Title: Private standards and global governance : economic, legal and political perspectives /
Authors: Marx, Axel.
Publisher: Edward Elgar,
Year: 2012
Subjects: International law Congresses.; Trade regulation Congresses; World politics Congresses
Abstract: The expert contributors assess the state-of-the-art with regard to private regulation of food, natural resources and labor conditions. They begin with an introduction to, and discussion of, several leading existing private standards, and go on to assess private food standards and their legitimacy and effectiveness in the context of the global trade regime.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: private standards and global governance / Jan Wouters -- pt. I GLOBAL GOVERNANCE THROUGH PRIVATE STANDARDS: THE CASES OF NATURAL RESOURCES, FOOD AND LABOUR CONDITIONS -- 2.Governing global commons: the public-private protection of fish and forests / Frans van Waarden -- 3.Private standards in forestry: assessing the legitimacy and effectiveness of the Forest Stewardship Council / Jan Wouters -- 4.Private standards in global agri-food chains / John Humphrey -- 5.Market-driven promotion of international labour standards in Southeast Asia: the corporatization of social justice / Tim De Meyer -- pt. II PRIVATE FOOD STANDARDS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES -- 6.Private standards, global food supply chains and the implications for developing countries / Johan Swinnen -- 7.Globalization, private standards and poverty: evidence from Senegal / Johan Swinnen --