Globalization and Governance

'To pun, Pierre brings globalization down to earth. After all the hype, he serves as an experienced and trustworthy guide to the key question of how far nation states are 'forced' to follow global trends. His answers are nuanced, well-evidenced, and thought-provoking. This should find a place on many reading lists.'

- Christopher Pollitt, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BelgiumGlobalization raises important questions about the governing capacity of domestic institutions. In Globalization and Governance, Jon Pierre studies the impact of international norms and prescriptions on domestic governance in Japan, Sweden and the United States.

The empirical analysis is focused on economic governance, administrative reform and intergovernmental relationships. Drawing on survey data, documents and interviews, the analysis finds that domestic institutions still intrinsically shape domestic governance. International norms towards deregulation and market-based administrative reform confront domestic institutions with prescriptions for reform but the three countries provide only very few examples of unmitigated domestic implementation. What Jon Pierre calls 'the microfoundations of globalization'-the assessment, adoption or rejection of international norms and ideas in vogue-is a complex process where domestic institutions and path dependencies remain at the helm. The most important exception to this pattern is governance during financial crises where countries are dependent on conditioned support from transnational institutions.

This insightful and informative book will appeal to researchers, academics, post-graduate, as well as undergraduate, students in governance, political economy and international relations.

Contents:

1. Globalization and the State

2. Globalization and Domestic Governance

3. Still Governing the Economy? Economic Governance

4. Cities and Regions in a Globalized World: Inter-Governmental Relationships

5. Modernizing the State: Administrative Reform

6. Conclusions: Domestic Governance in a Globalizing World

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