EU Governance in the Global Economy

Governance in a Global Economy: Political Authority in Transition

C debate over globalization casts its political effects as both revolutionary and contradictory. Globalization, it is claimed, drains political authority from nation-states, long the dominant form of political organization in world politics. The state’s monopoly of familiar governance functions erodes as authority migrates down to newly empowered regions, provinces, and municipalities; up to su...

8 The Global Economy : Organization , Governance , and Development

Peter Praet : Japan and the EU in the global economy – challenges and opportunities

As witnessed in Japan, protracted and large-scale balance sheet adjustments can weaken economic activity over a protracted period of time. Repairing the financial sector was an important element in improving the Japanese economy. The lesson for the euro area appears to be clear: the overhaul of the financial architecture – including the establishment of a procedure for resolving failing banks –...

Governance and the Russian Economy

n his article on fragmentation of authority, Vladimir Brovkin reviews the general character of government and property relations in contemporary Russia and draws some strong conclusions. If his conclusions are correct, the prospects for the Russian economy are poor. In this note, I shall review some of the governance issues that bear on Russian economic prospects and offer not a Panglossian vie...

Network Governance in the E-Lance Economy

To date, the primary focus of global information technology management has been to examine how technologies facilitate the coordination and completion of work within multi-national organizations and improve efficiencies across global supply chains. However, the true global potential of advanced technologies is just starting to emerge. We have discovered that global connectivity has made the wor...