Speaking Private Authority - The Construction of Sustainability in Forests and Fisheries

Speaking Private Authority argues that to better understand the global governance phenomenon known as private authority, investigators must interrogate the strategic social maneuverings of actors-particularly how actors leverage discursive maneuverings to gain advantageous social positions to more effectively exercise private authority.

List of contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Private Authority in Network Society

Chapter 2: Analytical Framework

Chapter 3: The Contours of the Environmental Discourse

Chapter 4: The Emergence of Private Governors and Competing Networks in the Forestry Sector

Chapter 5: The FSC and the Exercise of Private Authority

Chapter 6: The Emergence of Private Governance and Competing Networks in the Fisheries Sector

Chapter 7: The MSC and the Exercise of Private Authority

Chapter 8: Conclusion

About the author

Roberto J. Flores is adjunct professor at Florida International University.

Summary

Speaking Private Authority argues that to better understand the global governance phenomenon known as private authority, investigators must interrogate the strategic social maneuverings of actors-particularly how actors leverage discursive maneuverings to gain advantageous social positions to more effectively exercise private authority.

Product details

• Authors: Roberto J. Flores
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781793603043
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-304-3
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sustainability, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, International Relations, Forestry & related industries, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Fisheries & Related Industries, Forestry industry, Fisheries and related industries