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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... conventional nation - state - based regulation adequately deal with these environmental and food safety risks in the changing circumstances ? Alternatively , are alterna- tive instruments required to address the previously unknown food ...
... conventional nation - state - based regulation adequately deal with these environmental and food safety risks in the changing circumstances ? Alternatively , are alterna- tive instruments required to address the previously unknown food ...
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... conventional nation - state - based regulation of food risks seems no longer able to deal adequately with the newly emerging consumer concerns . Until recently , the recommendations from natural science research seemed to provide an un ...
... conventional nation - state - based regulation of food risks seems no longer able to deal adequately with the newly emerging consumer concerns . Until recently , the recommendations from natural science research seemed to provide an un ...
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... conventional nation - state - based regulatory practices are no longer capable of adequately dealing with food concerns , should other forms of governance replaced them completely ? Alternatively , can they still perform essential roles ...
... conventional nation - state - based regulatory practices are no longer capable of adequately dealing with food concerns , should other forms of governance replaced them completely ? Alternatively , can they still perform essential roles ...
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... conventional na- tion - state - based regulation of food in the changing context of globalising food supply networks . Understanding the dynamics of contemporary food governance and analysing alternative arrangements require the use of ...
... conventional na- tion - state - based regulation of food in the changing context of globalising food supply networks . Understanding the dynamics of contemporary food governance and analysing alternative arrangements require the use of ...
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... conventional regulatory mechanisms . Chapter 9 , finally , resumes the discussion on the central question formu- lated above and summarises the main findings from the different case stud- ies . This chapter concludes with some ...
... conventional regulatory mechanisms . Chapter 9 , finally , resumes the discussion on the central question formu- lated above and summarises the main findings from the different case stud- ies . This chapter concludes with some ...
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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