Governing Through Markets: Forest Certification and the Emergence of Non-State Authority

by Benjamin Cashore, Deanna Newsom, Graeme Auld

In recent years a startling policy innovation has emerged within global and domestic environmental governance: certification systems that promote socially responsible business practices by turning to the market, rather than the state, for rule-making authority. This book documents five cases in which the Forest Stewardship Council, a forest certification program backed by leading environmental groups, has competed with industry and landowner-sponsored...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300101090
• ISBN13: 9780300101096
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"