<p><strong>‘Cutler and Dietz have brought together a diverse set of authors who together give us a brilliant critical interrogation of the rise of private sector experts in domains concerned with public interests. This has become an increasingly important and alarming issue. A must read.’</strong> – <i>Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, USA, author of Expulsions</i></p><p><strong>'In this path-breaking interdisciplinary volume of political scientists, sociologists, and legal scholars, the authors not only demonstrate that non-hierarchical "governance by contract" dominates both state and private regulations in the global political economy but they also elaborate the power dimension of these arrangements. A must read for anybody interested in knowing how the global economy ticks!'</strong> - <em>Thomas Risse, Professor of International Politics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany</em></p>