Voluntary programs : a club theory perspective / edited by Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Potoski, Matthew, 1969-

Prakash, Aseem.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voluntarism.

Clubs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discusses which voluntary business organizations succeed in their socially responsible aims and why by focusing mostly on the rules of the organization.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Voluntary Clubs; I Theories of Voluntary Clubs; 2 A Club Theory Approach to VoluntaryPrograms; 3 Clubs, Credence Standards, and Social Pressure; 4 An Economics Perspective on Treating Voluntary Programs as Clubs; II Industry and International Clubs; 5 The Kimberley Process, Club Goods, and Public Enforcement of a Private Regime; 6 Standards for Sweatshops; 7 Voluntary Agreements and the Shipping Industry; 8 Technical Standards as Public and Club Goods?; 9 How Universal Are Club Standards?; III Governmental and NGO Clubs; 10 Green Clubs

11 Government Clubs12 Self-regulation and Voluntary Programs among Nonprofit Organizations; IV Conclusion; 13 Voluntary Clubs; Notes; References; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-69472-3

9786612694721

0-262-25913-3

OCLC:

471917112