Private Authority and International Affairs

List of Tables and Figures vii Preface ix PART 1 Introduction Private Authority and International Affairs 3(28) A. Claire Cutler Virginia Haufler Tony Porter PART 2 Ruling Themselves---Interfirm Organizing in the Global Arena Lost in (Cyber)space: The Private Rules of Online Commerce 31(22) Debora L. Spar Private and Public Management of International Mineral Markets 53(44) Michael C. Webb The Standards Regime for Communication and Information Technologies 97(32) Liora Salter Strategic Partnerships, Knowledge-Based Networked Oligopolies, and the State 129(24) Lynn K. Mytelka Michel Delapierre PART 3 Ruling Others---The Effects of Private International Authority Bond-Rating Agencies and Coordination in the Global Political Economy 153(16) Timothy J. Sinclair Multinational Corporations as Agents of Change: The Globalization of Intellectual Property Rights 169(30) Susan K. Sell Self-Regulation and Business Norms: Political Risk, Political Activism 199(24) Virginia Haufler Embedded Private Authority: Multinational Enterprises and the Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Movement in Ecuador 223(34) Pamela L. Burke PART 4 The Evolution of Public and Private International Authority Hegemony and the Private Governance of International Industries 257(26) Tony Porter Private Authority in International Trade Relations: The Case of Maritime Transport 283(50) A. Claire Cutler PART 5 Conclusion The Contours and Significance of Private Authority in International Affairs 333(44) A. Claire Cutler Virginia Haufler Tony Porter List of Contributors 377(4) Index 381