BartleyTim. “Institutional emergence in an era of globalization: The rise of transnational private regulation of labor and environmental conditions,”American Journal of Sociology (2007) 113: 297–351. Examines the role of certification systems in regulating markets and business conduct.
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RaoHayagreeva. Market Rebels: How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovations (Princeton University Press, 2009). Examines the role of activism in bringing innovation to markets.
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SeidmanGay W.. Beyond the Boycott: Labor Rights, Human Rights, and Transnational Activism (Russell Sage, 2007). A cautionary study that points out the limits to consumer boycotts in shaping international labor standards as well as the dangers of a weak state system.
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SouleSarah. Contention and Corporate Social Responsibility (Cambridge University Press, 2009). Examines the effects of deregulation and the decline of organized labor on trends in anti-corporate activism.
