This volume analyzes changing patterns of authority in the global political economy with an in-depth look at the new roles played by state and non-state actors, and addresses key themes including the provision of global public goods, new modes of regulation and the potential of new institutions for global governance.

Editors' Preface Introduction: Changing Patterns of Authority; V.Rittberger, M.Nettesheim, C.Huckel &  T.Göbel PART ONE: NEW INSTITUTIONS FOR GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Inclusive Global Institutions for a Global Political Economy; V.Rittberger, C.Huckel, L.Rieth &  M.Zimmer The WTO Constitution, Judicial Power and Changing Patterns of Authority; J.L.Dunoff PART TWO: PROVIDING AND MANAGING GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS  Providing (Contested) Global Public Goods; I.Kaul Global Public Goods - The Governance Dimension; P.Stoll PART THREE: CIVIL SOCIETY AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE International NGOs: Scale, Expressions and Governance; H.K.Anheier &  N.S.Themudo The Emerging Global Civil Society: Achievements and Prospects; W.Benedek PART FOUR: BUSINESS IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE   Problematizing Corporate Social Responsibility under Conditions of Late Capitalism and Postmodernity; A.C.Cutler MNCs and the International Community: Conflict, Conflict Prevention and the Privatization of Diplomacy; V.Haufler PART FIVE: REGULATION IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE  Rearticulating Regulatory Approaches: Private-Public Authority and Corporate Social Responsibility; P.Utting The Two Level Logic of Non-State Market Driven Global Governance; S.Bernstein &  B.Cashore Conclusion: Authority Beside and Beyond the State; V.Rittberger, M.Nettesheim, C.Huckel  &  T.Göbel