1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465485803321

Autore

Alexander Kern <1962->

Titolo

Global governance of financial systems [[electronic resource] ] : the international regulation of systemic risk / / Kern Alexander, Rahul Dhumale, John Eatwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-988323-8

1-4237-3392-4

9786610560332

0-19-803732-5

1-60256-930-4

1-280-56033-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Finance and the economy

Altri autori (Persone)

DhumaleRahul

EatwellJohn

Disciplina

346/.082

Soggetti

Financial services industry - Law and legislation

Financial services industry - State supervision

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-311) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Managing Systemic Risk: The Rationale for International Financial Regulation; 2. Global Governance and International Standard Setting; 3. The International Legal Framework for International Financial Regulation; 4. International Soft Law and the Formation of Binding International Financial Regulation; 5. Strengthening the Global Financial System through Institutional and Legal Reform; 6. Incentives versus Rules: Alternative Approaches to International Financial Regulation; 7. The Economics of Systemic Risk in International Settlements

8. A Microeconomic Examination of Financial Fragility: A Test of Capital Adequacy Standards 9. Reforming the Basel Accord and the Use of Subordinated Debt: Making Markets Work for the Regulator; 10. Enhancing Corporate Governance for Financial Institutions: The Role of International Standards; 11. Summing Up and Conclusion: The New



International Financial Architecture-Promise or Threat?; Notes; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

The authors set forth the economic rationale for international financial regulation & what role, if any, international regulation can play in effectively managing the systemic risk while providing accountability to all affected nations.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465298503321

Autore

Brettschneider Marla

Titolo

Democratic theorizing from the margins [[electronic resource] /] / Marla Brettschneider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-283-13389-X

9786613133892

1-4399-0773-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Disciplina

306.2/0973

Soggetti

Democracy - United States

Marginality, Social - United States

Minorities - Political activity - United States

Political science

Women - Political activity - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: When: History; Chapter 3: Who: Identity; Chapter 4: What: Recognition; Chapter 5: Why: Rethinking Universals and Particulars; Chapter 6: Where: Multiple Publics; Chapter 7: How: Minoritizing and Majoritizing; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Democratic Theorizing from the Margins lays out the basic parameters of diversity-based politics as a still emerging form of democratic theory. Students, activists, and scholars engage in diversity politics on



the ground, but generally remain unable to conceptualize a broad understanding of how ""politics from the margins""-that is, political thinking and action that comes from groups often left on the outside of mainstream organizing and action-operates effectively in different contexts and environments. Brettschneider offers concrete lessons from many movements to see what they tell us