Preface The Ambivalent 'Diffusion of Power' in Global Governance; S.Guzzini Private Military and Security Companies, Territoriality and the Transformation of Western Security Governance; E.Krahmann Intellectual Property Governance: The Emergence of a New and Contested Global Regime; V.Muzaka Nodal Governance: the diffusion of power in global forest governance networks; K.McNutt & J.Rayner The Limits of Transnational Private Governance; J-C.Graz & A.Nölke Bankers' Governing the Environment? Private Authority, Power Diffusion and the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative; S.Park Disciplining the International Political Economy through Finance; J.Vestergaard The International Discovery of Diasporas; R.Kunz The Diffusion of Power as Patterns of Global Governmentality and Sovereignty; T.E.Aalberts Conclusion: The Diffusion of Authority as a Sign of an Emerging Global Polity; I.B.Neumann