Governing Global Networks: International Regime. Zacher, Sutton<|

Governing Global NetworksInternational Regimes for Transportation and Communications\nAuthor(s): Mark W. Zacher, Brent A. Sutton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521550451, 978-0521550451\nSynopsis\nGoverning Global Networks argues that most international regimes are grounded in states' mutual cooperation, and not in the dictates of the most powerful states. It focuses on the regimes for four important international industries - shipping, air transport, telecommunications and postal services. Of particular importance to these regimes have been states' interests in both the free flow of commerce and their policy autonomy. The authors examine the relationship between these potentially conflicting goals. In particular they trace the impact of deregulation, which has led some states increasingly to place gains from economic openness ahead of their desire to maintain a high degree of control of thei.