Transnational governance through private authority
Subtitle: the case of the forest stewardship council certification in Russia
By: Maria S. Tysiachniouk
Series: Environmental policy series -- v. 7; Environmental policy series (Wageningen, Netherlands) -- v. 7.
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Wageningen, Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9789086867721; 9789086862184
Subjects: Forests and forestry; Certification; Forest products; Standards; Transnationalism; Sustainable forestry; Forest management; Forest Stewardship Council
Description: This book provides a novel approach for understanding and analyzing transnational governance by private authorities. It brings together theoretical and empirical insights by introducing a new master concept: governance generating networks (GGN). These networks comprise three structural elements: (1) nodes of design, where global standards are developed; (2) forums of negotiation, where stakeholders discuss and negotiate the standards; and (3) sites of implementation, where global rules are transferred into concrete practices on the ground. This concept captures both transnational processes and local practices that take place in the sites of implementation, involving local actors and stakeholders as they react and adjust to the new global standards. The book focuses on forest governance through the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification scheme, investigating implementation of FSC standar.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: ""Preface""; ""Table of contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Đ¡hapter 1. Introduction""; ""1.1 Tunguda village, Russia""; ""1.2 Russian forests on the worldâ€?s conservation map""; ""1.3 Transformation and internationalization regarding the Russian forests""; ""1.3.1 Transformation and internationalization of the forest sector""; ""1.3.2 Transformation in company-community relationships""; ""1.3.3 Transformation of public participation in forest management""; ""1.4 Governance through certification schemes""; ""1.5 Analyzing global private governance through certification: approaches""; title: ""1.6 Objective and research questions""""1.7 Outline of the book""; ""Chapter 2. Governance generating networks and the institutionalization of new practices for sustain""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Transnational processes and the global governance of natural resources""; ""2.3 Characteristics of global networks""; ""2.4 Theoretical foundations of the GGN concept""; ""2.5 Key components of GGNs: nodes of design, forums of negotiation and sites of implementation""; ""2.5.1 Nodes of design""; ""2.5.2 Forums of negotiations""; ""2.5.3 Sites of implementation""; title: ""2.6 Putting the GGN concept to work: analyzing the creation of new modes of governance through markets for sustainable products""""2.6.1 Fostering sustainable niche markets: the role of GGNs in creating new institutional fields""; ""2.6.2 The GGN concept versus non-state market driven governance (NSMDG)""; ""2.6.3 NGO-driven market campaigns as an example of a GGN""; ""2.6.4 Certification programs as GGNâ€?s""; ""2.7 A typology of transnational governance networks""; ""Intermezzo. Methodology""; ""A. General research strategy and design""; ""A.1 Case study selection""; title: ""A.2 Methods used for the study""""B. Challenges of combining research with the practitionerâ€?s role""; ""B.1 Combining the FSC memberâ€?s duties with researcher obligations""; ""B.2 Working as an expert and doing research""; ""B.3 Engaging in collaborative projects with NGOs and local communities""; ""C. Research reliability and validity""; ""D. Addressing ethical issues""; ""Chapter 3. The organizational field of global forest governance: interplay of the governance genera""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 State and private-driven GGNs: historical perspective""; ""3.2.1 State-driven GGNs""; title: ""3.2.2 NGO and TNC-driven GGNs""""3.2.3 Emergence of new GGNs""; ""3.2.4 Inter GGN forums""; ""3.3 The FSC-GGN: node of design, forums of negotiation and sites of implementation""; ""3.3.1 FSC node of design""; ""3.3.2 FSC forums""; ""3.3.3 Sites of implementation""; ""3.4 Dynamics of GGN interaction in transnational spaces and the spaces of places""; ""3.4.1 Certification GGNs and their interaction: drivers-brokers, competition and cooperation""; ""3.4.2 Facilitating relationships between GGNs""; ""3.5 NGO-driven global surveillance: watching the operations of GGNs""; ""3.6 Conclusions""