Private Governance and Public Authority

List of contents

1. Introduction: public-private governance interactions; 2. Explaining public interventions in private governance; 3. Organic agriculture; 4. Biofuels; 5. Fair trade; 6. Fisheries; 7. Evaluating public interventions in private governance; Appendix. Interviews; Endnotes; References; Index.

About the author

Stefan Renckens is Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department of the University of Toronto. His research examines the political economy of transnational private sustainability governance and public-private governance interactions. He holds a Ph.D. in Global Environmental Politics from Yale University. His Ph.D. dissertation received the American Political Science Association's best dissertation award in Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics (2015). He also holds master's degrees in political science, economic policy, and conflict and peace studies. He has received research grants from the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the US National Science Foundation, and the Research Foundation Flanders.

Summary

In discussing private rulemaking, public policy, corporate sustainability, and EU policymaking, Renckens targets students and scholars in political science, international relations, political economy, EU politics, business, law, and environmental studies, as well as policymakers, interest groups and practitioners dealing with sustainable business.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Renckens, Stefan (University of Toronto) Renckens
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781108748483
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74848-3
• Series: Business and Public Policy; Print on demand
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, International Law, Business studies: general, Political Economy, EU (European Union)