Overview

Setting the Standard chronicles the emergence and implicationsof an ambitious experiment in civil-society-led global governance: theForest Stewardship Council. Drawing on a pioneering case study of thisnegotiation process, this book explores the challenges associated withimplementing the FSC’s global vision on the ground. Indeed, theestablishment of an FSC standard for British Columbia was achieved onlyafter difficult and protracted negotiations at the regional, national,and global levels. This important work also undertakes a detailedcomparative analysis of FSC standards and standard-setting processeselsewhere and grapples with the broader implications for globalgovernance and regulatory theory.

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Author:   Christopher Tollefson ,  Fred Gale ,  David Haley
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9780774814379

ISBN 10:   0774814373
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   17 October 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction Part 1: Developing the FSC-BC Standard 2 The Rise and Rise of Forest Certification 3 The BC Forest Policy Context 4 Hard Bargaining: Negotiating an FSC Standard for British Columbia 5 Beyond British Columbia: Standards Development in OtherJurisdictions Part 2: Analyzing the FSC-BC Standard 6 Tenure, Use Rights, and Benefits from the Forest 7 Community and Workers' Rights 8 Indigenous Peoples' Rights 9 Environmental Values Part 3: Governance within and beyond the FSC System 10 A Political Network Analysis of FSC Governance 11 A Regulatory Analysis of FSC Governance 12 An Institutional Analysis of FSC Governance Part 4: Conclusions 13 Theorizing Regulation and Governance within and beyond theFSC 14 Reflections on the Nature and Significance of the FSC-BC Case Appendix Notes References Index

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This book makes an absolutely essential contribution to the literature on voluntary environmental standards and environmental certification schemes by providing the sort of detailed, contextual, and comparative empirical account of standard-setting that is fundamental to advance our understanding of the phenomenon of contemporary governance. - Stepan Wood, coeditor of Environmental Law for Sustainability A powerful and well researched account of the emergence of forest certification in the British Columbia forest sector. - Benjamin Cashore, co-author of Governing Through Markets: Forest Certification and the Emergence of Non-State Authority

""This book makes an absolutely essential contribution to the literature on voluntary environmental standards and environmental certification schemes by providing the sort of detailed, contextual, and comparative empirical account of standard-setting that is fundamental to advance our understanding of the phenomenon of contemporary governance. - Stepan Wood, coeditor of Environmental Law for Sustainability A powerful and well researched account of the emergence of forest certification in the British Columbia forest sector. - Benjamin Cashore, co-author of Governing Through Markets: Forest Certification and the Emergence of Non-State Authority""

Author Information

Chris Tollefson is a professor of law at theUniversity of Victoria. Fred Gale is a senior lecturerin the School of Government at the University of Tasmania.David Haley is a professor emeritus of the Departmentof Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia.

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