Forest certification and democracy

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-419

  Meidinger, Errol ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Certification; Corporate social responsibility; Deliberative democracy; Democracy; Democratic experimentalism; Forest certification; Governance; International trade; New governance; Participation; Regulation; Regulatory competition; Sustainable forestry; Transnational governance

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DEMOCRACY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EID: 79955088006     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-010-0426-8     Document Type: Article

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