This volume brings scholars of anthropology, economics, Science and Technology Studies,
and sociology together with global political economy scholars in assessing the actual …

Authority is a key concept in politics and law, and it has found greater attention in the global
context in recent years. Most accounts, however, employ a model of 'solid'authority borrowed …

An ongoing question for institutional theory is how organizing occurs transnationally, where
institution building occurs in a highly ambiguous environment. This article suggests that at …

The role of network structure in shaping the regulatory scope and content of sustainability
standards for biofuels is examined. A critical review of the literature on hybrid governance …

The voluntary/mandatory divide is a constant feature of scholarly debates on corporate
accountability for sustainability in global supply chains. A widely held assumption is that the …

How can democracy best be pursued and promoted in the existing global system? In this
article, I propose a novel suggestion: democratization should occur at the level of …

Roundtables for sustainable beef have evolved in national contexts as well as at the global
level as a multi-stakeholder process to address sustainability concerns in the cattle sector …

The idea of a deliberative system has been employed to demonstrate that deliberative
democracy should not be limited to the give-and-take of reasons, but can also incorporate a …

Solutions to global sustainability challenges are increasingly technology‐intensive. Yet,
technologies are neither developed nor applied to governance problems in a socio‐political …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book explores governance implications for the actors and …