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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... industry and subsequently transported to supermarkets , and whereby national borders have become irrelevant to a large extent . Consumers in Western countries choose food in the supermarkets based on price , quality , quantity and trust ...
... industry and subsequently transported to supermarkets , and whereby national borders have become irrelevant to a large extent . Consumers in Western countries choose food in the supermarkets based on price , quality , quantity and trust ...
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... industries , such as air and water pollution , the large quanti- ties of solid ( often organic ) waste produced and the considerable amounts of energy used in these industries ( Oosterveer , 2004 ) . " 10 Globalising food supply chains ...
... industries , such as air and water pollution , the large quanti- ties of solid ( often organic ) waste produced and the considerable amounts of energy used in these industries ( Oosterveer , 2004 ) . " 10 Globalising food supply chains ...
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... industrial food processors as a tool to increase their market share using means of private governance , thereby shifting responsibilities from the food processing firms to the farmer ( Busch , 1997 ) . Global competition between large ...
... industrial food processors as a tool to increase their market share using means of private governance , thereby shifting responsibilities from the food processing firms to the farmer ( Busch , 1997 ) . Global competition between large ...
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... industry derives in particular from the organic qualities of the product . The quantity of food exported increased fourfold between 1961 and 1999 from 190 mil- lion metric tonnes to 774 million tonnes . By 2000 more than one out of ten ...
... industry derives in particular from the organic qualities of the product . The quantity of food exported increased fourfold between 1961 and 1999 from 190 mil- lion metric tonnes to 774 million tonnes . By 2000 more than one out of ten ...
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... industries remains , according to the authors , an issue of empirical verification . Interestingly , larger corporations seem to be more inclined to introduce voluntary compli- ance than smaller firms do because they are more ...
... industries remains , according to the authors , an issue of empirical verification . Interestingly , larger corporations seem to be more inclined to introduce voluntary compli- ance than smaller firms do because they are more ...
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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