Business Regulation And Non-State Actors (Routledge Studies In Development Economics)

This volume assesses the achievements and limitations of a new set of non-state or multistakeholder institutions that are concerned with improving the social and environmental record of business, and holding corporations to account. It does so from a perspective that aims to address two limitations that often characterize this field of inquiry. First, fragmentation: articles or books typically focus on one or a handful of cases. Second, the development dimension: what does such regulation imply for developing countries and subaltern groups in terms of well-being, empowerment and sustainability? This volume examines more than 20 initiatives or institutions associated with different regulatory and development approaches, including the business-friendly corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda, 'corporate accountability' and 'fair trade' or social economy.

• • Author: Peter Utting, Darryl Reed, Associate Professor at the Division of Social Science Darryl Reed, Ananya Mukherjee Reed
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Jul 04, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 376 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1138808164
• • ISBN-13: 9781138808164