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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... combination with reflection on different relevant theoretical viewpoints and ongoing academic debates . I would like to express my gratitude to all those who contributed to this research : to Gert Spaargaren , a friend since the early ...
... combination with reflection on different relevant theoretical viewpoints and ongoing academic debates . I would like to express my gratitude to all those who contributed to this research : to Gert Spaargaren , a friend since the early ...
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... combination with institutions for su- pervision and control . Globalisation puts this regulatory regime under se- vere pressure because harmonisation of different national regulations is necessary to facilitate global trade . At the ...
... combination with institutions for su- pervision and control . Globalisation puts this regulatory regime under se- vere pressure because harmonisation of different national regulations is necessary to facilitate global trade . At the ...
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... combination of theoretical conceptu- alisation and empirical research . The remainder of this book will therefore be dedicated to the identification of possible responses to this central ques- tion and to attempts to increase our ...
... combination of theoretical conceptu- alisation and empirical research . The remainder of this book will therefore be dedicated to the identification of possible responses to this central ques- tion and to attempts to increase our ...
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... combined with the changes this particular food crisis has brought in ( thinking about as well as practices in ) risk poli- tics . The BSE crisis has become a model case of the changing food safety risks in contemporary western societies ...
... combined with the changes this particular food crisis has brought in ( thinking about as well as practices in ) risk poli- tics . The BSE crisis has become a model case of the changing food safety risks in contemporary western societies ...
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... combination with a fully implemented nation - state- based governance system guarantees progressive reduction of risks can no longer be considered valid . The disruption of this ' simple modern ' view on the process of modernisation ...
... combination with a fully implemented nation - state- based governance system guarantees progressive reduction of risks can no longer be considered valid . The disruption of this ' simple modern ' view on the process of modernisation ...
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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