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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814535103321

Autore

Cashore Benjamin William <1964->

Titolo

Governing through markets : forest certification and the emergence of non-state authority / / Benjamin Cashore, Graeme Auld, Deanna Newsom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-281-73131-5

9786611731311

0-300-13311-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 327 pages) : illustrations

Classificazione

QT 400

Altri autori (Persone)

AuldGraeme

NewsomDeanna

Disciplina

634.9/2/0218

Soggetti

Forest management - Standards

Forest products - Certification

Forest policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Emergence Of Non-State Market-Driven Authority -- 2. The Research Design: Toward An Analytical And Explanatory Framework -- 3. British Columbia, Canada -- 4. The United States -- 5. The United Kingdom -- 6. Germany -- 7. Sweden -- 8. Competing For Legitimacy -- Appendix -- Notes -- Glossary Of Terms -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years a startling policy innovation has emerged within global and domestic environmental governance: certification systems that promote socially responsible business practices by turning to the market, rather than the state, for rule-making authority. This book documents five cases in which the Forest Stewardship Council, a forest certification program backed by leading environmental groups, has competed with industry and landowner-sponsored certification systems for legitimacy. The authors compare the politics behind forest certification in five countries. They reflect on why there are differences regionally, discuss the impact the Forest Stewardship Council has had



on other certification programs, and assess the ability of private forest certification to address global forest deterioration.