Rules Without Rights - Land, Labor, and Private Authority in the Global Economy

This book is about what it really means when companies claim to be promoting sustainability and fairness in their global operations.

List of contents

• 1: Transnational Standards and Empty Spaces


• 2: A Substantive Theory of Transnational Governance


• 3: Purity and Danger: The Dilemmas of Sustainable Timber in Indonesia


• 4: The State Strikes Back: Forest Certification in Authoritarian China


• 5: Beneath Compliance: Corporate Social Responsibility and Labor Standards in China


• 6: Contentious Codes: The Contested Implications of Labor Standards in Indonesia


• 7: Re-Centering the State: Toward Place-Conscious Transnational Governance?

About the author

Tim Bartley is Associate Professor of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis, and studies globalization, regulation, and social movements. He has published articles in the American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Social Problems, and a number of other journals. His 2015 book, Looking behind the Label: Global Industries and the Conscientious Consumer, examined the meaning of 'voting with your dollars' and the impacts of voluntary standards for sustainable and/or fair production of food, forest products, apparel, and electronics.

Summary

This book is about what it really means when companies claim to be promoting sustainability and fairness in their global operations.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Bartley, Tim (Professor of Sociology Bartley, Bartley Tim
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2020
• EAN: 9780198863281
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886328-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations, Business ethics & social responsibility, International business, International Economics, Political Economy, Business ethics and social responsibility