Transnational governance through private authority : the case of forest stewardship council certification in russia / monograph

This book provides a novel approach for understanding and analyzing transnational governance by private authorities. It brings together theoretical and empirical insights by introducing a new master concept: governance generating networks (GGN). These networks comprise three structural elements: (1) nodes of design, where global standards are developed; (2) forums of negotiation, where stakeholders discuss and negotiate the standards; and (3) sites of implementation, where global rules are transferred into concrete practices on the ground. This concept captures both transnational processes and local practices that take place in the sites of implementation, involving local actors and stakeholders as they react and adjust to the new global standards. The book focuses on forest governance through the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification scheme, investigating implementation of FSC standards in Russia. Using several case studies in which the GGN concept is used as an analytical tool, this study assesses how global governance through the FSC contributes to forest governance in Russia, and to what extent it fills an institutional void by giving voice to private actors and enabling them to foster sustainable forest management. Scholars of political science, sociology, and related disciplines as well as practitioners, such as NGO activists, company representatives, FSC experts, managers and auditors, will find valuable insights, both theoretical and empirical, in this empirically rich and theoretically innovative study. ""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 GGNâ€?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 practitionerâ€?s role""; ""B.1 Combining the FSC memberâ€?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""