Domestic Policy Responses to Transnational Private Governance: The Marine Stewardship Council in Alaska, Australia and Ecuador

Agni Kalfagianni, Tiffany Roche

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Abstract

Private transnational governance, the rules and standards developed by non-state actors of more than two countries in order to address challenges in a particular issue area, has proliferated in recent years particularly in the sustainability domain. Yet while earlier efforts have focused on the particular characteristics of transnational private governance institutions in order to understand their potential to contribute to the provision of sustainability objectives, more recently scholars have started to examine their interaction with public actors and institutions. Indeed, far from existing and functioning independently from states, private institutions interact synergistically or antagonistically with them. The concept of ‘hybridization of governance’ refers particularly to the interplay between public and private actors in institutional arrangements emerging in a particular sector. Hybridization can be visualized in the form of the ‘governance triangle’ proposed by Abbott and Snidal which depicts a combination of institutional arrangements based on the actors involved in regulatory standard setting (states, civil society and firms). As this chapter focuses on the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), our analysis refers in particular to zone 6 of this triangle including institutions that involve collaboration between firms and civil society organizations. The chapter explores how this hybridity in standard setting gains an additional or deeper lever of hybridity when implemented at domestic level, where it interacts with state regulation and policies.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Hybridisation of Food Governance
Subtitle of host publicationTrends, Types and Results
EditorsTetty Havinga, Paul Verbruggen
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing
Chapter11
Pages240–271
ISBN (Electronic)9781785361708
ISBN (Print)9781785361692
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

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