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Activists have exposed startling forms of labour exploitation and environmental degradation in global industries, leading many large retailers and brands to adopt standards for fairness and sustainability. This work is about the idea that transnational corporations can push these standards through their global supply chains, and in effect, pull factories, forests, and farms out of their local contexts and up to global best practices.

International relations --- Economic aspects. --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics

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This volume renews the political sociology of land. Chapters examine dynamics of political control and contention in a range of settings, including land grabs in Asia and Africa, expulsions and territorial control in South America, environmental regulation in Europe, and controversies over fracking, gentrification, and property taxes in the USA.

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"What does it mean when consumers 'shop with a conscience' and choose products labeled as fair or sustainable? Does this translate into meaningful changes in global production processes? To what extent are voluntary standards implemented and enforced, and can they really govern global industries? Looking behind the Label presents an informative introduction to global production and ethical consumption, tracing the links between consumers' choices and the practices of multinational producers and retailers. Case studies of several types of products -- wood and paper, food, apparel and footwear, and electronics -- are used to reveal what lies behind voluntary rules and to critique predominant assumptions about ethical consumption as a form of political expression."--Provided by publisher.

Consumer behavior. --- Marketing. --- Motivation research (Marketing). --- Consumption (Economics) --- Consumers --- Green products --- Sustainable development --- Social responsibility of business --- Business & Economics --- Management --- Economic Theory --- Management Styles & Communication --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Social responsibility of business. --- International business enterprises. --- Behavior, Consumer --- Buyer behavior --- Decision making, Consumer --- Business enterprises, International --- Corporations, International --- Global corporations --- International corporations --- MNEs (International business enterprises) --- Multinational corporations --- Multinational enterprises --- Transnational corporations --- Business --- Corporate accountability --- Corporate responsibility --- Corporate social responsibility --- Corporations --- CSR (Corporate social responsibility) --- Industries --- Social responsibility, Corporate --- Social responsibility of industry --- Social responsibility --- Business ethics --- Issues management --- Social aspects --- Human behavior --- Consumer profiling --- Market surveys --- Business enterprises --- Joint ventures --- Sustainable development. --- Green products. --- Consumers. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Earth-friendly products --- Environmentally safe products --- Commercial products --- Green marketing --- Recycled products --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Customers (Consumers) --- Shoppers --- Persons --- Environmental aspects --- Social Sciences and Humanities. Consumer Studies --- Social Sciences and Humanities. Economics --- Consumer Economics. --- Economic Conditions, Development and Structure --- Economic Policy.