Transnational Multi-Stakeholder Standardization: Organizing Fragile Non-State Authority

by Magnus Boström and Kristina Tamm Hallström

'In this book, Tamm Hallstr?m and Bostr?m provide us with useful tools to make sense of the proliferation of new rules and standards established by multi-stakeholder initiatives. Focusing on cases of the International Organization for Standardization, the Forest Stewardship Council and the Marine Stewardship Council, they examine struggles in the development of legitimate authority for these standards. Their critical analysis highlights the obstacles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845429044
• ISBN13: 9781845429041
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 9.2"