Virginia Haufler
Biographic Data
| ID | 1051574 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virginia Haufler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virginia |
| FAMILY NAME | Haufler |
| SIGNATURE | HAUFLER V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6107-6971 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 82 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Globalization and Industry Self-Regulation
International Organizations as Orchestrators
International Organizations as Orchestrators reveals how IOs leverage their limited authority and resources to increase their effectiveness, power, and autonomy from states. By 'orchestrating' intermediaries – including NGOs – IOs can shape and steer global governance without engaging in hard, direct regulation. This volume is organized around a theoretical model that emphasizes voluntary collaboration and support. An outstanding group of scholar…
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Globalizing World
Why do corporations increasingly engage in good deeds that do not immediately help their bottom line, and what are the consequences of these activities? This volume examines these questions by drawing on historical documents, interviews, qualitative case comparison, fieldwork, multiple regression, time-series analysis and multidimensional scaling, among others. Informed by neoinstitutionalism and political economy approaches, the authors examine …
Transnational organisations and security
The fields of international relations and criminology analyse security from different directions, but both have had a dominant focus on states and state agencies until recently. Even as they looked at a wider range of actors as security providers, an important category of security actors has not been analysed so far – ‘non-violent’ transnational organisations. Transnational non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and transnational corporations (TNC…
The Natural Resources Trap
Disclosure as Governance
The global promotion of transparency for the extractive sector—oil, gas and mining—has become increasingly accepted as an appropriate solution to weaknesses in governance in resource-rich developing nations. Proponents argue that if extractive firms disclose publicly their payments to governments, citizens will be able to hold governments accountable. This will improve the management of natural resources, reduce corruption, and mitigate conflict.…
Global Corporate Power
Exploring the diverse ways that corporations affect the practices and structures of the global political economy, this innovative work addresses three fundamental questions: How can the corporation be most usefully conceptualized within the field of IPE? Does global governance succeed in constraining the power of multinational corporations? To what extent has the movement for corporate social responsibility been fruitful? The authors' rich, detai…
International Diplomacy and the Privatization of Conflict Prevention
In 2001 United Nations (UN) Secretary‐General Kofi Annan asked the oil companies operating in Angola to be “allies” in the peace process. That same year, under pressure from public outcry, the diamond industry created a new system to certify rough diamonds to ensure they did not provide a source of finance for conflict. The World Bank recently persuaded oil companies to participate in a project to develop a gas pipeline in Chad‐Cameroon in which …
Economic Interdependence and International Conflict
Economic Interdependence and International Conflict: New Perspectives on an Enduring Debate. Edited by Edward D. Mansfield and Brian M. Pollins. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003. 286p. $70.00 cloth, $28.00 paper. International trade is often wrapped up in a package with many good things—wealth, development, democracy, and peace. The proposition that increased trade is related to pacific international relations is one of the most well…
Against All Odds
For the past decade, the United States and the European Union have been attempting to negotiate an international regime governing information privacy and encryption. They have gone back to the negotiating table repeatedly in an effort to conclude an agreement that provides an international legal framework for a critical sector of the economy. Many people argue that some agreement is needed because globalization based on information technologies i…
Institutions and Social Order
What is in the contemporary analysis of institutions and what does it offer to the study of social order? Karol Soltan, Eric Uslaner, and Virginia Haufler bring together in this book some of the leading scholars in political science, economics, and sociology to explore the different approaches to the study of institutions and their contributions to understanding the organization of modern society. The essays collected in this volume address the m…
Dangerous Commerce
As businesses search increasingly for opportunities beyond their national borders, they face the risk that political change in other countries will jeopardize their efforts. Anything from minor shifts in regulations to sudden revolutions can threaten business investment, trade, and credit. Virginia Haufler shows that a crucial factor in the expansion of global markets has been the private sector's creation of a sophisticated insurance industry to…
Regulating Unfair Trade. Pietro S. Nivola Protecting Markets
Disclosure as Governance
The global promotion of transparency for the extractive sector—oil, gas and mining—has become increasingly accepted as an appropriate solution to weaknesses in governance in resource-rich developing nations. Proponents argue that if extractive firms disclose publicly their payments to governments, citizens will be able to hold governments accountable. This will improve the management of natural resources, reduce corruption, and mitigate conflict.…
International Diplomacy and the Privatization of Conflict Prevention
In 2001 United Nations (UN) Secretary‐General Kofi Annan asked the oil companies operating in Angola to be “allies” in the peace process. That same year, under pressure from public outcry, the diamond industry created a new system to certify rough diamonds to ensure they did not provide a source of finance for conflict. The World Bank recently persuaded oil companies to participate in a project to develop a gas pipeline in Chad‐Cameroon in which …
Dangerous Commerce
