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dc.contributor.authorAkhtarkhavari, Afshin
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:32:04Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:32:04Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2010-10-21T05:44:56Z
dc.identifier.issn01962035
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/32257
dc.description.abstractUnlike rules, international lawyers commonly ignore the potential that environmental principles have to create change in international law and politics. Transnational actors do not easily conform to abstract and open-textured environmental principles because they do not prescribe a specific way of behaving and compliance with them is difficult to enforce. The Global Compact initiative of the United Nations relies on principles to create a regime applying to transnational corporations. It is structured around encouraging corporations to socially learn rather than to comply with norms. In this context environmental principles within the Global Compact have the potential to create significant change in international politics but one that is better assessed in terms of how they frame ideas during the interactions of participants and stakeholders within the regime. This interplay between environmental principles and the social influence of ideas is an important steering mechanism for the kind of learning that potentially is taking place within the Global Compact. It also distinguishes the Global Compact from other attempts to consider the role of internationally developed voluntary codes as a common frame for multinational corporations to self-regulate themselves. Notably, it highlights an important role and function for environmental principles, which are often discounted in their potential to contribute to change at the international level.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Denver
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.publisher.urihttp://law.du.edu/index.php/DJILP
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom277
dc.relation.ispartofpageto312
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalDenver Journal of International Law and Policy
dc.relation.ispartofvolume38
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational Law (excl. International Trade Law)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode180116
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1801
dc.titleThe Global Compact, Environmental Principles, and Change in International Environmental Politics
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Law
gro.rights.copyright© 2010 University of Denver. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2010
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gro.griffith.authorAkhtarkhavari, Afshin


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