Table of Contents
1 Introduction 7

2 A concept of governance 10
2.1 Prerequisites for governance11
2.2 Communication and governance25
2.3 The emergence of governance29

3 Governing the knowledge society34
3.1 Governing knowledge work36
3.2 Governing the intelligent organization40
3.3 A governance regime for the knowledge economy43

4 A matrix of globality52
4.1 Nation states and sovereignty53
4.2 The self-governance of lateral world systems55
4.3 A global society?60

5 Varieties of global governance regimes 65
5.1 A global market regime66
5.2 A global normative regime83
5.3 A global moral regime99
5.4 A global knowledge regime108

6 Case study: the governance of global finance130
6.1 Money as medium: language, communication, and symbols134
6.2 Capital as medium: the language of investments149
6.3 The temporal construction of capital: options and futures 151
6.4 Autonomy and resilience163

7 Elements of smart governance165
7.1 Governing complex systems165
7.2 Coping with uncertainty174
7.3 Building competencies178
7.4 Achieving resilience181

8 Consequences for global governance185
8.1 Convergence of knowledge society and world society187
8.2 Governing complex systems: a global perspective194

Abbreviations208

Bibliography209