TY - BOOK AU - Porter,Tony TI - Globalization and finance SN - 0745631185 (hbk.) AV - HG 3881 P848g 2005 U1 - 332.042 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge, Malden, MA PB - Polity KW - Finanzas internacionales KW - Instituciones financieras KW - Financial institutions, International N1 - 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 N2 - "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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy054/2005297114.html ER -