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Constructing Private Governance: The Rise and Evolution of Forest, Coffee, and Fisheries Certification

By Graeme Auld

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
0300190530, 9780300190533
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1307645 bytes)
Series
Yale Agrarian Studies Series
Pages
352\348
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-08-01 00:26:13
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Description

Consumers now encounter organic or fair-trade labels on a variety of products, implying such desirable benefits as improved environmental conditions or more equitable market transactions. But what do we know about the origins and development of the organizations behind these labels? Why have some flourished while others faltered? And why are some sectors rich with labeling organizations while others have very few? This book compares the rise and evolution of certification programs in the coffee, fishery, and forest industries to arrive at a model that reveals how market and political conditions, as well as the characteristics of program founders, shape the early character of the governance rules and certification standards that programs adopt.

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