Governing Global Networks: International Regimes For Transportation And Communications

Governing global networks argues that most international regimes are grounded in states' mutual interests, and not in the dictates of the most powerful states. It focuses on the regimes for four important international industries - shipping, air transport, telecommunications, and postal services. Of particular importance to these regimes have been states' interests in both the free flow of commerce and their policy autonomy. The authors examine the relationship between these potentially conflicting goals. In particular they trace the impact of " deregulation/' which has led some states increasingly to place gains from economic openness ahead of their desire to maintain a high degree of control of their own economies, and to the decline of the traditional cartel elements of these regimes. This analysis is an important contribution to theoretical debates between "neorealists" and "neoliberals" in the study of international institutions and international political economy. CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: 44 Governing global networks Editorial Board Steve Smith (Managing editor) Ken Booth Christopher Brown Robert Cox Anne Deighton Jean Elshtain Fred Halliday Christopher Hill Andrew Linklater Richard Little R. B. J. Walker International Political Economy Roger Tooze Craig N. Murphy Cambridge Studies in International Relations is a joint initiative of Cambridge University Press and the British International Studies Association (BISA). The series will include a wide range of material, from undergraduate textbooks and surveys to research-based monographs and collaborative volumes. The aim of the series is to publish the best new scholarship in International Studies from Europe, North America and the rest of the world. CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 44 Mark W. Zacher with Brent A Sutton Governing global networks International regimes for transportation and communications 43 MarkNeufeld The restructuring of international relations theory 42 Thomas Risse-Kappen (ed.) Bringing transnational relations back in Non-state actors, domestic structures and international institutions 41 Hayward Alker Rediscoveries and reformulations Humanistic methodologies for international studies 40 Robert W. Cox with Timothy J. Sinclair Approaches to world order 39 Jens Bartelson A genealogy of sovereignty 38 Mark Rupert Producing hegemony The politics of mass production and American global power 37 Cynthia Weber Simulating sovereignty Intervention, the state and symbolic exchange 36 Gary Goertz Contexts of international politics 35 James L. Richardson Crisis diplomacy The Great Powers since the mid-nineteenth century 34 Bradley S. Klein Strategic studies and world order The global politics of deterrence 33 T V. Paul Asymmetric conflicts War initiation by weaker powers Series list continues after index Governing global networks International regimes for transportation and communications Mark W. Zacher with Brent A. Sutton Institute of International Relations University of British Columbia CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo Cambri