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Voluntary programs : a club theory perspective

Title
Voluntary programs : a club theory perspective / edited by Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Potoski, Matthew, 1969-
  • Prakash, Aseem
Description
x, 342 p.; 23 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
1. Voluntary Clubs: An Introduction / Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash -- I. Theories of Voluntary Clubs -- 2. A Club Theory Approach to Voluntary Programs / Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash -- 3. Clubs, Credence Standards, and Social Pressure / David P. Baron -- 4. An Economics Perspective on Treating Voluntary Programs as Clubs / Matthew J. Kotchen and Klaas van 't Veld -- II. Industry and International Clubs -- 5. The Kimberley Process, Club Goods, and Public Enforcement of a Private Regime / Virginia Haufler -- 6. Standards for Sweatshops: The Power and Limits of the Club Approach to Voluntary Labor Standards / Tim Bartley -- 7. Voluntary Agreements and the Shipping Industry / Elizabeth R. DeSombre -- 8. Technical Standards as Public and Club Goods? Financing the International Accounting Standards Board / Tim Buthe -- 9. How Universal Are Club Standards? Emerging Markets and Volunteerism / Daniel W. Drezner and Mimi Lu -- III. Governmental and NGO Clubs -- 10. Green Clubs: A New Tool for Government? / Daniel J. Fiorino -- 11. Government Clubs: Theory and Evidence from Voluntary Environmental Programs / Cary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash -- 12. Self-regulation and Voluntary Programs among Nonprofit Organizations / Mary Kay Gugerty -- IV. Conclusion -- 13. Voluntary Clubs: Future Prospects / Aseem Prakash and Matthew Poroski.
ISBN
  • 9780262162500 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0262162504 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780262662048 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0262662043 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2009008122
  • 40017190656
OCLC
  • ocn314113447
  • 314113447
  • SCSB-5492786
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries