Direct targeting as an NGO political strategy: Examining private authority regimes in the forestry sector

Business and Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-32

  Sasser, Erika N ^a   Prakash, Aseem ^b   Cashore, Benjamin ^c   Auld, Graeme ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forestry; NGOs; Voluntary programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846113065     PISSN: 13695258     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1163     Document Type: Article

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