Governance, globalization and public policy

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: governance, the state and public policy in a global age -- Economism and public policy -- Governance, business and social policy: international and national dimensions -- Transnational governance and national employment regulation: the primacy of competitiveness -- Developmental states and global neoliberalism -- International law and human rights in the context of globalization -- Poverty policy and the politics of competitiveness -- Globalization, governance and health -- Globalization, governance and the housing market -- The rise of non-state actors in security governance -- Globalization, governance and the UK's domestic 'war on terror'.