Fair trade critiques the historical inequalities inherent in international trade and seeks to promote social justice by creating alternative networks linking marginalized producers (typically in the global South) with progressive consumers (typically in the global North). The first of its kind,...

type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>The nature of activism concerned with the activities of transnational corporations has changed in recent years. In the 1990s, an increasing number of NGOs opted for collaboration as opposed to confrontation. By the turn of the millennium, there were signs that...</p>

Purpose This chapter seeks to understand the emergence of new institutions of business regulation, standard-setting and governance commonly referred to as multistakeholder initiatives (MSIs), and to consider their implications both from the perspective of regulatory effectiveness and sustainable...

1. Development and the problematic of non-state regulation / Darryl Reed -- 2. Activism, business regulation and development / Peter Utting -- 3. Assessing the ETI codes of labour practice / Stephane Barrientos and Sally Smith -- 4. Social accountability 8000 and socioeconomic development /...