Voluntary Programs : A Club Theory Perspective.
Potoski, Matthew.
Voluntary Programs : A Club Theory Perspective. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (355 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Voluntary Clubs -- I Theories of Voluntary Clubs -- 2 A Club Theory Approach to VoluntaryPrograms -- 3 Clubs, Credence Standards, and Social Pressure -- 4 An Economics Perspective on Treating Voluntary Programs as Clubs -- II Industry and International Clubs -- 5 The Kimberley Process, Club Goods, and Public Enforcement of a Private Regime -- 6 Standards for Sweatshops -- 7 Voluntary Agreements and the Shipping Industry -- 8 Technical Standards as Public and Club Goods? -- 9 How Universal Are Club Standards? -- III Governmental and NGO Clubs -- 10 Green Clubs -- 11 Government Clubs -- 12 Self-regulation and Voluntary Programs among Nonprofit Organizations -- IV Conclusion -- 13 Voluntary Clubs -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
A conceptual framework and empirical case studies of the policy effect of voluntary programs sponsored by industry, government, and nongovernmental organizations.
9780262259132
Voluntarism.
Clubs.
Electronic books.
HN49.V64V6384 2009
306.3/401
Voluntary Programs : A Club Theory Perspective. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (355 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Voluntary Clubs -- I Theories of Voluntary Clubs -- 2 A Club Theory Approach to VoluntaryPrograms -- 3 Clubs, Credence Standards, and Social Pressure -- 4 An Economics Perspective on Treating Voluntary Programs as Clubs -- II Industry and International Clubs -- 5 The Kimberley Process, Club Goods, and Public Enforcement of a Private Regime -- 6 Standards for Sweatshops -- 7 Voluntary Agreements and the Shipping Industry -- 8 Technical Standards as Public and Club Goods? -- 9 How Universal Are Club Standards? -- III Governmental and NGO Clubs -- 10 Green Clubs -- 11 Government Clubs -- 12 Self-regulation and Voluntary Programs among Nonprofit Organizations -- IV Conclusion -- 13 Voluntary Clubs -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
A conceptual framework and empirical case studies of the policy effect of voluntary programs sponsored by industry, government, and nongovernmental organizations.
9780262259132
Voluntarism.
Clubs.
Electronic books.
HN49.V64V6384 2009
306.3/401