Private Environmental Regimes in Developing Countries: Globally Sown, Locally Grown

by R. Espach

Overview

This book assesses the recent growth and future prospects of private transnational environmental certification and standards regimes, examining in detail to what degree, and under what circumstances, do these transnational regimes truly influence industrial environmental practices in developing countries?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230616356
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	08/11/2009
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

RALPH ESPACH is an analyst and the Center for Strategic Studies, USA.

Table of Contents

Globally Sown, but Locally Grown: An Introduction Private Environmental Regimes as Tools of Global Governance When Are Private Environmental Regimes Effective, and Why? International Forestry Regulation and the Forest Stewardship Council The Forest Stewardship Council in Argentina and Brazil The International Chemicals Manufacturing Industry and Responsible Care Responsible Care in Argentina and Brazil Globally Sown but Locally Grown: How Local Organizational Capacity Limits the Viability of Global Private Regimes

Editorial Reviews

"Under what conditions do market-driven environmental protection regimes actually work? In this illuminating and much-needed study, Ralph Espach identifies the reasons why forest and chemicals certification initiatives took hold in Brazil but failed to flourish in Argentina. Based on extensive on-the-ground research, this book makes a critical contribution to the field of global environmental politics, and draws conclusions that no scholar, activist, or policy-maker should ignore." - Kate O'Neill, University of California at Berkeley

"Private Environmental Regimes in Developing Countries is an outstanding comparative study of the effectiveness of global voluntary programs in forestry and chemical industries. Its carefully executed case studies demonstrate the important role of domestic industrial and environmental policies in shaping the local effectiveness of these programs. Highly recommended." - Aseem Prakash, University of Washington-Seattle

"An impressive historical and comparative effort that significantly enhances our knowledge of private authority in general and forest certification in particular. Espach marries incredibly thorough empirical research with superior analytical skills - the result is a greatly expanded understanding of private authority in developing countries." - Ben Cashore, Professor of Environmental Governance & Political Science, and Director, Program on Forest Policy and Governance School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

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