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Rethinking Private Authority: Agents and Entrepreneurs in Global Environmental Governance
Jessica F. Green
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Hardback. Drawing on a wealth of empirical evidence spanning a century of environmental rule making, the author shows how the delegation of authority to private actors has played a small but consistent role in multilateral environmental agreements over the years, largely in the area of treaty implementation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: JPS; LBBP; RND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Rethinking Private Authority examines the role of non-state actors in global environmental politics, arguing that a fuller understanding of their role requires a new way of conceptualizing private authority. Jessica Green identifies two distinct forms of private authority--one in which states delegate authority to private actors, and another in which entrepreneurial actors generate their own rules, persuading others to adopt them. Drawing on a wealth of empirical evidence spanning a century of environmental rule making, Green shows how the delegation of authority to private actors has played a small but consistent role in multilateral environmental agreements over the past fifty ... Read more
Rethinking Private Authority examines the role of non-state actors in global environmental politics, arguing that a fuller understanding of their role requires a new way of conceptualizing private authority. Jessica Green identifies two distinct forms of private authority--one in which states delegate authority to private actors, and another in which entrepreneurial actors generate their own rules, persuading others to adopt them. Drawing on a wealth of empirical evidence spanning a century of environmental rule making, Green shows how the delegation of authority to private actors has played a small but consistent role in multilateral environmental agreements over the past fifty ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691157580
SKU
V9780691157580
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About Jessica F. Green
Jessica F. Green is assistant professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University. She is the coeditor of The Politics of Participation in Sustainable Development Governance and Reforming International Environmental Governance.
Reviews for Rethinking Private Authority: Agents and Entrepreneurs in Global Environmental Governance
Winner of the 2015 Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize, Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association Winner of the 2014-2015 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award, Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association Winner of the 2015 Levine Prize, International Political Science Association's Research Committee on the Structure and Organization of Government "In this pioneering work, ... Read more