Strange, Susan

The retreat of the state: the diffusion of power in the world economy/ Susan Strange - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xvii, 218 p. ; 23 cm. - (Cambridge studies in international relations) .

1. The declining authority of states --
2. Patterns of power --
3. The limits of politics --
4. Politics and production --
5. The state of the state --
6. Authority beyond the state --
7. Telecoms: the control of communication --
8. Organised crime: the mafias --
9. Insurance business: the risk managers --
10. The Big Six accountants --
11. Cartels and private protectionism --
12. International organisations: the econocrats --
13. Pinocchio's problem and other conclusions

9780521564403


Economic policy
International economic relations--Political aspects
World politics

327 / STR/T