Private Standards and Global Governance

Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives

AvAxel Marx,Miet Maertens

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

Private regulatory initiatives aim to govern supply chains across the globe according to a set of environmental, food safety and/or social standards. Until now, literature on the topic has been fragmented and divided by research fields. However, this unique and comprehensive book bridges these disciplinary and thematic research lines, bringing together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars to identify key issues. The expert contributors assess the state-of-the-art with regard to private regulation of food, natural resources and labour 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. This truly multidisciplinary assessment of the scope and importance of private standards as a governance tool in a globalizing world will prove to be an enlightening read for a wide-ranging audience encompassing: academics, students, researchers, policymakers and analysts focusing on private forms of governance in several sectors including economics, law, politics, development, environment and agriculture. Contributors: E. Becault, F. Cafaggi, L. Colen, L. Cuyvers, T. De Meyer, N. Hachez, S. Henson, J. Humphrey, M. Maertens, A. Marx, J. Swinnen, G.H. Stanton, F. van Waarden, J. Wouters

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-08-31
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Leuven Global Governance series
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781849808743

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Edited by Axel Marx, Deputy Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Miet Maertens, Johan Swinnen, KU Leuven and Jan Wouters, Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam EU and Global Governance and Director, Institute for International Law and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium

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’This edited volume represents a major contribution to scholarship on the role in private standards in global governance. It brings together a wealth of important new research written by a distinguished group of scholars. It is noteworthy not only for the breadth and depth of its case-studies, but by its extensive analysis of the legal dimensions of private standard setting and enforcement.’

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:1. Introduction: Private Standards and Global GovernanceAxel Marx, Miet Maertens, Johan Swinnen and Jan WoutersPART I: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE THROUGH PRIVATE STANDARDS: THE CASES OF NATURAL RESOURCES, FOOD AND LABOUR CONDITIONS2. Governing Global Commons: The Public‐Private Protection of Fish and ForestsFrans van Waarden3. Private Standards in Forestry: Assessing the Legitimacy and Effectiveness of the Forest Stewardship CouncilAxel Marx, Emilie Bécault and Jan Wouters4. Private Standards in Global Agri-food ChainsSpencer Henson and John Humphrey5. Market-driven Promotion of International Labour Standards in Southeast Asia: The Corporatization of Social JusticeLudo Cuyvers and Tim De MeyerPART II: PRIVATE FOOD STANDARDS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES6. Private Standards, Global Food Supply Chains and the Implications for Developing CountriesMiet Maertens and Johan Swinnen7. Globalization, Private Standards and Poverty: Evidence from SenegalLiesbeth Colen, Miet Maertens and Johan SwinnenPART III: PRIVATE FOOD STANDARDS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: LEGAL PERSPECTIVES8. Transnational Governance by Contract: Private Regulation and Contractual Networks in Food SafetyFabrizio Cafaggi9. Food Safety-related Private Standards: The WTO PerspectiveGretchen H. Stanton10. Private Standards, Global Governance and International Trade: The Case of Global Food Safety GovernanceJan Wouters, Axel Marx and Nicolas Hachez11. Conclusion: Private Standards – a Global Governance Tool? Axel Marx, Miet Maertens, Johan Swinnen and Jan WoutersIndex