Bloomfield, Michael John (2012) Is forest certification a hegemonic force?: the FSC and its challengers. The journal of environment & development, 21 (4). pp. 391-413. ISSN 1070-4965
Abstract
Certification initiatives are an innovative response to both a perceived governance gap in industry regulation and the demands made on industry by civil society groups. They develop criteria for sustainable practices along supply chains, monitor compliance, and reward acquiescent firms by mitigating reputational risks and differentiating products for environmentally conscious consumers. They seek to accomplish this with minimal cost to taxpayers, nominal disruption to trade, and trivial cost to the private sector in terms of fees or inefficiencies. This article examines the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification scheme as an example of the move toward nonstate, market-driven environmentalism. By utilizing a critical, Gramscian approach, it finds that while the FSC can be seen as embedded in, and furthering the agenda of, the neoliberal political economy, a close comparison to rival, producer-backed schemes exposes its antihegemonic underpinnings.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://jed.sagepub.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 SAGE Publications |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | certification, critical environmentalism, forestry, FSC, Gramsci, hegemony, market-driven, nonstate, PEFC |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Sets: | Departments > International Relations |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/47371/ |
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