Critical Perspectives on Private Authority in Global Politics

Introduction; H.K.Hansen PART I: THE DISAGGREGATION OF AUTHORITY Disaggregating Public and Private Authority in Global Governance; T.Porter Changing the Institutional Boundaries of States: The Global Governance of Government Auditing; H.P.Olsen Corporate Social Responsibility in France and Mexico: A Path to Greater Authority for Private Companies; M.Zølner & M.Blasco Global Internet Governance: Joined-up Powers and Perspectives; S.Bislev & M.Flyverbom PART II: THE INNOVATION OF AUTHORITY What's in a Name? New Labour's Citizen-Consumers and the Remaking of Public Services; J.Clarke & J.Newman Weak Webs, Strong Allies - a Transnational Perspective on the Reinvention of the Public Authority; D.Salskov-Iversen & H.K.Hansen Expatriate Experts: Globalising Governmentalities and Geographic Imaginations; W.Larner PART III: THE MEDIATION OF AUTHORITY Place Branding: How the Private Creates the Public; B.Stöber Global Intimacy or Cosmopolitan Publicness? The Production of Pity in Transnational Media; L.Chouliaraki Conclusion: Private Authority in Perspective; D.Salskov-Iversen