| Business Regulation and Non-State Actors: Whose Standards? Whose Development? Contributor(s): Utting, Peter (Editor), Reed, Darryl (Editor), Reed, Ananya Mukherjee (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138808164 ISBN-13: 9781138808164 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $65.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Business & Economics | International - Economics |
| Dewey: 338.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.19 lbs) 376 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume assesses the achievements and limitations of a new set of non-state or multistakeholder institutions that are concerned with improving the social and environmental record of business, and holding corporations to account. It does so from a perspective that aims to address two limitations that often characterize this field of inquiry. First, fragmentation: articles or books typically focus on one or a handful of cases. Second, the development dimension: what does such regulation imply for developing countries and subaltern groups in terms of well-being, empowerment and sustainability? This volume examines more than 20 initiatives or institutions associated with different regulatory and development approaches, including the business-friendly corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda, 'corporate accountability' and 'fair trade' or social economy. |