Porter, Tony  1953- <br/><br/>
Globalization and finance / 
Tony Porter. 
 - Cambridge ;  Malden, MA :  Polity,  2005. 
 - xi, 230 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-224) and index. 
<br/><br/>	1 Introduction: Why Study Global Finance? --<br/>2 Debates and Controversies in the Conceptualization of Global Finance --<br/>3 The Emerging Regime for Regulating Global Finance --<br/>4 International Banking --<br/>5 The Governance of Global Securities and Derivatives Markets --<br/>6 Foreign Direct Investment --<br/>7 Business Institutions and Private-Sector Norms --<br/>8 Developing and Transition Countries --<br/>9 Non-Governmental Organizations and Global Civil Society --<br/>10 Gender and the Globalization of Finance --<br/>11 Risk Politics and Financial Crises --<br/>12 Democracy and Legitimacy in the Governance of Global Finance. 
<br/><br/> 	<br/>"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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0745631185 (hbk.) 0745631193 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Finanzas internacionales<br/>Instituciones financieras<br/>Financial institutions, International.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG 3881  / P848g 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.042