Establishing credibility: Practising standard-setting ideals in a Swedish seafood-labelling case

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-158

  Boström, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Credibility; Eco labelling; Environmental governance; Environmental management; Fishing politics; Private authority; Standardization; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746827766     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15239080600772126     Document Type: Article

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