From Economy to Society?: Perspectives on Transnational Risk Regulation

by Bettina Lange

Book Overview

This special issue asks what role society can play in the regulation of transnational risks, as an alternative to or at least significant addition to reliance on state regulatory activity and the myth of the self-regulatory capacity of markets (Stiglitz, 2001, p. xiii). How can a social sphere contribute to the prevention and management of risks, often transnational in nature, posed by economic activity? Leading socio-legal scholars explore whether...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781907382
• ISBN13: 9781781907382
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"