She writes about power and politics in the context of fair trade and environmental certification organizations. Her recent books include The Handbook of Research on Fair Trade (2015, with Laura Raynolds) and The Civic Imagination: Making a Difference in American Political Life (2014). This blog post draws on her peer-reviewed articles “Who Governs Socially-Oriented Voluntary Sustainability Standards? Not the Producers of Certified Products” in the journal World Development, and “Governance, Legitimacy, and Stakeholder Balance: Lessons from Fairtrade International” in the Social Enterprise Journal, both published in December 2016. To request the full article or learn more about her research email ElizabethBennett@lclark.edu or visit www.ElizabethAnneBennett.com. Tags: governance