As European countries become more interdependent, the provision of common goods increasingly must be organized across national boundaries, levels of government, and sectors. In addition, former adversaries in the public and private sectors must learn to collaborate rather than compete. These changing paradigms call for new institutional and instrumental arrangements that move beyond existing modes of national governance. Offering a unique focus on the emerging role of private actors, this volume explores the evolving challenge of governing common goods in an increasingly transnational environment.

Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 PART I: Common Goods Chapter 3 Common Goods and Governance Chapter 4 Context and Collective Action: Common Goods Provision in Multiple Arenas Chapter 5 The Provision of Transnational Common Goods: Regulatory Competition for Environmental Standards Part 6 PARTII: Common Goods and the Role of Private Actors: International Level Chapter 7 Private Actors and the State: Internationalization and Changing Patterns of Governance Chapter 8 Negotiating Privacy across Arenas - The EU-US Safe Harbor Discussions Chapter 9 The Privatization of Global Governance and the Modern Law Merchant Chapter 10 Non-State Actors and the Compliance with International Institutions for the Provision of Common Goods: Concepts, Theories, Hypotheses Part 11 PARTIII: Common Goods and the Role of Private Actors: European Level Chapter 12 New Modes of Governance in Europe. Policy-making without legislation? Chapter 13 The Case of Public Mission against Competition Rules and Trade Rules Part 14 PART IV: Common Goods and the Role of Private Actors: National Level Chapter 15 The New Regulatory Regime. The Institutional Design of Telecommunications Regulation at the National Level Chapter 16 Contracts and Resource Allocation: Markets and Law as the Basis of Policy Instruments Chapter 17 A Constitutional Framework for Private Governance Part 18 PART V: Privatising Governance in the Financial Markets Chapter 19 Private Makers of Global Public Policy: Bond Rating Agencies and the New Global Finance Chapter 20 Standardising as Governance: The Case of Credit Rating Agencies Chapter 21 Rating Agencies and Systemic Risk. Paradoxes of Governance Chapter 22 Governing across Boundaries - Aspects of Governing the Knowledge Society

Adrienne HZritier is director of the Max Planck Project Group, 'Common Goods: Law, Politics and Economics.'