Global Governance of Food Production and Consumption: Issues and ChallengesElgar, 2007 - 294 pages The 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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... result from a constant struggle by all actors to put their particular interpretation of the risk on the public agenda and im- pose their definition on other actors ( ' whose reality counts ? ' ) . " Within this perspective , more ...
... result from a constant struggle by all actors to put their particular interpretation of the risk on the public agenda and im- pose their definition on other actors ( ' whose reality counts ? ' ) . " Within this perspective , more ...
... result in the most optimal allocation of economic resources at the global level . * International food trade , which was only in- cluded in the responsibilities of the WTO in 1995 , forms however an excep- tion because in this case ...
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Current debates on global food governance | 14 |
Studying the governance of flows of food in the global | 41 |
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