Transnational governance through private authority : the case of the Forest Stewardship Council certification in Russia / / Maria S. Tysiachniouk.

• Superior document: Environmental policy series ; v. 7
• Author: Tysiachniouk, Maria S.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Environmental policy series (Wageningen, Netherlands) ; v. 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Table of Contents

""Preface""; ""Table of contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Đ¡hapter 1. Introduction""; ""1.1 Tunguda village, Russia""; ""1.2 Russian forests on the worldâ€?s conservation map""; ""1.3 Transformation and internationalization regarding the Russian forests""; ""1.3.1 Transformation and internationalization of the forest sector""; ""1.3.2 Transformation in company-community relationships""; ""1.3.3 Transformation of public participation in forest management""; ""1.4 Governance through certification schemes""; ""1.5 Analyzing global private governance through certification: approaches""

""1.6 Objective and research questions""""1.7 Outline of the book""; ""Chapter 2. Governance generating networks and the institutionalization of new practices for sustain""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Transnational processes and the global governance of natural resources""; ""2.3 Characteristics of global networks""; ""2.4 Theoretical foundations of the GGN concept""; ""2.5 Key components of GGNs: nodes of design, forums of negotiation and sites of implementation""; ""2.5.1 Nodes of design""; ""2.5.2 Forums of negotiations""; ""2.5.3 Sites of implementation""

""2.6 Putting the GGN concept to work: analyzing the creation of new modes of governance through markets for sustainable products""""2.6.1 Fostering sustainable niche markets: the role of GGNs in creating new institutional fields""; ""2.6.2 The GGN concept versus non-state market driven governance (NSMDG)""; ""2.6.3 NGO-driven market campaigns as an example of a GGN""; ""2.6.4 Certification programs as GGN�s""; ""2.7 A typology of transnational governance networks""; ""Intermezzo. Methodology""; ""A. General research strategy and design""; ""A.1 Case study selection""

""A.2 Methods used for the study""""B. Challenges of combining research with the practitioner�s role""; ""B.1 Combining the FSC member�s duties with researcher obligations""; ""B.2 Working as an expert and doing research""; ""B.3 Engaging in collaborative projects with NGOs and local communities""; ""C. Research reliability and validity""; ""D. Addressing ethical issues""; ""Chapter 3. The organizational field of global forest governance: interplay of the governance genera""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 State and private-driven GGNs: historical perspective""; ""3.2.1 State-driven GGNs""

""3.2.2 NGO and TNC-driven GGNs""""3.2.3 Emergence of new GGNs""; ""3.2.4 Inter GGN forums""; ""3.3 The FSC-GGN: node of design, forums of negotiation and sites of implementation""; ""3.3.1 FSC node of design""; ""3.3.2 FSC forums""; ""3.3.3 Sites of implementation""; ""3.4 Dynamics of GGN interaction in transnational spaces and the spaces of places""; ""3.4.1 Certification GGNs and their interaction: drivers-brokers, competition and cooperation""; ""3.4.2 Facilitating relationships between GGNs""; ""3.5 NGO-driven global surveillance: watching the operations of GGNs""; ""3.6 Conclusions""

""Chapter 4. Fostering FSC forest certification in Russia: interplay of state and non-state actors""