Rethinking private authority agents and entrepreneurs in global environmental governance

Rethinking Private Authority examines the role of non-state actors in global environmental politics, arguing that a fuller understanding of their role requires a new way of conceptualizing private authority. Jessica Green identifies two distinct forms of private authority--one in which states delega...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Green, Jessica F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford Princeton University Press 2013, ©2014
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A theory of private authority
  • Agents of the state : a century of delegation in international environmental law
  • Governors of the market : the evolution of entrepreneurial authority
  • Atmospheric police : delegated authority in the clean development mechanism
  • Atmospheric accountants : entrepreneurial authority and the greenhouse gas protocol