through current debates about global finance and discusses the extent to which the development of a global marketplace affects our daily lives. He examines the complex networks of public-sector and non-governmental institutions and practices that facilitate the globalization of finance and provide an emerging set of arrangements for regulating it. The book is both

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