Global Public Policy or Computer Confluence

Global Public Policy: Governing without Government?

Author: Wolfgang H H Reinick

In this book, Wolfgang Reinicke provides an in-depth analysis of economic globalization and examines its implications for public policy. Using three studies - the need for global supervision of banking and finance; efforts to control money laundering, the engine of global criminal networks; and the management of dual-use technology transfer after the cold war - the book shows how the principles of global public policy have the potential to improve the capacities of governments and international organizations to deal with the challenges of the 21st century, without having to resort to territorial answers.

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The failure to institute structures of public policy that can serve the public interest, the author contends, is feeding a backlash against globalization which will lead governments to fall back on national solutions for providing public goods, eventually leading to greater interstate conflict. He argues for the cooperation of governments, corporations, and civil society in formulating and implementing a global public policy. He bases his argument on the current situations in the areas of: regulation of global financial markets, transnational criminal networks and money laundering, and trade in dual- goods and technologies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	1
1	Globalization of Economic Activity: Definition, Sources, Measurement, and Limits	11
2	Globalization and Public Policy: An Analytical Framework	52
3	Policy Responses: Matching Economic and Political Geography	75
4	Global Financial Markets: Pioneers in Global Public Policy	102
5	Global Crime and Public Policy: The Case of Money Laundering	135
6	From Denial to Disclosure: Dual-Use Trade in a Globalizing Industry	173
7	Conclusion	218
	Notes	232
	Index	299

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Computer Confluence: Exploring Tomorrows Technology

Author: George Beekman

Computer Confluence is more than a textbook; it's the confluence of three information sources:an illustrated textbook, a multimedia cd-rom, and a World Wide Web site on the internet. This integrated learning package takes advantage of the unique strengths of the three media types.