The importance of private governance in increasing environmental standards: a case study

Author(s)

Flavia Maria de Mattos Donadelli

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Relações Internacionais (IRI)
• Defense date: 2011-12-15

Examining board members

João Paulo Candia Veiga; Ricardo Abramovay; Maria Sylvia Macchione Saes

• Advisor: João Paulo Candia Veiga

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to contextualize and debate the emergence of a new governance mechanism in the transnational relations: private regulations. Through a broad bibliographic review, this work intends, first, to define the most important theoretical and conceptual approaches developed by the literature, facilitating thus the the definition of the specificities of the research\'s object. Second, the main answers to questions regarding the three most crucial moments of private regulations mechanisms consolidation (emergency, adoption by private actors and results) will be presented. As observed in all three cases the two main explanatory approaches presented by the literature relate to (1) approaches based on market incentives, and (2) political-cultural approaches aimed at the analisis of the social field in which firms operate. Hence, the aim is to contextualize, provide a broad theoretical background and determine the main explanatory variables for the analysis of the central hypotheses of this study that both values and market incentives are crucial in the process of adopting private regulatory mechanisms and that such mechanisms can be effective providers of public goods. These hypotheses will then be tested by the empirical part of this research. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 09/13519-9 - THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIVATE GOVERNANCE FOR THE RISE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS: A CASE STUDY
• Grantee: Flávia Maria de Mattos Donadelli
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master