Alternatives to multilateralism : new forms of social and environmental governance / Lena Partzsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Partzsch, Lena, 1978- author.

Series:

Earth system governance.

Earth system governance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics--Standards--Case studies.

Business logistics.

Business logistics--Government policy--Case studies.

Social responsibility of business--Case studies.

Social responsibility of business.

Trade regulation--Case studies.

Trade regulation.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge The MIT Press 2020

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Analysis and case studies of emerging forms of private, public, and hybrid social and environmental governance.The effects of globalization on governance are complex and uncertain. As markets integrate, governments have become increasingly hesitant to enforce regulations inside their own jurisdictions. At the same time, multilateralism has proven unsuccessful in coordinating states' responses to global challenges. In this book, Lena Partzsch describes alternatives to multilateralism, offering analyses and case studies of emerging--alternative--forms of private, public, and hybrid social and environmental regulation. In doing so, she offers a unique overview of cutting-edge approaches to global governance.After laying the theoretical and empirical foundation of her argument, Partzsch presents three case studies from the countries most affected by these new forms of governance. Drawing on primary documents, interviews, and participatory observations, she analyzes cotton supply chains and voluntary (private) cotton certification in Ethiopia; public supply-chain regulation of conflict resources from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and hybrid governance of palm oil production in Indonesia. Partzsch finds that the new entanglement of public and private regulation fails to address social and environmental considerations in mainstream markets; argues that only in exceptional cases do alternative forms of regulation overcome the power asymmetries between actors in the consuming countries of the Global North and those in the producing countries of the Global South; and concludes that, while the paradigm of free trade fades, we must continue to develop viable alternatives in order to pursue collective norms of environmental sustainability and social justice.

Contents:

Three central perspectives on power in global supply chains

Private regulation in global supply chains

The return of the state

Transnational hybrid governance

Conclusions: Power of alternatives in global supply chains.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-35916-2

0-262-35917-0

OCLC:

1190716375

Publisher Number:

EB00811238 Recorded Books

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access