Dynamics of Regulatory Change

Critics of globalization claim that economic liberalization leads to a lowering of regulatory standards. As capital and corporations move more freely across national boundaries a race to the bottom results as governments are forced to weaken labor and environmental standards to retain current contracts or attract new business. The essays in this volume argue that on the contrary under certain circumstances global economic integration can actually lead to the strengthening of consumer and environmental standards. This volume extends the argument of David Vogel’s book Trading Up which discussed environmental standards by focusing on the impact of globalization on labor rights women’s rights and capital market regulations.

Introduction: National Regulations in a Global Economy David Vogel and Robert A. Kagan
1. The International Politics of Harmonization: The Case of Capital Market Regulation Beth Simmons
2. The Business Dynamics of Global Regulatory Competition Dale D. Murphy
3. Dealing with a Resource Crisis: Regulatory Regimes for Managing the World’s Marine Fisheries Christopher J. Carr and Harry N. Scheiber
4. Globalization and Hazardous Waste Management: From Brown to Green? Kate O’Neill
5. Closing the Deception Gap: Accession to the European Union and Environmental Standards in East Central Europe Diahanna Post
6. Environmental Management Standards and Globalization Magali A. Delmas
7. WTO Efforts to Manage Differences in National Sanitary and Phytosanitary Policies David G. Victor
8. Globalization Federalism and Regulation R. Daniel Kelemen
9. Feminism NGO’s and the Impact of the New Transnationalisms Joyce Gelb
10. A Race to the Bottom a Race to the Top or the March to a Minimum Floor? Daniel P. Gitterman