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Voluntary Programs : A Club Theory Perspective.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The MIT Press SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (355 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262259132
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Voluntary ProgramsDDC classification:
  • 306.3/401
LOC classification:
  • HN49.V64V6384 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: A conceptual framework and empirical case studies of the policy effect of voluntary programs sponsored by industry, government, and nongovernmental organizations.
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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.

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