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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... important arguments used by proponents and opponents of GM foods 236 274 Appendix 2 : The international environmental instruments influencing fisheries 276 Index 278 This One EKOR - Q2H - 5453 Figures 3.1 Globalising food 3.2 Agri ...
... important arguments used by proponents and opponents of GM foods 236 274 Appendix 2 : The international environmental instruments influencing fisheries 276 Index 278 This One EKOR - Q2H - 5453 Figures 3.1 Globalising food 3.2 Agri ...
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... important trait in the daily lives of producers and consumers ( Clay , 2004 ) . The ( relative ) quantities of food and food products traded globally are growing , but simultaneously the organisation of international food trade is ...
... important trait in the daily lives of producers and consumers ( Clay , 2004 ) . The ( relative ) quantities of food and food products traded globally are growing , but simultaneously the organisation of international food trade is ...
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... important in the everyday lives of consumers , political authorities , NGOs and private corporations in most developed countries . For this reason , these food- related social concerns should be of special interest for social scientists ...
... important in the everyday lives of consumers , political authorities , NGOs and private corporations in most developed countries . For this reason , these food- related social concerns should be of special interest for social scientists ...
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... important roles in the emergence of global environmental governance as we know it ' ( Speth , 2002 : 13 ) . A restricted focus on formal institutions only to judge global food governance therefore fails to grasp the complex and dynamic ...
... important roles in the emergence of global environmental governance as we know it ' ( Speth , 2002 : 13 ) . A restricted focus on formal institutions only to judge global food governance therefore fails to grasp the complex and dynamic ...
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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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