Tony Porter, Ph.D.

McMaster University

Tony Porter is a professor of political science at Mcmaster University and conducts research on business regulation and global governance, including especially financial regulation, private and hybrid public/private rulemaking, the organizational effects in governance of technologies, and safety and environmental standards in the automobile industry. He is the author of _[Globalization and Finance](https://smile.amazon.com/Globalization-Finance-Tony-Porter/dp/0745631185/)_ (Polity Press, 2005), _[Technology, Governance and Political Conflict in International Industries](https://smile.amazon.com/Technology-Governance-Political-International-Industries/dp/041527009X/)_, (Routledge, 2002), and _[States, Markets, and Regimes in Global Finance](https://smile.amazon.com/Markets-Regimes-Finance-International-Political/dp/0333588843/)_, (Macmillan, 1993). He co-edited _[The Challenges of Global Business Authority: Democratic Renewal, Stalemate or Decay?](https://smile.amazon.com/Challenges-Global-Business-Authority-Democratic/dp/1438431570/)_ (SUNY Press, 2010) with Kirsten Ronit, and _[Private Authority in International Affairs](https://smile.amazon.com/Private-Authority-International-Affairs-Politics/dp/0791441202/)_ (SUNY Press, 1999) with A. Claire Cutler and Virginia Haufler. His most recent works include a new book with Heather McKeen-Edwards, _[Transnational Financial Associations and the Governance of Global Finance: Assembling Wealth and Power](https://smile.amazon.com/Transnational-Financial-Associations-Governance-Finance/dp/0415659728/)_ (Routledge 2013), and an edited volume on _[Transnational Financial Regulation after the Crisis](https://smile.amazon.com/Transnational-Financial-Regulation-Political-Economy/dp/0415822688/)_.