The formal arrangements for the governance of international monetary and financial crises have remained reasonably stable over the past 40 years, but the identity of the leading actors, has changed. Over this period, the role of the largest central banks – first and foremost, the US Federal...

1. Introduction : private authority and private associations in global finance and global governance -- 2. Conceptualizing transnational financial associations and global financial power -- 3. Transnational financial associations and the global public sphere : reshaping the public/private...

The paper tries to shed light on the conceptual link between international crises like the one following September 11, 2001, the Asian financial crisis of 1997/1998, the end of the Cold War or major international conflicts, and processes of change in the international system. It argues that...