Global Governance of Food Production and Consumption: Issues and ChallengesThe provision of food is undergoing radical transformations throughout the global community. Peter Oosterveer argues that, as a consequence, conventional national governmental regulations can no longer adequately respond to existing and emerging food risks and to environmental concerns. This book examines these challenges. Translating recent innovative thinking in the social sciences - as seen in the work of Manuel Castells and John Urry amongst others - to the world of food, this book reviews the challenges facing global food governance and the innovative regulatory arrangements that are being introduced by different governments, NGOs and private companies. The analysis includes case-studies on the European BSE crisis, GM-food regulation, salmon and shrimp farming and food labelling. The author highlights how contemporary governance arrangements also have to acknowledge increasing consumer demand for food produced with care for the environment, animal welfare and social justice. Developing and implementing adequate global food governance arrangements therefore demands the active involvement of private firms, consumers, and civil society organisations with national governments. Peter Oosterveer's book will appeal to scholars - postgraduate and above - involved in industrial organization, agricultural studies and environmental sciences as well as those with an interest in the globalisation and governance of this important and topical area. |
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Different initiatives taken by producer organisations and nation - state authorities attempting to deal with these ... The final case study deals with the labelling of food and forms the content of Chapter 8 , as labelling seems to have ...
However , it seems rather naïve to equate the way in which ( a certain category of ) consumers deal with food risks with the way this same group deals with traffic risks . 29. Constructivist approaches can be even further distinguished ...
Therefore , although some official bodies hold on to the conventional risk political arrangements to deal with GM food ( see Chapter 2 ) , many social actors demand an innovative approach because they claim that this new technology ...
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Current debates on global food governance | 14 |
Studying the governance of flows of food in the global 41 | 41 |
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