Private Standards and Global Governance

Edited by Axel Marx, Miet Maertens, Johan Swinnen and Jan Wouters

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Abstract: The expert contributors assess the state-of-the-art with regard to private regulation of food, natural resources and labor 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.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Law - Academic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 9781849808743
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction

Axel Marx, Miet Maertens, Johan Swinnen and Jan Wouters

Ch 2 Governing Global Commons: Public Private Protection of Fish and Forests

Frans Van Waarden

Ch 3 Private Standards in Forestry. Assessing the Legitimacy and Effectiveness of the Forest Stewardship Council

A. Marx, E. Bécault and J. Wouters

Ch 4 Private Standards in Global Agri-Food Chains

S. Henson and J. Humphrey

Ch 5 Market-driven Promotion of International Labour Standards in Southeast-Asia – the Corporatization of Social Justice

L. Cuyvers and T. De Meyer

Ch 6 Private Standards, the Organization of Global Supply Chains, and their Impact on Developing Countries

Miet Maertens and Johan Swinnen

Ch 7 Globalization, Private Standards and Poverty: Evidence from Senegal

Liesbeth Colen, Miet Maertens and Johan Swinnen

Ch 8 Transnational Governance by Contract – Private Regulation and Contractual Networks in Food Safety

F. Cafaggi

Ch 9 WTO Perspectives on Private Standards

G. Stanton

Ch 10 Public and Private Food Safety Standards and International Trade Law. How to Build a Balanced Relationship

J. Wouters, A. Marx and N. Hachez

Ch 11 Conclusion – Private Standards: a Global Governance Tool?

A. Marx, Miet Maertens and Johan Swinnen

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