The volume examines the multiple modes of engagement between business and global governance and the theoretical approaches to analyse them. It presents, compares, and contrasts theoretical perspectives and their associated research agendas along with empirical illustrations.

1. Introducing Business and Global Governance Part 1: Business as Master of Global Governance 2. Direct and Indirect Influence at the World Intellectual Property Organization 3. Practices (Re)Producing Orders: Understanding the Role of Business in Global Security Governance 4. Unthinking the Gats: A Radical Political Economy Critique of Private Transnational Governance Part 2: Business as Subject to Global Governance 5. Business and Global Climate Governance: A Neo-Pluralist Perspective 6. Governing Corruption through the Global Corporation 7. Transnational Governance Networks in The Regulation of Finance - The Making of Global Regulation and Supervision Standards in the Banking Industry 8. Non-Triad Multinationals and Global Governance: Still A North-South Conflict? Part 3: Business as Partner in Global Governance 9. Rethinking Multilateralism: Global Governance and Public-Private Partnerships with the UN 10. Iso and The Success of Regulation through Voluntary Consensus 11. Beyond the Boardroom: "Multilocation" and the Business Face of Celebrity Diplomacy 12. Variations in Corporate Norm-Entrepreneurship: Why the Home State Matters

Morten Ougaard is Professor of International Political Economy, and Director of the International Business and Politics Program at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. He is the co-editor of Towards a Global Polity - also published by Routledge.

Anna Leander is Professor of International Political Economy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. She is the co-editor of Constructivism and International Relations: Wendt and his Critics - also published by Routledge.