A quiet revolution -- The conundrum of market reforms -- The politics of market ideas -- Strange bedfellows -- The market as a constraint -- The market as a norm -- The market as a space -- The market as a talisman -- The Janus-faced European Union

The rise of consumer capitalism -- Consumption contested -- The organized consumer -- Consumer risk -- Consumer information -- Standards versus contracts -- Price and quality -- The consumer as citizen.

Theory and practice of corporate governance -- Corporate governance and globalization -- German corporate governance, regulatory reforms, and aggregate changes -- Siemens -- Deutsche Telekom -- Bosch -- Lessons of German corporate governance