Global Governance of Food Production and Consumption: Issues and ChallengesEdward Elgar Publishing, 2007 M01 1 - 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. |
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... actors and consumers will be reviewed more in depth . The central questions for this study will be pre- sented in the fifth section and the final section will provide an outline of the remainder of this book and introduce the different ...
... actors and consumers will be reviewed more in depth . The central questions for this study will be pre- sented in the fifth section and the final section will provide an outline of the remainder of this book and introduce the different ...
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... actors are exerting pressure on conventional regulatory practices . More and more ( groups of ) citizens , consumers , producers and retailers are expressing their worries about environmental and food safety risks and take initiatives ...
... actors are exerting pressure on conventional regulatory practices . More and more ( groups of ) citizens , consumers , producers and retailers are expressing their worries about environmental and food safety risks and take initiatives ...
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... actors at one location in the chain and those at other sites ' ( Leslie and Reimer , 1999 : 408 ) . 12. The fact that developing countries are allowed until the year 2015 to phase out methyl bromide use in agriculture contrary to ...
... actors at one location in the chain and those at other sites ' ( Leslie and Reimer , 1999 : 408 ) . 12. The fact that developing countries are allowed until the year 2015 to phase out methyl bromide use in agriculture contrary to ...
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... actors in food governance , in particular consumers and NGOs . The next section will first summarise the key characteristics of conven- tional , nation - state - based practices applied to food governance . In the fol- lowing four ...
... actors in food governance , in particular consumers and NGOs . The next section will first summarise the key characteristics of conven- tional , nation - state - based practices applied to food governance . In the fol- lowing four ...
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... actor theories were ap- plied to understand the modus operandi of nation - states at the global level . 4 According to ... actors who were pragmatically willing to exchange some of their own legal freedom of action for some influence on ...
... actor theories were ap- plied to understand the modus operandi of nation - states at the global level . 4 According to ... actors who were pragmatically willing to exchange some of their own legal freedom of action for some influence on ...
Contents
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a conceptual framework | 41 |
4 Governments and the governance of food | 63 |
reflexive modernity and the BSE crisis | 81 |
6 Governing genetically modified food in the global network society | 111 |
7 Turning blue into green? | 147 |
labelling as new arrangements? | 193 |
9 Conclusions | 222 |
References | 236 |
The most important arguments used by proponents and opponents of GM foods | 274 |
The international environmental instruments influencing fisheries | 276 |
Index | 278 |
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