As businesses search increasingly for opportunities beyond their national borders, they face the risk that political change in other countries will jeopardize their efforts. Anything from minor shifts in regulations to sudden revolutions can threaten business investment, trade, and credit. Virginia Haufler shows that a crucial factor in the expansion of global markets has been the private sector's creation of a sophisticated insurance industry to…
Transnational organisations and security
The fields of international relations and criminology analyse security from different directions, but both have had a dominant focus on states and state agencies until recently. Even as they looked at a wider range of actors as security providers, an important category of security actors has not been analysed so far – ‘non-violent’ transnational organisations. Transnational non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and transnational corporations (TNC…
Against All Odds
For the past decade, the United States and the European Union have been attempting to negotiate an international regime governing information privacy and encryption. They have gone back to the negotiating table repeatedly in an effort to conclude an agreement that provides an international legal framework for a critical sector of the economy. Many people argue that some agreement is needed because globalization based on information technologies i…
Regulating Unfair Trade. Pietro S. Nivola Protecting Markets
Dangerous Commerce
As businesses search increasingly for opportunities beyond their national borders, they face the risk that political change in other countries will jeopardize their efforts. Anything from minor shifts in regulations to sudden revolutions can threaten business investment, trade, and credit. Virginia Haufler shows that a crucial factor in the expansion of global markets has been the private sector's creation of a sophisticated insurance industry to…
Institutions and Social Order
What is in the contemporary analysis of institutions and what does it offer to the study of social order? Karol Soltan, Eric Uslaner, and Virginia Haufler bring together in this book some of the leading scholars in political science, economics, and sociology to explore the different approaches to the study of institutions and their contributions to understanding the organization of modern society. The essays collected in this volume address the m…
Against All Odds
For the past decade, the United States and the European Union have been attempting to negotiate an international regime governing information privacy and encryption. They have gone back to the negotiating table repeatedly in an effort to conclude an agreement that provides an international legal framework for a critical sector of the economy. Many people argue that some agreement is needed because globalization based on information technologies i…
International Diplomacy and the Privatization of Conflict Prevention
In 2001 United Nations (UN) Secretary‐General Kofi Annan asked the oil companies operating in Angola to be “allies” in the peace process. That same year, under pressure from public outcry, the diamond industry created a new system to certify rough diamonds to ensure they did not provide a source of finance for conflict. The World Bank recently persuaded oil companies to participate in a project to develop a gas pipeline in Chad‐Cameroon in which …
Economic Interdependence and International Conflict
Economic Interdependence and International Conflict: New Perspectives on an Enduring Debate. Edited by Edward D. Mansfield and Brian M. Pollins. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003. 286p. $70.00 cloth, $28.00 paper. International trade is often wrapped up in a package with many good things—wealth, development, democracy, and peace. The proposition that increased trade is related to pacific international relations is one of the most well…
Global Corporate Power
Exploring the diverse ways that corporations affect the practices and structures of the global political economy, this innovative work addresses three fundamental questions: How can the corporation be most usefully conceptualized within the field of IPE? Does global governance succeed in constraining the power of multinational corporations? To what extent has the movement for corporate social responsibility been fruitful? The authors' rich, detai…
Disclosure as Governance
The global promotion of transparency for the extractive sector—oil, gas and mining—has become increasingly accepted as an appropriate solution to weaknesses in governance in resource-rich developing nations. Proponents argue that if extractive firms disclose publicly their payments to governments, citizens will be able to hold governments accountable. This will improve the management of natural resources, reduce corruption, and mitigate conflict.…
Transnational organisations and security
The fields of international relations and criminology analyse security from different directions, but both have had a dominant focus on states and state agencies until recently. Even as they looked at a wider range of actors as security providers, an important category of security actors has not been analysed so far – ‘non-violent’ transnational organisations. Transnational non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and transnational corporations (TNC…
The Natural Resources Trap
International Organizations as Orchestrators
International Organizations as Orchestrators reveals how IOs leverage their limited authority and resources to increase their effectiveness, power, and autonomy from states. By 'orchestrating' intermediaries – including NGOs – IOs can shape and steer global governance without engaging in hard, direct regulation. This volume is organized around a theoretical model that emphasizes voluntary collaboration and support. An outstanding group of scholar…
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Globalizing World
Why do corporations increasingly engage in good deeds that do not immediately help their bottom line, and what are the consequences of these activities? This volume examines these questions by drawing on historical documents, interviews, qualitative case comparison, fieldwork, multiple regression, time-series analysis and multidimensional scaling, among others. Informed by neoinstitutionalism and political economy approaches, the authors examine …
Globalization and Industry Self-Regulation
Political science (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · International trade (4 works) · Finance (3 works) · International Development and Aid (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)