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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... consumers demand to know where what they eat comes from , how it was grown and whose hands helped to bring it to the ... consumer worries about their food be consid- ered a concern for psychologists , or does responding to them require ...
... consumers demand to know where what they eat comes from , how it was grown and whose hands helped to bring it to the ... consumer worries about their food be consid- ered a concern for psychologists , or does responding to them require ...
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... consumers ( Clay , 2004 ) . The ( relative ) quantities of food and food products traded globally are growing , but simultaneously the organisation of international food trade is changing . In particular , the increasingly central role ...
... consumers ( Clay , 2004 ) . The ( relative ) quantities of food and food products traded globally are growing , but simultaneously the organisation of international food trade is changing . In particular , the increasingly central role ...
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... consumer concerns about food and the willingness from consumers to find practical solutions to their concerns.17 The consequence of these changing risks and the involvement of more and different social actors in food governance is a ...
... consumer concerns about food and the willingness from consumers to find practical solutions to their concerns.17 The consequence of these changing risks and the involvement of more and different social actors in food governance is a ...
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... consumers . The final case study deals with the labelling of food and forms the content of Chapter 8 , as labelling seems to have become one of the most attractive tools in the eyes of many NGOs and other private organisations to deal ...
... consumers . The final case study deals with the labelling of food and forms the content of Chapter 8 , as labelling seems to have become one of the most attractive tools in the eyes of many NGOs and other private organisations to deal ...
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... consumer pressure has resulted in incentives for food retailers to incorporate social and ecological attributes into ... consumers of food mean that there are ethical connectivities between actors at one location in the chain and those ...
... consumer pressure has resulted in incentives for food retailers to incorporate social and ecological attributes into ... consumers of food mean that there are ethical connectivities between actors at one location in the chain and those ...
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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