Social scientists have sketched four distinct theories to explain a phenomenon that appears to have ramped up in recent years, the diffusion of policies across countries. Constructivists trace policy norms to expert epistemic communities and international organizations, who define economic...

The diffusion of markets and democracy around the world was a defining feature of the late twentieth century. Many social scientists view this economic and political liberalization as the product of independent choices by national governments. This book argues that policy and political changes...

The worldwide spread of economic and political liberalism was the defining feature of the late twentieth century. Free-market-oriented economic reforms -- macroeconomic stabilization, liberalization of foreign economic policies, privatization, and deregulation -- took root in many parts of the...

The worldwide spread of economic and political liberalism was one of the defining features of the late twentieth century. Free-market oriented economic reforms – macroeconomic stabilization, liberalization of foreign economic policies, privatization, and deregulation – took root in many...

Social scientists have sketched four distinct theories to explain a phenomenon that appears to have ramped up in recent years, the diffusion of policies across countries. Constructivists trace policy norms to expert epistemic communities and international organizations, who define economic...

Die Internationalisierung und Globalisierung der Kapialmärkte erschwert die Aufgaben der nationalen Regulierer beträchtlich. Es wird zunehmend schwierig, wenn nicht unmöglich, die Aktivitäten der Banken- und Wertpapierinstitute sowie die Vielfalt an Transaktionen, an denen sie sich auf...

Simmons untersucht die Verrechtlichungsprozesse innerhalb der internationalen Währungsordnung vom Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts bis in die Zeit nach dem Ende von Bretton Woods. Im Zentrum steht dabei die Frage, wann und warum Staaten internationalen Währungsinstitutionen und -ordnungen beitreten,...