The New Global Rulers

List of Illustrations and Tables ix

List of Acronyms xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Chapter One: The Rise of Private Regulation in the World Economy 1

Chapter Two: Private Nonmarket Rule-Making in Context A Typology of Global Regulation 18

Chapter Three: Institutional Complementarity Theory 42

Chapter Four: Private Regulators in Global Financial Markets Institutional Structure and Complementarity in Accounting Regulation 60

Chapter Five: The Politics of Setting Standards for Financial Reporting 99

Chapter Six: Private Regulators in Global Product Markets Institutional Structure and Complementarity in Product Regulation 126

Chapter Seven: The Politics of Nuts and Bolts- and Nanotechnology ISO and IEC Standard-Setting for Global Product Markets 162

Chapter Eight: Contributions to the Theoretical Debates in Political Science, Sociology, Law, and Economics 192

Chapter Nine: Conclusions and Implications for Global Governance 214

Appendix 1: Financial Reporting Standards Survey

Additional Survey Results 227

Appendix 2: Product Standards Survey Additional Survey Results 234

Appendix 3: Survey Methods 238

References 249

Index 289