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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... considered the cause of threats for the safety of the food itself . " For example , the growth in international food trade has meant that pathogens that were once confined 6 Global governance of food production and consumption.
... considered the cause of threats for the safety of the food itself . " For example , the growth in international food trade has meant that pathogens that were once confined 6 Global governance of food production and consumption.
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... considered valid . The disruption of this ' simple modern ' view on the process of modernisation also questions several basic elements in the conceptualisation of food governance . Therefore , understanding contempo- rary food ...
... considered valid . The disruption of this ' simple modern ' view on the process of modernisation also questions several basic elements in the conceptualisation of food governance . Therefore , understanding contempo- rary food ...
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... considered national states and individual societies as their main units of analysis ( Ostrom , 1990 ) . Global food gov- ernance , as well as environmental governance in general , was analysed from the perspective of nation - states ...
... considered national states and individual societies as their main units of analysis ( Ostrom , 1990 ) . Global food gov- ernance , as well as environmental governance in general , was analysed from the perspective of nation - states ...
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... according to which globalisation is considered the near culmination of capitalism . Capitalist production rela- tions are expected to replace all that remained of pre 18 Global governance of food production and consumption.
... according to which globalisation is considered the near culmination of capitalism . Capitalist production rela- tions are expected to replace all that remained of pre 18 Global governance of food production and consumption.
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... considered to be restructuring in response to the demand from transnational agro - food companies for inputs to their manufacturing and distribution agro - food complexes ( Friedmann and McMichael , 1989 ) . This capitalist penetration ...
... considered to be restructuring in response to the demand from transnational agro - food companies for inputs to their manufacturing and distribution agro - food complexes ( Friedmann and McMichael , 1989 ) . This capitalist penetration ...
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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