List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments 1. Globalization and Business Authority: New Modes of Democratic Policymaking? Tony Porter and Karsten Ronit SECTION 1: The Firm Level: Individual Political Actions and Voluntary Arrangements 2. Private Authority Certification Regimes: A Club Theory Perspective Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski 3. The Democratic Legitimacy of Private Authority in the Food Chain Doris Fuchs and Agni Kalfagianni 4. Power, Interests, and the United Nations Global Compact Jackie Smith SECTION 2: The Industry Level: The Organizing Capacities of Industries and their Regulation 5. Business Authority and Global Financial Governance: Challenges to Accountability and Legitimacy Geoffrey R. D. Underhill and Xiaoke Zhang 6. Business and Democracy? Pharmaceutical Firms, Intellectual Property, and Developing Countries Susan K. Sell 7. The Corruption of the Public Interest: Intellectual Property and the Corporation as a Rights-Holding “Citizen” Christopher May SECTION 3: The General Level: Trans-industry Business Action and Policy Processes 8. Regulatory Architectures for a Global Democracy: On Democratic Varieties of Regulatory Capitalism David Levi-Faur 9. Democratic Accountability in Global Governance: Business and Civil Society in Multiple Arenas Aynsley Kellow and Hannah Murphy 10. Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Alliances Crossing the Financial Services Industry, States, and Nongovernmental Organizations Kathryn C. Lavelle 11. The Complexities of Global Business Authority and the Promise of Democracy Tony Porter and Karsten Ronit List of Contributors Index