Private environmental regimes in developing countries: globally sown, locally grown

COVER......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 8
GLOBALLY SOWN, LOCALLY GROWN: AN INTRODUCTION......Page 10
1 PRIVATE ENVIRONMENTAL REGIMES AS TOOLS FOR GLOBAL GOVERNANCE......Page 18
WHAT ARE GLOBAL PRIVATE ENVIRONMENTAL REGIMES?......Page 20
THE PROPERTIES OF PRIVATE REGULATORY REGIMES......Page 23
PRIVATE REGIMES AS TOOLS FOR GLOBAL GOVERNANCE......Page 26
IS PRIVATE REGULATION A CHALLENGE OR COMPLEMENT TO PUBLIC REGULATION?......Page 31
HOW DO PRIVATE ENVIRONMENTAL REGIMES ACHIEVE PUBLIC LEGITIMACY?......Page 33
2 WHEN ARE PRIVATE ENVIRONMENTAL REGIMES EFFECTIVE AND WHY?......Page 40
MEASURING REGIME EFFECTIVENESS......Page 41
A LOCAL-LEVEL APPROACH......Page 43
TWO INDICATORS OF EFFECTIVENESS......Page 44
DETERMINANTS OF REGIME EFFECTIVENESS......Page 46
EXPLAINING REGIME EFFECTIVENESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: FOUR RESEARCH PROPOSITIONS......Page 51
THE RESEARCH DESIGN......Page 54
A NOTE ON DATA COLLECTION......Page 56
3 INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REGULATION AND THE FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL......Page 58
INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO CONTROL DEFORESTATION......Page 60
THE FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL......Page 62
OTHER FORESTRY CERTIFICATION REGIMES......Page 63
FOREST CERTIFICATION IN SOUTH AMERICA......Page 66
4 THE FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL IN ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL......Page 70
THE FORESTRY INDUSTRIES OF ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL......Page 71
FORESTRY REGULATION IN BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA......Page 74
FSC EFFECTIVENESS......Page 77
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FSC......Page 84
EXPLAINING THE GAP IN EFFECTIVENESS......Page 95
5 THE INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND RESPONSIBLE CARE......Page 102
THE RESPONSIBLE CARE INITIATIVE......Page 105
RESPONSIBLE CARE IN LATIN AMERICA......Page 108
6 RESPONSIBLE CARE IN ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL......Page 110
FROM STATE-LED GROWTH TO LIBERALIZATION: CHEMICALS PRODUCTION IN ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL......Page 111
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION AND THE CHEMICALS INDUSTRY......Page 114
THE CASE STUDIES......Page 116
RESPONSIBLE CARE EFFECTIVENESS......Page 117
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RESPONSIBLE CARE......Page 125
EXPLAINING THE GAP IN EFFECTIVENESS......Page 134
7 GLOBALLY SOWN, LOCALLY GROWN: HOW LOCAL ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY LIMITS THE VIABILITY OF GLOBAL PRIVATE REGIMES......Page 140
EXPLAINING LOCAL ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY IN ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL......Page 141
COMPARING ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL TO CASES IN OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES......Page 142
THE FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL IN BOLIVIA......Page 143
RESPONSIBLE CARE IN ECUADOR......Page 145
RESPONSIBLE CARE IN CHILE......Page 147
IMPLICATIONS FOR PRIVATE ENVIRONMENTAL REGIMES AS TOOLS FOR GLOBAL GOVERNANCE......Page 149
APPENDIX: LIST OF INTERVIEWS......Page 154
NOTES......Page 160
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 172
E......Page 180
W......Page 181