Creating legitimacy in global private governance: The case of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1891-1899

  Schouten, Greetje ^a   Glasbergen, Pieter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Legitimacy; Multi stakeholder; NSMD governance; Palm oil; Private governance; Roundtables

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ESSENTIAL OIL; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEGAL SYSTEM; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 80052035547     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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