TY - BOOK AU - Strange, Susan TI - The retreat of the state: the diffusion of power in the world economy SN - 9780521564403 U1 - 327 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Economic policy KW - International economic relations--Political aspects KW - World politics N1 - 1. The declining authority of states -- 2. Patterns of power -- 3. The limits of politics -- 4. Politics and production -- 5. The state of the state -- 6. Authority beyond the state -- 7. Telecoms: the control of communication -- 8. Organised crime: the mafias -- 9. Insurance business: the risk managers -- 10. The Big Six accountants -- 11. Cartels and private protectionism -- 12. International organisations: the econocrats -- 13. Pinocchio's problem and other conclusions ER -