TY - BOOK AU - Townley,Christopher AU - Guidi,Mattia AU - Tavares,Mariana TI - The law and politics of global competition: influence and legitimacy in the international competition network T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780191892165 (ebook) : AV - HF1414 U1 - 337 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - International Competition Network KW - Competition, International N1 - This edition also issued in print: 2022; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - In its own words, the mission of the International Competition Network (the ICN) is to advocate the adoption of 'superior standards and procedures in competition policy around the world, formulate proposals for procedural and substantive convergence, and seek to facilitate effective international cooperation to the benefit of member agencies, consumers and economies worldwide.' ICN members include nearly all competition authorities (NCAs) from around the world (over 100 of them). This book hypothesises that the ICN's formally neutral structures provide powerful influence mechanisms for strong NCAs and NGAs, over the weak; and 'competition experts' over wider state interests, discussing the legitimacy of this from a political and legal theory perspective, analysing the ICN's effectiveness and efficiency, and suggesting ways that the ICN can improve all three UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198859789.001.0001 ER -