Politics of private regulation: ISEAL and the shaping of transnational sustainability governance

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 166-185

  Loconto, Allison ^a   Fouilleux, Eve ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Institutional entrepreneur; ISEAL; Legitimation; Sustainability; Voluntary standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901823258     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rego.12028     Document Type: Article

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